Garry Reeves and Jeff Montag will be demonstrating their methods for “Swarm Prevention for Honey Production”.

The state bee school. Break out sessions include "Using Technology in Beekeeping", “Beekeeping as a Supplemental Cash Crop", "Races of Honeybees-Characteristics and Traits".

Mike Bentz will be presenting “Queen Rearing Basics and Equipment”.

Roger Rickabaugh will present “Growing Your Apiary”.

Bring your veils, a bottle of water and maybe even a chair for this one, and weather permitting, we'll get outside and look into some hives! Jason Morgan will cover monitoring varroa in your hives.

Mike Bentz will be presenting “The Queen Production Process”. Mike also plans to have a workshop the following Saturday (May 21).

Mike Bentz will be hosting a workshop the Saturday after the meeting (Sat. June 18, 10:30am) at his apiary demonstrate the process and show equipment. If you are interesting in knowing better what it take to do this at home even on a hobby basis, this one is for you. The workshop is free to all. Just show up at Continue Reading

Join us in Evansville, Indiana, Tuesday, June 28 – Friday, July 1, 2022 for the return of the HAS conference. Featured speakers will include Dr. Michael Smith – Auburn University, Dr. Brock Harpur – Purdue University, and Randy Oliver.