Raising Healthy Bees that Thrive – “Dead Bees Make No Honey”
Learn the Principles and Practices of Sustainable Beekeeping to improve winter survival of bees
Registration deadline of March 21
Topics will include – queen genetics, colony nutrition options, ideas for swarm prevention, disease and Varroa mite control using Integrated Pest Management (IPM), making overwintering summer splits, what’s new in beekeeping such as the DeMaree spit for swarm control and increased honey production, the several uses of the double screen board, and more. This class will provide fresh new beekeeping ideas that will challenge “how beekeeping has always been done”.
Along with equipment demonstrations, students are provided with a packet of articles and research documents that outline the principles and practices of sustainable beekeeping. Sustainable beekeeping is defined as beekeepers raising all their own healthy bees to replace winter losses, to increase colony numbers, and to offer excess bee stock to other beekeepers. Students will receive one green drone Varroa trap foundation frame and one queen push-in queen introduction cage.
The Principles and Practices of Sustainable Beekeeping with NWIABKA
Saturday, March 22, 2025 from 8:30a.m. to 4:30p.m
Dickinson Co. Expo Center
1602 15th St.
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
Register by March 21st
$100/family
$75/individual
$50/youth (18 and under)
Each registration includes:
Equipment demonstrations
1 Packet of articles and documents that outline the principles and practices of sustainable beekeeping
