Bee and Garden Conference

This conference will focus on beekeeping, pollinators, and landscaping for homeowners and small acreages. There will also be hands-on classes for floral design, making medicinal products from the hive, and value-added honey products.

Registration for the main sessions of the conference, running from Friday evening through Sunday morning is $125, and offers two tracks, one on honey bee and value-added products from the hive, and the other on ”NevadaScapes” and gardening. Continental breakfast on Saturday and Sunday and lunch on Saturday is included. In addition, there is an option for 10 youth, ages 9-13, to attend a Jr. Master Gardener session all day Saturday, for $80, which includes hands-on learning, continental breakfast and lunch.

Finally, there are also three other optional hands-on sessions offered for $25 per session (not included with conference registration), and limited to 30 people per session:

• Medicinal products from the hive, Saturday, 6:30 – 9 p.m.
• Shrubs, syrups and oxymels (herbal extractions of vinegar and honey), Sunday, 8:30 – 10:15 a.m.
• Apothecary (preparing and selling products for medicinal purposes), Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – noon