Join us for the Gathering in the Garage from 3:00pm -6:00pm. You are invited to tour the new Bee and Pollinator Research Lab and stroll through the pollinator gardens. Tasty cuisine will be available to purchase from Tatanka Truck, Bacon Me Crazy and My Burger's Burger Emergency Response Team.
Whether you are a beginner, ready for your second year or want to learn advanced beekeeping techniques, Marla Spivak and Gary Reuter have a beekeeping class for you. Check out the classes for 2016 and 2017 that are now ready for registration.
Thirty-four states have participated in MiteCheck since May 1, 2016! A joint effort by the University of MN Bee Squad, Michigan State UniversityMichigan Pollinator Initiative, University of Maryland College Park's VanEngelsdorp Bee Lab and the Bee Informed Partnership, MiteCheck was founded to share varroa mite population information among beekeepers and provide an opportunity for beekeepers to join a 'beekeeper citizen science' effort. If you keep bees in the US, please share your powdered sugar roll mite test results with us via this survey at www.mitecheck.com. Help us learn about Varroa destructor mite infestations across the country at the county level. Check out the map to see if mite levels have been reported in your county. Let's populate this map together with our mite counts each month during the management season!
We are excited to announce that the Inaugural University of Minnesota Bee Squad Bee Cruise will set sail from Galveston, Texas on October 8th 2017 for a seven night Western Caribbean cruise. Bee Cruise will bring together bee supporters from all spheres for a unique bee themed travel experience. Bee Cruise attendees will have the option of adding on bee themed port excursions and a sea day Bee Cruise Symposium to the base cruise rate.
