Born and Bred 2017
Presented by the North
Carolina State Beekeepers Association
Your NCSBA is proud to
present Born &
Bred 2017 in cooperation with the NCSU Apiculture Program and the NCDA&CS
Apiary Inspection Service.
WE are providing a program of advanced beekeeper education in
the field of queen rearing and colony management. Born and Bred workshops will be on queen
rearing and conducted with a curriculum of such substance that participants can
effectively learn how to raise queens with the information presented and a
degree of diligence on their part.
Beekeepers of all levels will be able to gain an understanding of queen
production that is controlled by the beekeeper and how environmental factors
affect the behavior of the honey bee during queen production.
In practice, it is not necessary for every beekeeper to be
able and proficient in all the steps of controlled queen rearing in order to be
successful, but it is essential that the successful beekeeper understand the
processes of queen rearing that occurs in nature. An understanding of how the
queen rearing beekeeper manipulates the honey bee colonies in order to produce
queens and manage mating colonies would enable the hobbyist beekeeper to better
understand the naturally occurring queen processes, evaluate the queen status
of honey bee colonies and make increases in the bee yard. And would help
support a sustainable, in-state supply of honeybee queens, packages, and nucs.
The day long course will be offered in Greenville, NC on May
6 and again on May 20 in Statesville, NC.
The cost is $75.00 per participant and is limited to the first 100 at
each location. Please complete the Online
registration form and pay on line or pay by check to:
Paul Newbold, MBP Committee
759 Chapanoke Rd.
Hertford, NC 27944
Each Workshop enrollment is
limited .