<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt"><div><span><br></span></div> <div style="font-family: garamond, new york, times, serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br clear="none"><div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2143352908"><div class="yiv2143352908yqt9985810280" id="yiv2143352908yqtfd29272"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><br><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="yiv2143352908y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2143352908"><div class="yiv2143352908yqt3003820183" id="yiv2143352908yqtfd19631"><div><div
style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><div class="yiv2143352908y_msg_container"><div id="yiv2143352908"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:14pt;"><div>NY Bee
Wellness, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.nybeewellness.org/">NYBeeWellness.org</a>, <br clear="none"></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;">An intensive 2 day, skills oriented, hands on workshop, a Train the Trainer program to teach beekeepers techniques in
diagnosing, treating, and preventing honey bee diseases using a very small student teacher ratio. Primarily targeting New York beekeepers with less than 10 years experience and women beekeepers, participants from other states are welcome as space permits. Teams from clubs or groups are preferred as they will be expected to teach at the club level.</div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none"><span style="font-weight:bold;">Instructors: Diana Sammataro, Larry Connor, the Ontario Tech Transfer Team.</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none">2 locations:<br clear="none"><span style="font-weight:bold;">June 6 & 7, 9a-4p each day, Wappingers Falls NY (Eastern NY)<br clear="none">August 9 & 10, 9a-4p
each day, Leroy NY (Western
NY)</span><br clear="none">*Participants who 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, recommendation from a beekeepers group or a CSA or other agriculture group that you intend to teach, describe why they wished to join the program, and complete online reading assignments in preparation for the workshop. <br clear="none"><br clear="none">Diseases covered are American & European
Foulbrood, Nosema, Mites, Chalk Brood, Viruses, CCD, and other bee maladies.<br clear="none">Topics include:<br clear="none">• record keeping & use of surveys<br clear="none">• Specimen collection for in field testing<br clear="none">• How to prepare specimens for lab diagnosis<br clear="none">• Microscope use<br clear="none">• accessing resources online<br clear="none">• preparing an outline for teaching a group<br clear="none">• mentoring<br clear="none">Fees: 200.00 for the first participant from a group<br clear="none"> 100.00 for each additional participant from the same group<br clear="none">Note: organizations may opt to cover costs of the workshop as an investment for their group</div><div class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-attachment yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" id="yiv2143352908enhancrCard_0" style="width:450px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman',
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yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="line-height:16.5px;background-color:#ffffff;width:448px;"><div class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="word-wrap:break-word;padding:7px 20px 0px 14px;"><span class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element yiv2143352908icon yiv2143352908icon-shrink yiv2143352908link-enhancr-toggle"></span><span class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element yiv2143352908icon yiv2143352908icon-close yiv2143352908link-enhancr-delete"></span><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="link-enhancr-card-urlWrapper link-enhancr-element" target="_blank" href="http://www.nybeewellness.org/" style="text-decoration: none !important; color: #000000 !important;" contenteditable="false"><span class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element yiv2143352908link-enhancr-card-title" style="margin:0;font-weight:normal;margin-bottom:4px;font-size:18px;line-height:21px;max-height:43px;color:#000000;overflow:hidden;display:inline-block;">New York Bee Wellness
Workshops</span></a><div class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-card-description yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="font-size:13px;line-height:20px;color:#999999;max-height:81px;font-family:'Georgia', 'Times', 'Times New Roman', 'serif';overflow:hidden;">Honey bee disease identification resource</div></div></div></td><td colspan="1" rowspan="2" class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;"><div class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="width:1px;background-color:#e5e5e5;"></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="1" rowspan="1" class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="width:100%;vertical-align:middle;font-family:'Arial', 'Helvetica Neue', 'Helvetica', 'sans-serif';"><div class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" style="font-size:0pt;padding:3px 20px 9px 14px;"><a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv2143352908link-enhancr-card-url yiv2143352908link-enhancr-element" target="_blank"
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serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none"> contact: Pat Bono, 585-820-6619 Pat@NYBeeWellness.org; </div><div style="color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:18.6667px;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;font-style:normal;"><br clear="none">USDA NIFA Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, Grant # 2011-494400-30631<br clear="none"><br clear="none"> </div><div></div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><br><br></div> </div> </div> </div></body></html>