Burgh Bees Queen Improvement Field Day
"Details for Participating in The Field Day Event”"
In cooperation with the PA Queen Improvement Project and Burgh Bees, this two-part event will provide an outstanding educational opportunity and daughter queens reared from instrumentally inseminated queens of Purdue improved genetic stock (AKA: Leg Chewers).
TWO PART PROGRAM:
Fern Hollow Nature Center (both dates)
1901 Glen Mitchell Rd, Sewickley, PA 15143
Saturday, June 16th
9 AM – 3:30 PM
CREATING QUEENLESS NUCS WORKSHOP
This workshop will teach how to create strong queenless nucs to ensure that participants arrive at the field day with nucs ready to accept virgin queens.
Topics Include:
Creating Queenless Nucs Classroom Discussion
Creating Queenless Nucs Workshop
Light Lunch – Provided
Managing Colonies for Winter Survival
Wrap Up Q & A
Saturday, June 30th
9 AM – 12:15 PM
QUEEN IMPROVEMENT FIELD DAY
Topics Include:
Inspecting Queenless Nucs and Virgin Queen Introduction Workshop
PA Queen Improvement Project Brief Overview
Wrap Up Q & A
Virgin Queen Distribution
Program: The 40 participants will attend field day sessions as a group, but for most sessions the 50 participants will be divided into four groups rotating through the training blocks. Lunch is included.
Planned topics include:
PA Queen Improvement Project and Participant Feedback
Building Up Colonies for Winter Survival
Propagation of Queens
Mite Sampling & Mites Under the Microscope
Nuc Inspection and Installing Virgin Queens
Cost: $25.00
Includes:
Creating Queenless Nucs Workshop
Queen Improvement Field Day
1 virgin queen for 1 nuc
For an additional $15.00: receive a 2nd virgin queen (limit of 2 queens per participant).
Applicants will be given a link for online confirmation and payment of the registration fee.