Cost:

Early Bird Rate (through March 1): $49
General Rate (after March 1): $59

Where/When:

Northcentral Technical College Health Science Center
1000 W Campus Dr, Wausau, WI 54401 

Saturday, March 18
Registration: 8:00 to 8:30 am
Sessions start at 8:30 am and end at 4:15 pm

Lunch will be provided

Who:

Mel Disselkoen ( www.mdasplitter.com)

• Author of OTS Queen Rearing  
• Master Beekeeper (Eastern Apiculture Society)
• Inventor of MDA Splitter Nuc Boxes

 "I have been speaking and doing demonstrations for beekeepers to help them learn that once you have bees you should never have to buy bees again." - Mel

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Solomon Parker (parkerbees.com)

• Creator of 'Treatment Free Beekeeping'  Podcast​​

"I am committed to educating beekeepers, young and old, new and....old, in how to keep bees in a treatment-free way which eliminates dependence on chemicals, pesticides, antibiotics, and other nasty stuff found in commercial honey supplies today." -Solomon

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Adrian Quiney (Quiney Honey and Bee videos)

• A fellow Wisconsin beekeeper with a consistently high success rate of over-wintering nucs.  He arrived at his methods by combining the work of Mel Disselkoen and Mike Palmer. 
  

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Rich Schneider (www.capitalbeesupply.com/)

• Owner of Capital Bee Supply, a manufacturer/mail order committed to high quality products, sustainable practices, and community education.

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Alex Zomchek (Ohio State University Bee Lab)

• Lifelong beekeeper (40+ yrs)
  
• Master Beekeeper Instructor, OSBA
  
• Apiculturist, Miami University (23 yrs).  Research topics include
  
  • Instrumental Insemination
    
  • Drone sperm cryogenics/banking
    
  • Bioinformatics/software simulations
    
  • Soy bean pollination
    
  • Winter colony storage and spring stimulation
    
• Author of articles in Bee Culture and The American Bee Journal