Beekeepers Monthly Meeting Thursday; Workshop on Saturday

Marin County Beekeepers will hold their monthly meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the in San Anselmo.

Meetings begin promptly at 7:30pm with a 20 minute Q & A session. The April 5 lecture will be given by author Katie Lee  and will cover "The Bee Team: Helping CA Bee Breeders Select Stock"

Bring questions or tales that you think will be educational for the group, try to be brief to allow time for discussion and more questions.

The at the American Legion Log Cabin is a good place to gather before and after the meeting to meet other beekeepers, share ideas, and to give/get as much advice as you can!

Beekeeping Workshop

Workshop: 
Bee Testing Classes: “What’s In Your Hive?”

Date:
Saturday, April 7: 9:30am to 11:30am and 1:30pm to 3:30pm

Instructor: 
Katie Lee

Location: 
Draper Farms, 11 Sacramento Ave, San Anselmo

Cost: 
$35 per session or $60 for both

Contact: 
Richard Hyde, apr7@marinbeekeepers.org

A rare opportunity to learn to test and analyze the pathogens in a bee colony will be presented in classes on Saturday, April 7 at 9:30 and 1:30.

Katie Lee, the researcher who analyzed a thousand hives to come up with the simple and now widely used test for Varroa mite will teach the technique. Participants will learn to analyze their bees for a hygienic behavior, a genetic trait that guards against disease and pests.

They will also acquire the skill to diagnose a dangerous gut pathogen, nosema, through a bee club owned microscope. Lee will discuss selection of the most suitable colonies for the Marin survivor stock project and lead discussion from her deep experience as a leader of the national Bee Informed Project Tech Team.

A brown-bag lunch discussion will be held between the two sessions.

The hands-on classes will be held at Draper Farms, 11 Sacramento Avenue, San Anselmo. Sign up through the Marin Beekeepers website, www.marinbeekeepers.org (click inquiry). 

All tuition will be donated to Project Apism for honey bee research.