NY Bee Wellness Workshop
NY Bee Wellness Survey
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Initial Survey for the NY Bee Wellness Workshop
The survey is to gauge initial interest and participation in the Workshop. Input will be helpful in determining costs, scheduling, and personnel. Please complete the survey by January 26, 2012.
Registration will be available in a few months.
Please contact PAT@ESHPA.org to receive the survey.
The Empire State Honey Producers Association (ESHPA.org) will be offering intensive 2 day, skills oriented, hands on workshops in 2012. These are part of a 3 year Train the Trainer program to teach beekeepers techniques in diagnosing, treating, and preventing honey bee diseases. Primarily targeting New York beekeepers with less than 10 years experience and women beekeepers, participants from other states are welcome as space permits.
The workshop is divided into 2 levels:
*Tier I (the Trainers), will attend the intensive workshop, should have at least 2 years of beekeeping experience (including Winter), some teaching experience whether it be as a primary instructor or as an assistant, a letter of recommendation from a beekeepers group or a CSA or other agriculture group, write a short essay stating why you wish to join the program, identify a group that you will teach, and complete online reading assignments in preparation for the workshop.
*Tier II are the beekeepers that will be taught by the Tier I trainers at their local club or organization as a group.
The workshops will be held at 3 different locations in New York: North (Albany area), West (Canandaigua) , & South (Catskills or Long Island).
Diseases covered will be American & European Foulbrood, Nosema, Mites, Chalk Brood, Viruses, CCD, and other bee maladies.
Topics include:
• record keeping & use of surveys
• Specimen collection for infield testing
• How to prepare specimens for lab diagnosis
• Microscope use
• accessing resources online
• preparing an outline for teaching a group
• mentoring
The BeeInformed.org Winter Loss and Beekeeper Management surveys will be presented in the workshop and all participants in the workshop are strongly encouraged to complete the surveys as a means to establish
the efficacy of the workshop. The Empire State Honey Producers (ESHPA) will provide teaching tools and follow up mentorship.
Instructors will be experts in the field of apiculture. The Directors and organizers of the workshop are Pat Bono, and Peter Borst, both officers of eshpa.
Costs to be determined. A fee will be required in advance of the class, with a partial refund given after the Tier I teacher completes a group class for Tier II students.
A few scholarships will be available.
Please contact Pat Bono with any questions or for further info : Pat@ESHPA.org
ESHPA is committed to supporting a new generation of beekeepers in New York State that reflects the diversity in our communities.
These workshops are made possible through funding from the USDA NIFA Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, Grant # 2011-494400-30631, and with matching funds from the Empire State Honey Producers Association.
The Empire State Honey Producers Association is the state organization for beekeepers in New York; it is a not-for-profit group, and welcomes new members. The group has been promoting the interests of New York beekeepers since 1868. ESHPA.org
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