Cost:

Early Bird Rate (through February 29): $49
General Rate (beginning March 1): $59

Where/When:

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

Saturday, March 16
Registration: 8:15 to 9:00 am
Sessions start at 9:00 am and end at 4:15 pm

Lunch will be provided

Who:

Susan Cobey (www.honeybeeinsemination.com/about-us.html)

• Acknowledged international authority in the field of instrumental insemination and honey bee breeding
  
• Developed specialized training classes, designed to teach the skills necessary for the selection and maintenance of honey bee stocks
  

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Chris Hansen (hansenhoneyfarm.com/)

• Owner of Hansen Honey Farm in Rhinelander, WI

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Slava Strogolov (www.strongmicrobials.com/)

• CEO of Strong Microbials, Inc
  
• Creator of SuperDFM-Honeybee
  

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Julie Evans

• Fellow Wisconsin beekeeper
• Creates natural body care products for her family and friends.
  

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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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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