World Bee Day - May 20th - Conference Sept Riverside

Resources:

"Healthy Bees for Southern California"

Center for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) | Safeguarding Bees (ucr.edu)

Bee Health Conference 2022! | Center for Integrative Bee Research (CIBER) (ucr.edu)

Beekeepers in Tujunga, San Fernando Valley, provide the bees to almond farmers short term to aid in pollinating the trees, and then from their move them to the citrus groves also in Kern County.

The Los Angeles Beekeepers association is in Topanga. HONEY & BEE PRODUCTS — Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association

LACBA members provide the best bee products available: unprocessed 100% raw US Grade "A" local honey, beeswax, bee pollen, honey sticks, handmade beeswax candles, soaps, lotions, lip balms. They are happy to share with you their knowledge of honey bee products, bees, beekeeping, and the state of bees today. They may even 'WOW' you with some of their beekeeping adventures.

You can purchase Honey & Bee Products from LACBA Sponsor Members at local LA County Farmers Markets, Restaurants & Stores

BEES FOR SALE — Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association

BEEKEEPING CLASS 101 — Los Angeles County Beekeepers Association

2022 Classes will be held on the 2nd Sunday of the month from 9am to noon. Currently, we plan to hold all classes in-person, in an outdoor setting.

• Sunday June 12, 2022 - 9am to noon (Location TBD but will be in the Chatsworth/Northridge area)

• Sunday July 10, 2022 - 9am to noon (Location TBD but will be in the Chatsworth/Northridge area)

• Sunday August 14, 2022 - 9am to noon (Location TBD but will be in the Chatsworth/Northridge area)

• Sunday September 11, 2022 - 9am to noon (Location TBD but will be in the Chatsworth/Northridge area)

• Sunday October 9, 2022 - 9am to noon (Location TBD but will be in the Chatsworth/Northridge area)

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Bees are important! They are pollinators and therefore

• increase agricultural production
• maintain diversity and variety in our fields and on our plates.
• they provide millions of people with jobs and are an important source of farmers' income.

In the long-term, the protection of bees and the beekeeping sector can help reduce poverty and hunger, as well as preserve a healthy environment and biodiversity.

Slovenia owns the domain WorldBeeDay.org most likely because they, according to the website,

Slovenia proposed that the United Nations (UN) proclaim 20 May as World Bee Day. On 20 December 2017, following three years of international efforts, the UN Member States unanimously approved Slovenia’s proposal and 20 May was proclaimed World Bee Day.

However, there is a stronger motivation.

• Peter Pavel Glavar (1721–1784) of present day founded the first beekeeping school in Komenda and later in Lanšprež in the Dolenjska region. wrote  " Proposal to Improve Beekeeping in Imperial and Royal Hereditary Lands" and introduced some important technical innovations
• • method of breeding queens
  • breeding queens outside a hive
  • transporting bees to pasture
• Slovenian beekeeper Anton Janša
  • laid the foundations of modern beekeeping
  • introducing beekeeping methods that were successfully used by Carniolan beekeepers
• Slovenia has
  • 11,293 beekeepers
  • 15,420 apiaries
  • more than 210,000 bee colonies, which is 42% more than ten years ago.

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