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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings Friends, Beekeepers, and Honey Bee Lovers<span style="color:#1F497D">,
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<p class="MsoNormal">The University of Florida Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab has its two big events coming up again in March of 2014! Have you marked your calendars? Here is everything you need to know!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><u>The Master Beekeeper Program</u> will be holding its biannual training and exams on Thursday March 6<sup>th</sup> at the Whitney Lab in Marineland, Florida. The Master Beekeeper Program (MBP) is a five-year beekeeper training and certification
program and boasts nearly 300 active members. This collection of registered beekeepers performs public service credits as a part of program advancement. To date, they have collectively reached nearly three million people in the state of Florida and beyond.
They serve as bee ambassadors to beginning beekeepers, the public, and our community, by teaching and serving as an extension of UF/HBREL The MBP trains and educates beekeepers on new techniques, equipment, potential problems, tips and tricks to improve their
beekeeping skills. Perhaps most importantly, it keeps beekeepers around the state and country connected and furthermore, connected to their communities.<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:MinionPro-Regular">
</span>Beekeepers must have owned at least one hive of bees for at least one year to register, and entry to the MBP is attained by passing the apprentice examinations on exam day. Further into the program, students choose a major and attain major and core credits.
To graduate as a Master Craftsman beekeeper, the final level in the program, one must complete a research project or Extension program.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information about the Master Beekeeper Program please visit:
<a href="http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honeybee/extension/master_beekeeper.shtml">http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honeybee/extension/master_beekeeper.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For the newly revised Master Beekeeper Program Manual please visit:
<a href="http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN84700.pdf">http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/IN/IN84700.pdf</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For registration to the upcoming spring event please visit: <a href="https://spring2014mbp.eventbrite.com">
https://spring2014mbp.eventbrite.com</a> <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<u>The University of Florida Bee College</u> is the most extensive educational honey bee event in the state of Florida and is back for its seventh year! Everyone is welcome to attend Bee College: beekeepers, naturalists, farmers, gardeners, county agents,
and anyone interested in honey bees! It’s not too late to register, as you might know, we fill up pretty fast but there is still time! Registration is open until Tuesday March 4th. Bee College is the best time you could have learning about honey bees and beekeeping,
the full schedule is available on the website. There are topics for beginners, advanced, hands-on demonstrations, workshops on everything from Honey Extraction, Varroa Biology, Grafting, Queen Rearing and IPM approaches! The keynote speakers this year are
Dr. Dewey Caron, (U. Delaware) and Dr. Jim and Maryann Frazier of Penn State. As always, we will have the Fl apiary Inspection Team, the HBREL team, and a host of other great speakers. Bee College has enough beekeeping knowledge to last you all year! We give
you a stunning Bee College pin, a goody bag, a program binder with lecture material, snacks, lunch, banquet dinner, awards ceremony and a raffle where you can win great prizes!
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Coupled with the UF Bee College is the Annual Bee College Honey Show. Our honey show is the largest in the state, and winners can proudly claim the title of “Best Honey in Florida”! The Bee College Honey Show provides a wonderful opportunity to showcase all
of your (and your bees!) hard work. The show will be judged using the Welsh Honey Judge methods by certified professional Honey Judges and Stewards, and winners will be announced during the awards ceremony Friday evening. If you want to exhibit in the show,
all you have to do is register for the Bee College and send your entry form in early. You can enter items such as extracted honey, candles, frames for extraction, artwork, and more. Exhibit classes and the entry form will be posted online next week<span style="color:#1F497D">!
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Register today! <a href="https://2014beecollege.eventbrite.com">https://2014beecollege.eventbrite.com</a><span style="color:#1F497D">
</span>(ticket prices and purchasing)<br>
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For more information please visit: <a href="http://www.ufhoneybee.com">www.ufhoneybee.com</a> (general program information)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For general questions email me: <a href="mailto:jklopchin@ufl.edu">
jklopchin@ufl.edu<span style="color:blue"><br>
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For registration questions, please email Glinda Burnett at <a href="mailto:gburnett@ufl.edu">
gburnett@ufl.edu</a><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">->VENDOR space still available! Please see our website for a vendor application (fees apply).
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<p class="MsoNormal">->ADVERTISING space is available in our program contact <a href="mailto:jklopchin@ufl.edu">
jklopchin@ufl.edu</a> for more information. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Did you know that you can pay by check? It’s easy! Just go <span style="color:#1F497D">
<a href="https://2014beecollege.eventbrite.com">https://2014beecollege.eventbrite.com</a>
</span>and enter the number of registrations you would like to purchase (skip the register button). Next choose ‘SHOW OTHER PAYMENT OPTIONS’ (below the REGISTER button). Then, click ‘PAY OFFLINE’. Here you will add your personal information to register for
the event. You may then mail your registration fee the address below (please make checks payable to the University of Florida).
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please, feel free to tweet, Facebook, email, post, blog about us!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Visit our Bee College Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/236247393222382/">
https://www.facebook.com/events/236247393222382/</a> <br>
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Hope to see y’all soon!<o:p></o:p></p>
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~<span style="color:#1F497D"> </span>Jeanette <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>on behalf of Jamie Ellis, & the HBREL<o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Mailing address:<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">UF Bee College <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">c/o Glinda Burnett <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Department of Entomology and Nematology</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">University of Florida</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Bldg 970 Natural Area Drive</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">PO Box 110620 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Gainesville, FL 32611-0620<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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