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The 2010 WNC Intermediate Bee School will provide continuing education for experienced beekeepers.

WHEN:

• Saturday February 6th
• Sunday February 7th

• Kittredge Theater and the Jensen Building, Warren Wilson College in Swannanoa, NC

• Registration begins at 8:00 AM, Kittredge Theater lobby
• Saturday classes will run from 9:00 AM to 4:45 PM, lunch on your own
• Sunday 12:30 to 4:30 PM

• $35 per person, maximum registration 300 (first come, first serve)

• Jennifer Berry University of GA
• Jeff Ritchie - breeder of resistant stock and queens, Morganton NC
• Dr. Fred Hossler East Tennessee State University - 3-D photos of honeybee anatomy
• Bob Binnie, Ex-President GA State Beekeepers, Blue Ridge Honey

• 8:00 am -- 8:45 am Registration/ Check-in /Coffee/Snacks for Purchase
• 8:45 am -- 9:00 am Welcome, Intro Jennifer Berry
• 9:00 am -- 10:15 am Jennifer Berry, Apicultural Research Coordinator UGA "Natural Beekeeping and Integrated Pest Management /Latest Research at UGA"
• 10:15 am- 10:30 am BREAK
• 10:30 am -- 11:30 am Jeff Ritchie, Winding Road Apiaries, Morganton NC "Breeding and Selecting Queens and Over-Wintering Nucleus Colonies in NC"
• 11:30 am -- 1:00 pm lunch, on your own. Lobby - Vendors of Bees and Bee Equipment
• 1:00 pm- 2:00 pm "Spring Management: Judging Colony Strength. Making Splits and Making Honey" Bob Binnie, Blue Ridge Honey, NE Georgia
• 2:15 pm -- 3:00 "Common Problems Beekeepers Encounter," Panel of BCBC members, MCs : Edd Buchanan, Carl Chesick
• 3:00 pm -- 3:15 pm BREAK
• 3:15 pm -- 4:00 pm "Timeless Wisdom" Forgotten Ideas of Huber, Langstroth, Doolittle, Miller, and Brother Adam - Still Useful Today" - Amanda Stone, Lee Banks, Karen Hansen, Satchel Loftis, and Sister J
• 4:00 -- 4:45 pm Edd Buchanan, Founding Member BCBC "Tales from the Hive -- Important Lessons From a Lifetime of Beekeeping"

• 12:30 pm -- 1:00 pm Check-in
• 1:00 pm -- 2:00 pm Breakout Sessions (choose 1) 7 Classrooms + theater, Rooms TBA
1. "3-D Honeybee Anatomy with High Powered Microscope" Dr. Fred Hossler, ETSU (Kittredge Theater)
2. "Making Mead" Ed Vendely
3. "Gadgets and Gizmos" Jon Christie
4. "Healing from the Hive" Ceara Foley
5. "How to Break into the Pollination Business" Dave Cowart
6. "Natural Selection: Bees Affecting Mites/Mites Affecting Bees" Dr. Kefyn Catley, WCU
7. "Over-wintering Nucs" Mike Singleton
• 2:10 pm -- 3:10pm Breakout Sessions (choose 1)
1. "3-D Honeybee Anatomy with High Powered Microscope" Dr. Fred Hossler (Kittredge Theater)
2. "Making Mead" Ed Vendely
3. "Gadgets and Gizmos" Jon Christie
4. "Healing from the Hive" Ceara Foley
5. "Raising Queens without Grafting" Carl Chesick
6. "Natural Selection: Bees Affecting Mites/Mites Affecting Bees" Dr. Kefyn Catley, WCU
• 3:20 pm -- 4:20 pm Question and Answer with Local Expert (choose 1)


1. "The Mystical Side of Beekeeping" Debra Roberts (Kittredge Theater)
2. Question and Answers with Dave Cowart
3. Question and Answers with Jon Christie and Stuart Van Meter
4. Question and Answers with Mike Singleton
5. Question and Answers with Edd Buchanan
6. "Review for Master Beekeepers Certification Exam" Steve Langefeld
• Lobby - Vendors of Bees and Bee Equipment