Promoting Better Beekeeping in Western Pennsylvania

 BEAVER VALLEY AREA BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION

TRAINING

Beginning Bee Seminars

Wexford, Pa      Saturday February 4, 2012 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Soergel Orchards, 2573 Brandt School Road, Wexford, Pa 15090         Deadline for registration Jan. 27, 2012.

Greensburg, Pa      Saturday February 11,2012 9:00 to 4:00 PM Westmoreland County Cooperative Extension 214 Donohoe Rd # E Greensburg, PA 15601-7552 Registration information: BeaverExt@psu.edu 724-774-3003 Registration $50    Deadline for registration Feb 3, 2012

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 Western Pennsylvania Beekeepers Seminar  

Friday/Saturday February 17-18, 2012

" New Location"  at Four Points by Sheraton Pittsburgh North 910 Sheraton Drive; Mars,; PA; 16046

For more information contact the Beaver County Extension office at BeaverExt@psu.edu  or           724-774-3003

Registration $50

Featured speakers:

Jerry Hayes Florida State Apiary Inspector

Diana Cox-Foster Penn State Professor of Entomology

Dan O'Hanlon West Virginia Beekeeper of the Year in 2011

Leo Donovall, Chief Apiary Inspector Pa Dept. of Agriculture

Joe Zgurzynski  EAS Master Beekeeper

Steve Repasky EAS Master Beekeeper

Craig Cella Beekeeping Entrepreneur

Lee Miller Past President PA State Beekeepers Association

Mary Alice Gettings CDE Nutritionist, Certified

Nancy Ositguy, PhD, Penn State Associate Professor of Enotmology

Jeremy Fitzgerald, Penn State Bee Lab

John Laughner Ag Entrepreneur Educator Penn State Extension

Vendors

 Blue Sky Bee Supply
 Brushy Mountain
 Walter Kelly
 Dadant
 Simpson’s Bee supply
 Better Bee

If you are considering a purchase from one of our vendors in the near future, consider ordering the item and have them bring it to the seminar.  You will save shipping costs!

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Click here for BVABA membership application