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Heifer Ranch Agricultural Workshops

Register for a Heifer International Agricultural Workshop held at Heifer Ranch in Perryville, Arkansas, to gain sustainable farming skills while learning more about Heifer’s agricultural methods. These workshops are recommended for beginning to intermediate level farmers or hobbyists. 

All programs below are held at Heifer Ranch, located in Perryville, AR. The $375 per person tuition fee includes all programming, lodging and meals. Early registration is recommended as each workshop is limited to 12 participants.

To register for Heifer Ranch’s agricultural workshops or for more information, contact Heifer Ranch’s Booking Office at ranchevents@heifer.org or call 501-889-5124.

From Bees to Honey: October 3-7, 2010
Learn what it takes to raise bees by helping with our fall honey harvest. Remove honey boxes from the hives and extract the honey. Inspect and prepare the hives for winter. Prepare honey for selling – bottle the honey, seal the bottles in melted beeswax and label for sale. Levels of physical activity include some levels of lifting and moderate amounts of walking.   

 

Here’s a great video that comes from Marlene Jansen and here niece, Debbie, a beekeeper from Michigan.  Debbie’s friend makes his own honey sticks using an Impulse Sealer from eBay costing $29.  Enjoy … 

 

Heartland Apiculture Society Meeting, July 8 – 10, Cookeville, TN.  See below for more information:
www.heartlandbees.com 

The dates and details of the Spring, 2011 Missouri State Beekeepers Association Meeting have been released. Click the following link to view (Adobe PDF format):
Spring, 2011 MSBA Meeting