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Bee Schools
Learn to keep bees! Info about Bee Schools is here.
Massachusetts Beekeeper's Association 2010 Field Day
Hosted by the Franklin County Beekeepers Association
Date & Time: June 26, 2010 Saturday. 9:30 to 3:30PM. Registration starts at 9:00 AM. Rain or shine event.
Location: UMASS Agronomy Farm, River Rd. South Deerfield, MA. 01373.
Registration: Free to all beekeepers. Lunch can be ordered by printing out the registration
form below. Pre-registration is encouraged (even if not ordering lunch) to help planners anticipate
attendance for the event.
Program: Demonstrations will focus on practical techniques for new and experienced beekeepers.
Sessions will be approximately one hour in length, using live bees. Most will be scheduled twice
during the day. Based on past Field Day experience, it is now a MBA rule that all attendees must
wear a veil; presenters as well as observers. All those not complying do so at their own risk, and
the MBA and Franklin County Bee Association are not to be held liable for injuries incurred.
Presenters & Topics: Schedule will be listed in the "Field Day Program" available at the
registration table. Additional topics may be added on day of the event.
For directions, lunch registration and many more details, please download the registration form.
Massachusetts Beekeeper's Association Fall Meeting
Saturday, October 2nd, 2010
Knights of Columbus Hall, Leicester, MA
Hosted by the Worcester County Beekeepers Association
Joe Latshaw PhD will be our speaker for the fall meeting. Check out
www.latshawapiaries.com for more
information on Joe's work. He is an expert on instrumental insemination and honeybee genetics
specifically as used in breeding programs.
Dr. Caron's powerpoint presentations are posted here
Fall and Winter in the Bee Hive
Colony Collapse Disorder
We had a great fall meeting on November 3, 2006, with Dann Purvis, Purvis Brothers Apiaries, and William M. (Bill) Coli, Ph.D., Dept of Plant, Soil and Insect Sciences, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. At the meeting, Evodia (Bee Bee Tree) seeds were handed out, but there was no "take home" information about them. A handout is now available that describes the tree, and how to plant the seeds.
The powerpoint presentations used by our speakers at the Spring, 2004 meeting are posted here.
Diana Sammataro - 2004 Research Projects
Dan Conlon - Marketing
For additional information, please contact Dan Conlin at 413-665-4513, president@massbee.org.