Get ready for two full days of hands-on learning, expert speakers, and buzzing conversations! Whether you’re brand-new to beekeeping or a seasoned beekeeper, the Bee College schedule is designed to give you choices that fit your interests.
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team
Brady Bryant
Throughout the Seasons: A timeline for managing honeybee health and practices
Through the seasons is a guide that allows new beekeepers to understand the “When” and the “Why” beekeepers need to perform certain activities in the bee yard. Professional beekeepers generally have a honeybee care routine that varies slightly from year to year. Hobbyists or beginners generally find themselves wondering when and why we do certain activities that create better healthier hives. This presentation is a guide to help all beekeepers understand the changes that happen seasonally that will prepare them for the season ahead. Knowing the what, when, and why of certain beekeeping actives are important to manage to keep healthier and more productive colonies.
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team & Paul Anderson
Utah State University Bee Team
Mark Carroll
Overwintering Mites, and Parasites: Stressors impacting your bees and current approaches for fixing them
Honey bee colonies are often brought down by a combination of “stressors” on all sides (“poor nutrition, pathogens, parasites and pesticides”) rather than a single one. Beekeepers must be innovative and adaptive to keep their colonies healthy and productive. Dr. Carroll will discuss how your fellow beekeepers, researchers and industry are approaching common beekeeping problems, as well as new solutions in the works on the horizon.
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team
Utah State University Bee Team
Paul Anderson
We will discuss some of the breeds available to Wyoming beekeepers and look at their strengths and weaknesses to select the best bee for your needs.
Brandon Bryant
Rearing Queens can be a daunting task. Managing queen rearing and catching schedules can be one of the most important aspects of success. From queen cell production to catching queens, a good timeline is important to ensure success. This guide will show the process of raising queens at every step. While also explaining the tools required and time needed to ensure healthy queens. This presentation will also address assessing Genetics and Queen health at colony level. Knowing when a good time to re-queen is a hive that is not meeting production requirements and when a failing queen needs to be replaced so the hive will survive.
Brady Bryant
Throughout the Seasons: A timeline for managing honeybee health and practices
Through the seasons is a guide that allows new beekeepers to understand the “When” and the “Why” beekeepers need to perform certain activities in the bee yard. Professional beekeepers generally have a honeybee care routine that varies slightly from year to year. Hobbyists or beginners generally find themselves wondering when and why we do certain activities that create better healthier hives. This presentation is a guide to help all beekeepers understand the changes that happen seasonally that will prepare them for the season ahead. Knowing the what, when, and why of certain beekeeping actives are important to manage to keep healthier and more productive colonies.
Keith Fielder
The challenges of beekeeping can be different for the urban beekeeper. Explore how to circumvent these challenges, make some honey and bee a good neighbor.
Brady Bryant
Data collection analysis and tech integration is becoming a more prominent feature of the commercial and backyard beekeeper in today’s environment. Trying to understand what you did last time you visited your hives and what to do next is a very real question. Generations before us used paper logbooks to track inspection reports and created ease when deciding what to do next for the colony’s health and production. New technology has emerged that has given ease to tracking hive and yard level activities. Giving the beekeeper less worry and more time to prepare for the daily activities that arise.
Mark Carroll
Good nutrition is the foundation of colony health. Successful management of colony nutrition is a long game requiring good timing, balanced diets, and coordination with the pollination year ahead. We will talk about the recent development of nutritionally complete diets and the targeting of long-term nutritional shortfalls in colony nutrition.
Mark Carroll
Overwintering, Mites, and Parasites: Stressors impacting your bees and current approaches for fixing them
Honey bee colonies are often brought down by a combination of “stressors” on all sides (“poor nutrition, pathogens, parasites and pesticides”) rather than a single one. Beekeepers must be innovative and adaptive to keep their colonies healthy and productive. Dr. Carroll will discuss how your fellow beekeepers, researchers and industry are approaching common beekeeping problems, as well as new solutions in the works on the horizon.
Paul Anderson
Bring your laptop or tablet and join in as we explore mite populations and the effect that treatments have. We will be using Randy Oliver’s work to model your year, treatment history, and resulting mite load.
Keith Fielder
A simple way to do colony splits and develop nucleus colonies to support your hives and provide profit to your beekeeping efforts.
Paul Anderson
We will take apart a winter kill hive and try to read the story it tells.
Keith Fielder
The production of honey produces a cascade of chemical reactions. Learn how honey production supports colony health and provides multiple pathways of defense against pathogens.
Mark Carroll
Disease often hits colonies at their weakest. Pathogens can be hidden, diagnosis can be hard, and treatments harsh but necessary. Join the discussion on effective approaches to disease management and the link between mites and disease.
Mark Carroll
Overwintering, Mites, and Parasites: Stessors impacting your bees and current approaches for fixing them
Honey bee colonies are often brought down by a combination of “stressors” on all sides (“poor nutrition, pathogens, parasites and pesticides”) rather than a single one. Beekeepers must be innovative and adaptive to keep their colonies healthy and productive. Dr. Carroll will discuss how your fellow beekeepers, researchers and industry are approaching common beekeeping problems, as well as new solutions in the works on the horizon.
Keith Fielder
Common nectar & pollen bearing trees and shrubs important to colony build up and honey production.
Amy Smith
Learn about the secret signals Mother Nature provides to let pollinators know where to land to get sweet nectar and pollen.
Scott Schell
It is not just honey bees and butterflies pollinating our plants for us. This presentation will cover the lesser known insects that visit the flowers of many plant species that are of little interest to honey bees and in addition do a lot of other valuable ecological services for us.
Amy Smith
This presentation provides the essentials of creating pollinator habitats. Participants will learn about the importance of pollinators, how to select plants, design spaces, and maintain habitats. Attendees will gain practical knowledge to positively impact pollinator biodiversity in their communities.
Jenny Thompson
Interested in increasing the number of plants in your landscape which support pollinators? Want something bright and beautiful in your yard all growing season? In this session we will take a practical look at a variety of native and introduced flowering plants which support pollinators and are well suited to our region. We’ll discuss some of these plants’ characteristics, how to grow them, and how plant selection can spread out the bloom season.
Keith Fielder
A Taste for Honey, food and beverage parings for major varietal honeys, how to create honey blends to that appeal to a broad audience.
Grace Shearer
An overview of how honey is different from other sweeteners. We will explore the health benefits of honey, debunk sensational claims, and end with ideas of how to incorporate honey in your everyday routine.
Brady Bryant
Throughout the Seasons: A timeline for managing honeybee health and practices
Through the seasons is a guide that allows new beekeepers to understand the “When” and the “Why” beekeepers need to perform certain activities in the bee yard. Professional beekeepers generally have a honeybee care routine that varies slightly from year to year. Hobbyists or beginners generally find themselves wondering when and why we do certain activities that create better healthier hives. This presentation is a guide to help all beekeepers understand the changes that happen seasonally that will prepare them for the season ahead. Knowing the what, when, and why of certain beekeeping actives are important to manage to keep healthier and more productive colonies.
Karla Case
Honey is a fantastic, natural ingredient, but it behaves differently than regular white sugar. In this simple presentation, you will learn the basic tips and tricks for using honey in your kitchen. We will cover how to easily swap sugar for honey in your favorite recipes, how to adjust your oven temperature so your food doesn’t burn, and simple ways to bring out the best flavor in both sweet treats and savory meals.
Joddee Jacobsen & Kellie Chichester
A Taste of Honey: Elevating Your Charcuterie Board
Discover the sweet and savory possibilities of honey! In this workshop, participants will explore infused honeys and learn how to pair unique flavors with cheeses, meats, fruits, and crackers to create a beautifully balanced charcuterie experience. Through guided tasting and creative pairing, participants will gain the confidence to elevate their next gathering with simple, delicious, and unexpected flavor combinations.
Food Allergy Notice:
Today’s tasting menu includes several common allergens. Please be aware that dairy is included in all four tasting quadrants, gluten is present in the cracker selections, and tree nuts (specifically almonds and walnuts) are included. Due to the nature of this tasting experience and the risk of cross-contact, participants with dairy, gluten, or tree nut allergies should not participate.
Keith Fielder
Learn how to develop and conduct simple local honey shows that promote interest in honey and hive products. Learn how to become a honey judge.
