ACT and Region Beekeepers Field Day Program
10 am – 3 pm
Saturday 17 March 2018
Jerrabomberra Wetlands Centre
2 Dairy Road FYSHWICK
Come along to our major field day event for 2018. The day includes demonstrations of beekeeping (both native and honeybees) as well as honey sales and beekeeping gear vendors. We will even have locally produced honey mead to drink (to release your inner viking)!
| 10:00 | Official Opening and Hive Competition Award – Slovenian Ambassador, Her Excellency Helena Drnovšek Zorko |
| 10:30 | Langstroth Honey Extraction Demonstration with Andrew Dell & Heavy Lifter Team |
| 10:30 | Presentation by Dr Saul Cunningham |
| 11:15 | Australian Honeybee – Disease Inspection Workshop with Victor Croker or David Leemhuis |
| 11:45 | Kenyan Top Bar & Warré Honey Extraction Demonstration with Cormac Farrell & Greg Bates |
| 12:00 | Native Bee Hotel Demonstration with Dr Peter Abbott |
| 12.15 | Biosecurity Sentinel Hive ‘Sugar Shake’ Demonstration with Christine Joannides & Hive Buddies Team |
| 12:30 | Flow Hive Extraction Demonstration with Frank Derwent |
| 13:00 | Two Queen Hive Demonstration with Dr Ian Wallis & Alan Wade |
| 14:00 | Honey Packing Demonstration with Mellisa McCloskey, Jill Robilliard & Laura Naffa |
| 15:00 | The Weird & Wonderful World of Commercial Urban Beekeeping with Doug Purdie |
A limited number of bee suits will be available on the day. If possible please bring your own, and wear long pants & closed shoes.
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