Date: June 3, 2021

Time: 7:00 PM

Location: Cave Springs church of Christ Family Center

Topic: It's what we've all been waiting for! The sweet, sweet satisfaction and reward of our efforts to help our bees stay healthy and strong. It's almost honey harvest time. In the next 2-3 months beekeepers everywhere will begin the annual spinning, crushing, straining, and bottling process. June's guest speaker, Jon Zawislak, will be sharing his years of experience to help you be the most efficient and successful with this year's honey harvest, bottling, and even some tips on marketing your honey. If this is your first year of beekeeping, you may not be harvesting this year, but the information at this meeting will give you a head start to prepare for what is coming next year.

Guest Speaker: Jon Zawislak is the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service State Apiculture Instructor. He conducts classes, workshops, short courses, and presentations in the area of beekeeping and apiculture. He provides education and resources to both hobbyist and commercial beekeepers, with an emphasis on honey bee biology and integrated pest management. He also works with Master Gardners, 4H youth, pesticide applicators, and other groups to emphasize and promote the importance of protecting pollinators. He has been an invited speaker for honey bee associations on the local, state, and regional level all across the region. He has a B.S. in Botany from the U of A in 2005, and a M.S. in Entomology from the U of A in 2008, and is an Eastern Apicultural Society Master Beekeeper, 2009.