Indiana Bee School XVIII

2020 will be a Leap into the next Bee School. 

The Bee School will be held on February 29, at Decatur Central High School, 5251 Kentucky Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46221.

Here are the directions to the school and hotels.  Folder pickup starts at 7:00 a.m. (EST), with the program starting promptly at 8:30 a.m. and concluding around 5:00 p.m. 

Click here for a copy of the agenda.

For a copy of the beginning class agenda, click here.

If you wish to mail in your registration, click here.

Click here for online registration.

REGISTRATION AVAILABLE

Pre-Registration adult TBoI member          $35.00 (p pers)

Pre-Registration adult TBoI non-member $45.00 (p pers)

Beginner Class adult TBoI member           $40.00 (p person)

Beginner Class adult TBoI non-member  $50.00 (p person)

Pre-Registration child (15 or under member or non-member) $20.00 (per child)

Lunch is included with all registrations.

We do NOT allow walk-ins, nor anyone to just visit vendors.

Refund:  You may cancel for a full refund up to midnight, Sunday, February 9th, 2020.  No refunds will be issued after that.

SWARMS or CUTOUTS

Swarms are more prevalent in the Spring; however, anytime a hive is overcrowded they may swarm.   What's the difference between a swarm and a cut out or trap out?  See a short explanation below.  If you need to find someone interested in removing swarms check out the Swarm Call List link below.  If you have bees in a structure, check out the Cut Out List link below.

Swarms - a cluster of bees that have landed on a temporary location, usually a tree limb or fence.  

Cut outs - hive of bees are in a structure; home, garage, etc. 

Trap Outs- a hive is located inside a structure that prohibits the removal of any of the structure to get to the bees.  This is the most time consuming and requires several trips to the location. 

Here is a Swarm Call List of The Beekeepers of Indiana by county along with name and contact numbers.

Here is a Cut Out List of beekeepers in the The Beekeepers
of Indiana that will do cut outs.  The list is by county along with name and contact numbers. 

Buy Local Honey

Would you like to know where you can buy honey in your local area? Click on 'Local Honey' or check out the 'Local Honey' page under 'Services'.

Speakers for Local Associations

Interested in speaking at other local associations?  Have a specific area of beekeeping expertise and willing to share that knowledge with other beekeepers?

Many of our local clubs would like to hear what other clubs are doing, tips and tricks for keeping our honey bees alive and surviving through winter.

Perhaps you are passionate about Top Bar Hives, Warre Hives or just Live Hives and you'd like to share that passion with other beekeepers.

Send an email to chuckdailey@att.net, subject "Speaker List"

See our Education page for more information or to request someone to speak at your group.

 Our Newsletter

As a member of The Beekeepers of Indiana, you'll receive a quarterly newsletter.  If you have changed your address and not notified us, your newsletter will end up in a dead letter file at the US postal service.

If you have moved, or will be at a different location and your mail is not forwarded, please contact us so you don't miss out on any important beekeeping events happening in Indiana.  Contact Debbie Seib, the Treasurer for address changes.

         Indiana Bee School XVIII          Guest Speaker



Marla Spivak is a MacArthur Fellow and McKnight Distinguished Professor in Entomology at the University of Minnesota. She graduated with a B.A. from Humboldt State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas on the identification and ecology of Africanized and European honey bees in Costa Rica.  She is particularly well known for her work, along with Gary Reuter, in breeding lines of honey bees that detect and quickly remove diseased larvae and pupae, which is called hygienic behavior.  

Marla was instrumental in setting up the first bee Tech-Transfer Team in the United States, which continues to help honey bee queen breeders select for disease resistance traits.  More recently, she has begun studying the role of resins, which bees collect and mix with wax to make propolis coatings on the inside of their hives, as an example of honey bee social immunity.   Her lab also studies the effect of the surrounding landscape on the health and nutrition of both honey bees and native bees.  Recent awards include the 2015 Minnesota AgriGrowth Distinguished Service Award, the 2016 Siehl Prize laureate for excellence in agriculture, and the 2016 Wings WorldQuest Women of Discovery Earth Award.

Marla's interest in bees began when she worked for a commercial beekeeper in New Mexico in 1975.

BEE SCHOOL XVIII VENDORS

Watch here for vendors that will be at the Bee School XVIII.  Contact the vendor if you'd like to have them bring your order to the Bee School.

Armstrong and Family    Indianapolis, IN
317-997-5900               Bee Equipment, Supplies & Bees

Lani Basberg Agency LLC   Shelbyville, KY            502-321-2074                        Honeybee Industry Insurance

Bastin Honey Bee Farm Knightstown, IN           317-919-4208               Bee Equipment, Supplies & Bees 

BEEpothecary             Lancaster, OH
614-450-2339                Health Care from the Hive

Betterbee                    Greenwich, NY
800-632-3379                Bee Equipment, Supplies & Bees

BL Plastic Container    Kingston, IL
515-266-6112                Plastic Jars and Containers

Blue Sky Bee Supply  Ravenna, OH                 877-529-9233               Bee Equipment & Supplies

BroodMinder               Stoughton WI
608-201-6227               Hive Monitoring Products

Chasing Feral Honey Nancy, KY
606-871-7300               Queens

Dadant and Sons        Albion, MI                     877-932-3268               Bee Equipment & Supplies

Dogwood Ridge Bees  Boonville, IN
812-897-2877                Bee Equipment, Supplies & Bees

Dutch Country Honey   Middlebury, IN              574-825-3594                 Hive Product & Noodles 

Honey Lake Bee Co          N Barrington, IL
847-308-6770                  Queen Cage

Indiana Queen Breeders   Brownsburg, IN
260-571-4557                  Queens

International Mating Nuc    Wyoming, MI          616-250-0326                        MDA Splitter boxes

Kelley Beekeeping      Clarkson, KY                    800-233-2899                Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

King Bee                     Rockville, IN           
765-344-1550               Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees 

LEAD for Pollinators   Akron, OH           
330-803-3449               Services 

Mann Lake                  Hackensack, MN             
800-880-7694               Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

Millerbees Mfg               Anderson, SC
731-695-6960               Hive beetle traps, Bee Equip

Seib's Hoosier HoneyMooresville, IN
317-432-5342                Bees, Bee Equip & Supplies

Strong Microbials        Milwaukee, WI        
248-385-3248                Bee Nutrition

TBoI                             Mooresville, IN
                                    Clothing Attire

The Hive Butler          Westfield, IN
317-847-4872               Hive Equipment 

Wicwas Press             Kalamazoo, MI                  269-344-8027               Quality Bee Books

Meetings/Calendar

Want to know what is going on in the state?  Click on the Meetings/Calendar link above.

Dues

You can renew your membership or join The Beekeepers of Indiana (TBoI) using PayPal as well as continue to mail them in. If you'd like to mail them, please note the address for sending in your dues. 

The Beekeepers of Indiana
7784 N. Sanctuary Lane
Mooresville, IN  46158
Attn: Debbie Seib, Treasurer

The address label on your newsletter includes your dues expiration date.

For more information see the Membership tab on our website.