Beekeeping Workshop April 13

The Valley County Montana State University Extension will be hosting a beekeeping workshop at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center on Saturday, April 13. The first speaker of the day will be MSU Professor and honey bee researcher Michelle Flenniken. Dr. Flenniken is researching honey bee viruses and host-pathogen interactions and teaches undergraduate Biotechnology and advanced and graduate Virology.

The Bee Keeping workshop will start at 9 a.m. with Dr. Flenniken’s presentation followed by a focus on basics of beekeeping in the morning (equipment, bee biology, and top ten newbie mistakes)

Lunch will be on your own, and the afternoon session will start at 1 p.m. with spring feeding, splitting hives and swarming prevention, pests and diseases of honey bees – varroa mite management, and how to move a colony.

The meeting is free, but we are asking people to contact the Extension Office to let us know if they plan to attend. We can be reached at 406-228-6241 or [email protected].