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NY Bee Wellness, <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" class="yiv1147753975" style="" target="_blank" href="http://www.nybeewellness.org/">NYBeeWellness.org</a>,
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<div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4">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
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<font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4"><br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none"><b class="yiv1147753975" style="">Instructors:
Dr. Diana Sammataro, Dr. Larry Connor, Les Eccles and Melanie
Kempers of the Ontario Tech Transfer Team (Canada).</b></font></font></font></div>
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<div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4"><b class="yiv1147753975" style=""><br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">August
9 & 10, Saturday & Sunday, 9a-5p each day, Batavia NY (Western NY), Genesee
Community College</b><br class="yiv1147753975" style="" 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 class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none"><br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">Diseases covered are American & European Foulbrood,
Nosema, Mites, Chalk Brood, Viruses, and other bee
maladies.<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">Topics include:<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• record keeping & use of
surveys<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• Specimen collection during actual hive
inspection (in apiary)<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• How to prepare specimens for lab diagnosis<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">•
Microscope use (Lab)<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• accessing resources online<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• Frame diagnosis (Lab)<br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">• mentoring</font></font></font></div>
<div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4">*
Queen assessment</font></font></font></div><div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13pt;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4">Fees: 200.00 for the first participant from a
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100.00 for each additional participant from the same group</font></font></font></div>
<div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4">Class
limit : 24 students</font></font></font></div><div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13pt;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4">Lunch included on both days</font></font></font></div><div class="yiv1147753975" style="margin-bottom:0in;font-style:normal;color:rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:13pt;font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;background-color:transparent;"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" color="#000000"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="" face="garamond, new york, times, serif"><font class="yiv1147753975" style="font-size:13pt;" size="4"></font></font></font><br class="yiv1147753975" style="" clear="none">
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1) organizations may opt to cover costs of the workshop as an
investment for their group</font></font></font></div>
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Registration for out of state and individual students available as
space permits</font></font></font></div>
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NIFA Beginning Farmers and Ranchers Development Program, Grant #
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