Apiary Inspectors Training 2016
May 4, 2016
DPR's Enforcement Branch sponsored an Apiary Inspectors Training on May 4, 2016 in Parlier.
Forty people attended from DPR and the University of California Cooperative Extension, plus county agricultural commissioner biologists from Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Merced, Tulare, Tuolumne and San Diego counties. Special thanks to the beekeepers who participated, and the University of California, Davis, UC Cooperative Extension, and California Department of Food and Agriculture who also sponsored this training.
Beekeeper Don Burkett explains the purpose of smokers to attendees. Lance Hofer and UC Cooperative Extension Director (Fresno/Madera) Shannon Mueller, Ph.D. look on.
UC Extension Director Shannon Mueller, Ph.D. gets ready to board a tram with "suited up" biologists on way to hive stations.
Elina Nino, Ph.D., Apiculture Extension and Research, UC Davis, explains to county agricultural commissioner biologists the roles bees play in a hive.
Lance Hofer and Louie Guerra (DPR Senior Environmental Scientist) do some role playing as it relates to an investigation of a "bee incident."
County agricultural commissioner biologists and DPR staff gather to make their way to the hive demonstration area after a "smoker demonstration."
Continuation of County agricultural commissioner biologists and DPR staff gather to make their way to the hive demonstration area after "smoker demonstration."
Don Burkett, beekeeper, explains colony strength certification to county agricultural commissioner biologists and DPR staff.
Continuation of Don Burkett, beekeeper, explains colony strength certification to county agricultural commissioner biologists and DPR staff.
May 11, 2016
DPR's Enforcement Branch sponsored an Apiary Inspectors Training on May 11, 2016 in Modesto.
Forty-six people attended the training, including employees from the DPR and University of California Cooperative Extension, plus County Agricultural Commissioner biologists from Merced, Monterey, Plumas-Sierra, San Diego, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, Tehama and Tuolumne counties.
The event was made possible by Orin Johnson, of Orin Johnson Apiaries, who also delivered the hive drops, Troy Bunch, of Bunch Apiaries, Gene Brandi, of Gene Brandi Apiaries, and Larry Lima, senior biologist with the Merced County Agricultural Commissioner's Office.
Johnson, Bunch and Brandi helped at the 2014 training event as well. All three have served as presidents of the California State Beekeepers Association.
Brandi is currently the President of the American Beekeeping Federation.
UC Davis, UC Cooperative Extension, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture also sponsored the training.
Megan Bloodworth (Sr. Environmental Scientist) and Valerie Wilson (Environmental Scientist) of DPR demonstrate how to take enforcement samples.
Gene Brandi (beekeeper) presents how to correctly light a smoker. Shannon Mueller and others look on.
Classroom instruction – Larry Lima (Merced CAC Sr. Biologist) sharing information.
Gene Brandi (beekeeper) demonstrating smoker lighting to CAC biologists and DPR staff.
Inspector participants walk from classroom instruction to field instruction.
Elina Nino, Ph.D., Apiculture Extension and Research, UC Davis, showing bee activity and brood pattern.
Orin Johnson (beekeeper) shows biologists how to identify the different castes of bees.
Troy Bunch (beekeeper) demonstrating placement of various pesticide mediums in hives while Larry Lima (Sr. Biologist, Merced CAC) looks on.
For more information, please contact:
Peggy Byerly
3077 Fite Circle, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95827
Phone: 916-603-7750
E-mail: Peggy.Byerly@cdpr.ca.gov