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We are pleased to announce a new opportunity to all Maryland Beekeepers
Kim Flottum, the former editor of Bee Culture, will be offering two special lectures the day before our state meeting on Feb 14, 2020.
In an effort to allow more people to hear Kim, we will offer two topic lectures: one at the UMD, College Park (within walking distance of the metro stop) and the second at the Howard County Community College Columbia MD. You are welcome to attend one or both lectures. These extra lectures will request a voluntary donation of $5 for attendees.
Opportunity #1: The afternoon lecture, from 1:15-3:00pm at the University of Maryland, Susquehanna Hall room 1120 Kim will offer
10 Rules for modern beekeeping
Queens, genetics, pests, swarming, room, food, wintering well, and more. Bees are livestock, and this is about animal husbandry.
This talk is sponsored by Mark Dykes of the UMD Bee Squad.
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Opportunity #2 From 6:30-8:30 pm at the Howard County Community College, Rouse Company Foundation Student Services Hall, Room RCF 400 Kim will offer
Second Season and Beyond
Ok, they made it through their first winter out back. Now What. Management tasks for the rest of this winter, how do the bees you have winter? Emergency feeding, early exams, spring build-up according to what your bees normally do, fixing problems, queen performance, swarming, IPM, what’s on the menu, the honey flow part 1, 2 and 3, , harvesting, more IPM, and winter again.
This talk is sponsored by Prof. David Milburn.
Detailed maps and information can be found at www.MDbeekeepers.org
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Kim Flottum was Editor of Bee Culture Magazine for 33+ years. He started a second magazine called Beekeeping Your First Three Years about 6 years ago for the huge flush of new beekeepers answering the call of helping the bees. He’s written 5 books, ranging from beginner to advanced to producing varietal honey to actually how to do honey tasting with Marina Marchese, and his last is In Business With Bees. He is past President of The Connecticut State Beekeepers Association, The Ohio State Beekeepers Association, and has served as Director, and Chairman of the Board of the Eastern Apiculture Society. Kim and his wife Kathy, who is Associate Editor and Graphic Design Specialist for Bee Culture, live in Northeast Ohio with their cats, chickens, ducks and gardens. After retiring at the end of 2019, Kim ramped up his Agricultural Podcast Production Company, called Growing Planet Media, so he hasn’t slowed down a lot, but he does get to sleep in once on occasion.
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