Thursday, March 6, 2025 at 6:00PM – 8:00PM (EST)
This is a free event with donations optional. All proceeds go toward beekeeper education, future speaker events, and further development and outreach efforts of the SBGMI.
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Queen Rearing: The true cost of a quality queen. A look at queen rearing from a feasibility and economical perspective for beekeepers.
Trevor Bawden, Researcher / lab manager of the Cook Honey Bee Lab at Marquette University. His current operation includes colonies spread across six apiaries in southeastern Wisconsin. The focus of the business is nucleus colony production and queen breeding. The thrust of the operation is helping educate and provide sustainable beekeeping and facilitate independence within the Wisconsin beekeeping community. The goal of elevating the quality of the queens produced in Wisconsin revolves around the breeding program at Lloyd Street Bees. Part of this breeding program is the production of instrumentally inseminated northern VSH queens and selection here in WI. Contact Trevor via lloydstbees.com