Friday, February 21, 2020 (tentative schedule)

 

9:00 AM – 6:30 PM       Registration

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9:30 AM – 11:30 AM     Hands-On Workshop – “Products from the Hive used for Health and Beauty” 

Janice Cox, Author of Natural Beauty from the Garden

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10:00 AM – 5:00 PM     Entries Accepted for Hive Decorating Contest

and for Honey Tasting Contest

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11:30 AM – 1:00 PM    Lunch on your own

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1:00 PM – 5:00 PM       Workshop Rotation – Six Workshops 

Workshops:  Collecting Pollen/Comb Honey Production; All About

Propolis; Reading a Frame; Colony Relocation; Pollinator Habitat;

Northern NV data from USDA re: viruses

 

6:00 PM                           Snacks/refreshments will be available.

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6:30 PM - 6:45 PM        Opening – Emcee, Mason Valley Beekeepers

           

6:45 – 7:00 PM              WELCOMING:  

                              

7:00 PM                          “Honey Bees”

                                          Expert Speaker to be announced

Saturday, February 22, 2020 (tentative schedule)

 

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM         Registration – Continental Breakfast

 

8:15 AM - 8:30 AM         Opening Remarks– MV Beekeepers

                                          

8:30 AM – 9:30 AM        Expert Speaker to be announced

 

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM        Break

 

9:45 AM – 10:45 AM      Expert Speaker to be announced

 

10:45 AM- 12:00 PM      Expert Speaker to be announced

 

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM       LUNCH

 

1:00 PM – 1:45 PM         TExpert Speaker to be announced

 

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM        “Expert Speaker to be announced

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM         Break

 

3:15 PM – 4:15 PM          Expert Speaker to be announced

4:15 PM – 5:00 PM        

 

4:15 PM                          Silent Auction Closes

 

5:00 PM                          Closing Remarks, evaluations

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5:30-6:30 PM                Silent Auction Items Distributed

 

6:30 PM                          Annual Banquet Seating begins

 

7:00 PM                          Dinner                        

                                         Raffle Winners Announced

                                         Hive Decorating Contest Winner Announced

                                         Honey Tasting Winner Announced

                                         Speaker:   To Be Announced

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Sunday, February 23, 2020 

 

10:00 AM      Breakfast on your own

 

11:00 AM      Enjoy your tour of beautiful Yerington, Nevada