30th Annual Alabama Beekeepers Symposium

The 30^th Annual Alabama Beekeepers Symposium will take place Saturday, February 1, 2025 at the Jefferson State Community College Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center in Clanton, Alabama. The cost to attend is $45, and registration is required. Lunch and refreshments are included in the registration cost.

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Topics

Main Track

• Resistant Bees: What Does That Really Mean?
• Amitraz Resistance
• Benefits of Propolis to Honeybees
• Breeding Program for Varroa-Sensitive Hygiene

Management Skills Track

• Tropilaelaps
• Organic Colony Management
• 10 Mistakes Beekeepers Make
• Comparing OA Applications: Vapor, Dribble, Shop Towel, Varroxsan
• New Pests to Alabama: YLH and AHB

DIY Track

• Beekeeping as a Business
• Queen Rearing
• Wax Processing
• Test for Amitraz Resistance
• Trees for Bees

Journeyman Track

• Bee Stings Gone Bad: Managing Anaphalaxis

Beginner Beekeeping Track

• Honeybee Biology
• Setting Up an Apiary
• Colony Inspections
• Feeding Bees
• Managing Pests and Diseases
• Managing Varroa

Directions

This address to the event is 1850 Lay Dam Road, Clanton, Alabama 35405.

Take I-65 to Exit 212. From the north–turn right, from the south turn left, off of the exit ramp. Go approximately 1 mile, and Jefferson State Community College is on the left. The entrance to the Clanton Conference and Performing Arts Center is through the far left double doors.

More Information

For more information on the 30^th Annual Alabama Beekeepers Symposium, contact Jack Rowe at wjr0001@auburn.edu or (251) 589-5572.