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Indiana Bee School XXII

Indiana Bee School XXII
Registration is now Closed.

2024 Bee School will be held on February 24th, 2024 at Horizon Convention Center in Muncie, Indiana. We have two Plenary speakers and several of Indiana's own speakers.  For more information about our guest speakers, see the right hand side of this page "Who are our Guest Speakers?".

Along with our Plenary Speakers, sessions and discussions will be held for beekeepers with any level of skill, experience or ability.

Our Indiana Honey Queen will be holding a session on making candles and we have sessions on "Catching Swarms", "Diagnosing Dead-outs", and "Pests and Diseases".

In addition to the educational sessions, we'll have our raffle, live auction and silent auction again.  Many vendors will be on-hand with a variety of products and supplies for both show and to purchase.

All registrations include an Italian buffet lunch. 

We will again have an all-day Beginner Class.  It will be held at the same time as the conference. 

Pre-registration is required for either school.  We do not allow walkins.

Registration is now closed.

Click here to see the full agenda.


BEGINNING CLASS

This program is for new beekeepers with little to no experience in beekeeping.  If you've been in hives, know the three types of bees in a hive or can answer basic questions on beekeeping, this is not the program for you.  This is a special registration.  You will be in the same room all day with the same instructor and you are required to wear a wrist band.

For an agenda, click here.


2024 Vendors

Armstrong Family Apiaries Indianapolis, IN         317-997-5900                     Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

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

Bee Haven Apiaries          Rockville, IN
765-569-3032                   Bees, Bee Equipment & Supplies

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

Hidden Hollow Honey Co  Crawfordsville, IN
765-366-2882                   Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

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

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

Mixed Media By Lisa D      Indianapolis, IN           
317-910-3173                   Encaustic Paintings

Royal Bee Supply             Royalton, OH         
440-590-3964                   Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

Seib's Hoosier Honey       Mooresville, IN
317-432-5342                   Bees, Bee Equipment & Supplies

Sheryl's Bee Crafts/More  Muncie, IN
765-744-4735                   Bee Crafts

For more information, contact:

Mike Seib, Coordinator
7784 N. Sanctuary Lane
Mooresville, IN  46158
317-432-5342
mike@seibshoosierhoney.com


Who are our Guest Speakers?

Dr. Judy Wu-Smart leads the Bee Lab at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Lab staff and students organize beekeeping workshops and field days, and answer questions about pollinator health and management. Her appointment is 65% extension and 35% research.

Shelby Kittle is a former Nebraska Youth Scholar (2014) and Honey Queen (2018). She currently helps manage roughly 100 colonies for research and teaching at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) Bee Lab throughout the past 5 years. Shelby is now pursuing her Master’s degree at UNL and her research seeks to 1) better understand how beekeepers can improve overwintering success and 2) identify ways to stimulate comb production for culling old equipment and spring build up. Her goal is to provide information from her research that beekeepers can apply to make more informed management decisions in their own apiaries!


2024 Vendor Sponsors

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

Betterbee (Sponsor Only)  Greenwich, NY                     800-632-3379                   Labels, Bee Equip & Supplies

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

Hidden Hollow Honey Co  Crawfordsville, IN
765-366-2882                   Bee Equip, Supplies & Bees

Meyer Bees(Sponsor Only) Minooka, IL
815-521-9116                    Bees, Bee Equipment & Supplies

Seib's Hoosier Honey       Mooresville, IN
317-432-5342                   Bees, Bee Equipment & Supplies


Hotel

We’ve negotiated a block of rooms at the Courtyard hotel connected to the Horizon Convention Center.

There are some rooms still available, so if you didn't book your room, you may contact Ashley in Sales at 765-287-8550

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2/22/24 Fri 2/23/24 Sat 2/24/24
Rooms Rate Rooms Rate Rooms Rate

One King Bed Room

10 $114.00 20 $114.00 5 $114.00
Two Queen Bed Rooms 0 $0.00 40 $114.00 0 $0.00

Check-in time for all rooms is 3:00 PM and Check-out time is 12:00 PM.  Early Check-in and/or Late Check-out cannot be guaranteed. Please note these room rates are per room, per night, and are subject to applicable taxes. 

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