The Louisiana Beekeepers Association Spring Field Day on Saturday, April 30th at Evergreen Honey Co. at (1103 C M Davis Road, Jennings, LA. 70546).  Click Here to Register 

Fifteen overall training sessions will be offered over five time blocks that day. Three concurrent sessions will be occurring at any one time, from which attendees can choose. The training sessions, running about 50 minutes long, are focused on providing information and live demonstrations for new, less-experienced, and intermediate-level beekeepers.

Doors will open for the event at 8 am that Saturday, with initial remarks at 8:45 am and the first sessions at 9:00 am.

Anticipated training sessions at this event include:

Level 1: Beekeeping: Where to Start, Equipment Needs and Apiary Set Up; Honey Bee Basics: Hive and Frame Types; Beekeeping Throughout the Year; Pests and Diseases; Extracting and Bottling Honey

Level 2: Honey Bee Biology: Behavior, Morphology, and Anatomy; Live Hive Inspection Basics: How to Read a Frame and Find the Queen; Basic Varroa Management and Monitoring; Splits for Beginners; Catching and Keeping Swarms

Level 3: Proper Timing for Feeding Bees; Structural Bee Removals; Wax Rendering and Demonstration; Queens Overview: Raising and Re-queening Techniques; Advanced Hive Inspection: Varroa Management and Monitoring

Preregistration March 16 – April 22 with a fee of $30 for enrollment and a lunch that day.   Preregistration will be limited to the first 100 applicants due to classroom size limitations. There will be no on-site registration on April 30, and slots for the training sessions might be filled in advance of April 20.  

A number of school groups and children in the area will also be visiting that day and participating in special youth sessions.  If you have questions about these sessions for children, please contact Jennifer Brown, (601) 493-3447.

Bring your basic protective gear that day for the demonstrations and get ready to learn a lot more about honey bees and beekeeping!