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Science of Safe Food: Food Safety for Farmer's Markets March 23, 2018, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM CST
The course will focus on food safety related to Farmer’s Market products and necessary controls for the microbiological hazards associated with these foods.

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Sign Up TODAY: 33rd Nebraska Women in Agriculture (WIA) Conference will be held Feb 22-23 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney.

Women in Agriculture | University of Nebraska–Lincoln EVENT DETAILSWhen: Thursday and Friday, February 22-23Where: Holiday Inn Convention Center in Kearney, NEPrice: $125 Early Bird Registration (Through Feb. 13)$150 (starting Feb. 14)

Beekeeping classes offered by Nebraska Extension, coming up in late February and March

Introductory (Year 1) beekeeping (https://unl.box.com/s/haexy62ym2oostwjhxoioz8mji3uhig3)
This is an introductory level course that focuses on everything you need to start beekeeping, including topics on beekeeping equipment, protective gear, honey bee biology, stressors, and management basics. Part I of the course includes lectures by several speakers & hands-on activities. Part II of the course is a field day that gets you in the hives and takes the lessons from Part I into practice. Learn how to setup the equipment, install and handle bees safely, and perform hive inspections.
Date, Time, Location:
Part I = February 24th, 2018 (9a-4p)
UNL’s Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center (Formerly ARDC), Mead, NE
Part II (field Day) = April (TBD)
UNL East Campus Pollinator Garden and Outdoor Classroom, Lincoln NE

Introductory (Year 2) beekeeping (https://unl.box.com/s/mplzb3vmtbgb99rjtjyl9wx66438jzpf)
This course builds upon the basic management practices covered in Year 1 beekeeping and focuses on how to maintain healthy honey bee colonies. This course is meant for beekeepers with at least one year of experience. Part I of the course includes lectures by several speakers & hands-on activities. Topics include swarm management, splitting colonies, reversals, pest and pathogen management, honey production, and value-added products. Part II of the course is a field day that gets you in the hives and takes the lessons from Part I into practice.
Date, Time, Location:
Part I = March 24th, 2018 (9a-4p)
UNL’s Eastern Nebraska Research and Extension Center (Formerly ARDC), Mead, NE
Part II (field Day) = April (TBD)
UNL East Campus Pollinator Garden and Outdoor Classroom, Lincoln NE

Queen Rearing:
This course is meant for advanced beekeepers with 3+ years of experience. Learn how to manage hives for queen production and learn about queen quality, difference races, and trait selection for Varroa mite and disease resistance.
Date, Time, Location:
July 2018 (more information about this course available soon)

Jeri Cunningham
Office Associate
University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Entomology IANR
ENTO 103, UNL, 685830816
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Commercial Specialty Crop and Organic Crop Growers, & Beekeepers: NDA is encouraging all commercial specialty crop growers to register their crop(s) on the DriftWatch/BeeCheck web registry. This is a voluntary tool to increase communication between commercial specialty crop growers and nearby pesticide applicators. A commercial grower for this service is someone raising a crop to be sold, and not solely for personal use. Growers register their contact information and crop locations, and pesticide applicators visit the web map or get direct data feeds to their mapping program, and adjust their spray applications accordingly to reduce the potential for drift. Specialty crops include grapes, other fruits, vegetables, beehives, greenhouses/high tunnels, nursery crops, orchards, fish farms, non-specialty certified organic and transition to certified organic crops, and an ‘other’ category, which could include hops, plants grown for seed, cut flowers, flowers for scented products, woody florals, etc.