Honey Bee Nutrition workshop Nov 7, 2012 - 7:00-9:00

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I received this E-mail from Chatham County, they do a lot of agricultural workshops. I have been to a couple of the beekeeping workshops and they are usually pretty good.


The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a workshop on Honey Bee Nutrition from 7:00-9:00 pm on Wednesday November 7 in the auditorium of the Agriculture Building in Pittsboro. Winter starvation is believed to be one of the primary factors that causes honey bee colony loss in North Carolina. It's important for beekeepers to understand what bees need and how to provide for those needs. The program will be presented by NCDA Apiary Inspector Nancy Ruppert and NC Cooperative Extension Agent Debbie Roos.

Agenda:

What Do Honey Bees Need and Why? (carbohydrates, proteins, vitamins, minerals, water, etc.)
Nancy Ruppert, NC Department of Agriculture & Consumer Sciences

Impact of Poor Nutrition on Honey Bee Health
Nancy Ruppert

How Can We Help Bees Acquire What They Need?
Nancy Ruppert

Increase Floral Diversity to Benefit Honey Bees
Debbie Roos, North Carolina Cooperative Extension

Advance registration is required by November 5. The cost of the workshop is $10 and includes a CD of resources.

To register, visit Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website and download a registration form: http://bit.ly/qb7UB

Save the date for these upcoming Cooperative Extension workshops (registrations will be announced soon):

November 8: Tax Issues for Diversified Farmers from 6:00-9:00 pm in Pittsboro

December 5: Fiber Animal Production from 9:00 am-5:00 pm in Silk Hope

December 12: GAP Certification for the Small Farm from 1:00-5:00 pm in Pittsboro
February 28, 2013: Piedmont Medicinal Herb Production* from 9:00 am-5:00 pm in Silk Hope
*originally scheduled for November 2012 – this is the new date


Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Chatham County Center

North Carolina Cooperative Extension
919.542.8202
debbie_roos@ncsu.edu

www.growingsmallfarms.org

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