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Master Beekeeper
Master Beekeeper
The Georgia Master Beekeeper Program is an intensive four-step program designed to provide participants the opportunity to increase their knowledge about all things dealing with bees and beekeeping.
Latest Research
Latest Research
UGA's honey bee research addresses sustainable bee health management issues as well as more basic questions on bee pollination and foraging ecology.
Prison Program
Prison Program
Offenders at Georgia's state prisons become certified beekeepers through the Georgia Prison Beekeeping Program
Welsh Honey Judge
Welsh Honey Judge
Since 2001 the YHC/UGA Beekeeping Institute has offered training and certification for honey show judges in the time-honored tradition of the Welsh system form the United Kingdom. The Welsh training is the most stringent of its kind in the world for aspiring honey judges.

Events

Ertharin Cousin, Distinguished Fellow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University Center on Food Security and Environment, will present the 2019 D.W. Brooks Lecture on Nov. 12, 2019. The event is free and open to the public.
Nov 12
3:30PM - 5:30PM D.W. Brooks Lecture and Awards University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education & Hotel, Athens
Hosted by UGA Agricultural Communicators of Tomorrow
Nov 14
6:30PM - 7:30PM An Evening with Commissioner Gary Black Conner Hall, ATHENS, GA
2020 will mark the 29th year of the Young Harris College / University of Georgia Beekeeping Institute. It is our goal once a year to bring the best beekeeping educators and scientists in the English-speaking world to the mountains of north Georgia and offer our clients the best beekeeping educational event in North America. The event consists of lectures and workshops covering a vast range of beekeeping topics.
May 13
05/13 8:00AM - 05/16 12:30PM Young Harris | UGA Beekeeping Institute Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
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UGA's honey bee research addresses sustainable bee health management issues as well as more basic questions on bee pollination and foraging ecology. The UGA Honey Bee Program aims to develop research, teaching and extension initiatives that are locally responsive while globally relevant. Learn more about the ways you can support these efforts
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University of Georgia Honey Bee Program

About the UGA Honey Bee Program

Honey bees have been the Official State Insect of Georgia since 1975, and a subject of teaching and inquiry at the University of Georgia for decades. These marvelous insects are manageable and are used to produce honey and pollinate crops. They are practical models of biological organization and social behavior.

UGA's honey bee research addresses sustainable bee health management issues as well as more basic questions on bee pollination and foraging ecology. The UGA Honey Bee Program aims to develop research, teaching and extension initiatives that are locally responsive while globally relevant.

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