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We offer presentations eligible for Master Beekeeping/Gardening Program credit (verify with your program). A LEAD for Pollinators presentation is perfect for beekeepers, gardeners, school groups (ages 12 through college), community and environmental groups. Schedule us today for your next member meeting or educational event.

Scroll through our list of two dozen topics below.

Benefits of an On-line presentation:

On-going Co-curricular learning for your members.
Reduced speaker costs to the beekeeping association or community group.
Reduced carbon emissions through the elimination of travel for the speaker.
Ability to maintain connections with your membership by providing regional and national speakers on diverse topics.
Ability for Q & A during and after the presentation (verbally or via the “chat box.”)
Ability to easily provide presentations across time zones.

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View our presentation topics, descriptions, learning objectives, and more below.

State Pollinator Protection Plans: How You Can Be A Part of the Solution

Description: This presentation will feature the issues of concern to beekeepers and pollinators, how you can be involved in the planning process, and implementation of pollinator protection in your community.
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the history of State Pollinator Plans
2. Who are the “keepers” of state plans
3. How beekeepers/gardeners/agricultural stakeholders/food consumers can participate/promote their state pollinator plans
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Professional Development
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Understanding the Pollinator Crisis and How You Can Help

Description: Discussion of the national pollinator crisis, and the impact upon and value of honey bees and native pollinators to one-third of our food supply will be presented.
Learning objectives:
1. Understand the crisis based on scientific fact, dispelling myths and media hype
2. Learn the variety of factors impacting pollinator health
3. Learn how individuals can take action.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Professional Development
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Collaborations: Education, Advocacy, Action

Description: How to turn advocacy and education into action at the local and state level.
Learning objectives:
1. How to advocate for honey bees, beekeeping, and pollinators
2. Seeking and building alliances
3. When to take action
4. Methods of action
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments:
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Grant Management for Beekeeping & Agricultural Member Associations

Description: Does your beekeeping or agricultural association want to expand its services to the community through grant funded projects? Do any club members know how to write and manage grants? What are the obligations of grants, and is the treasurer ready to manage grant funds? These questions and more will be answered is this overview of grants for member associations.
Learning objectives:
1. How to assess your organization’s readiness to manage grant funded projects
2. Learn the financial obligations of grants and grant reporting
3. Learn about alternatives to your organization managing the grant, but still accomplishing their project
4. Learn local and state resources available
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments:
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Outreach and Education
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholder groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Migratory beekeeping: pollination & pro-active honey bee health

Description: Learn about the issues affecting beekeepers as they work to provide pollination services for our fruits, nuts, vegetables, and seeds.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn about the ecosystem impacting honey bees
2. Learn about the agricultural inputs impacting honey bee health
3. Learn about the exponential financial impact of negative impacts to migratory colonies upon beekeepers
4. Learn how to protect your bees

Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Business, Marketing, Economics
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Pesticides & Beekeeping

Description: Learn the pesticide exposure routes for bees, the synergistic effects created, and how we can work to reduce pesticide exposures, and ensure healthier honey bees and native pollinators.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine research of pesticides in the wax and pollen
2. Review research of pesticide synergisms
3. Review the ecosystem pesticide risks to pollinators
4. Learn how to manage to reduce pesticide exposure
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  4. Professional Development
  5. Education and Outreach
  6. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Varroa mite Management & Pesticides

Description: Learn how pesticide exposure increases the varroa mites, and other insect pests in a bee hive, and increases the impact of bee diseases.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine research of pesticides and varroa mites
2. Review research of pesticide synergisms with increased pest impact
3. Review the pesticide exposure risks to pollinator health
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Mosquito Abatement Programs & Their Impact Upon Honey bees & Native Pollinators

Description: We can protect public health and pollinators. Learn how you can help your bees and your community.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine research and practice of mosquito control
2. Learn about mosquito control pesticide labels, products, efficacy, and notifications impacting honey bees and beekeepers
3. Review actions/advocacy to protect public health and pollinators
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Create a pesticide-free pollinator habitat

Description: Learn how to create pesticide free pollinator forage on your land providing “natural bee food” for pollinators.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn about methods for land prep from four different projects and land sizes.
2. Examine the concerns for urban ordinances
3. Review projects across years.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Pesticide risk assessment, label, and enforcement: giving pollinators a voice

Description: Learn about the pesticide registration/review process and the mitigation of risk to non-target organisms such as honey bees; learn how you can take action to fix a broken system.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn how pesticides are registered and labelled
2. Learn how pesticides are reviewed once placed into the ecosystem
3. Understand how pesticide labels are used to mitigate risk to beneficial insects
4. Learn how to take action to protect honey bees
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Professional Development
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Becoming A Beekeeper: an introduction

Description: The How, What, When and Where regarding the adventure of beekeeping.
Learning objectives:
1. Experience a broad overview of becoming a beekeeper
2. Learn what encompasses beekeeping: costs, equipment, education/training/mentor
3. Learn how to examine your neighborhood/land to ensure sufficient floral sources of food for your bees.
4. Learn how to find quality beekeeping education, support, and a local beekeeping association.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level
    2. Other- gardeners, community garden managers, school groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Seasonal Beekeeping: Managing Your Colonies Across the Year

Description: Beekeeping is no longer just setting up a box in the spring and harvesting honey in the fall. Each season’s success (or problems) build on the previous season. Learn season secrets and how to stay ahead of the curve.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn how to develop a schedule for successful beekeeping
2. Learn to read/know the season to support sustainable colonies
3. How to find local informational resources to ensure sustainable colonies
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Expanding Apiary Income

Description: Diversify your apiary income through a variety of basic hive products and value added items.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine the opportunities for income from the hive
2. Learn how to add value through diversity of products, marketing, etc.
3. Overview of regulations relevant to expanded hive products.
4. Using diverse products to educate about honey bees, honey, bees wax, propolis, etc.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Business, Marketing, Economics
  3. Professional Development
  4. Education and Outreach
  5. Level(s):
    1. Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

The Business Side of Beekeeping: Generating Revenue

Description: Are you making money? Do you know your costs? Are you treating your activities with respect? Pain-free steps to polishing up your business skills.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine marketing and product presentation
2. Understand your ROI (return on investment)
3. Overview of regulations relevant to hive product sales
4. Resources for improving your business skills
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
2. Presentation length: 45 minutes
3. Presentation format(s):
  1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
  2. Virtual- honorarium

Club Leadership Training/Strategic Planning

Description: Sustainability also applies to local associations. Ensure your club’s future to support the beekeeping community.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn the Board of Directors’ roles and responsibilities of a well-run nonprofit member association
2. Learn how to strengthen a nonprofit member association from the Nominating Committee to resolving personnel issues.
3. Envision the future for the member association through strategic planning.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, ages 12-18, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Nucs = Insurance Policy for Your Apiary

Description: Nucs in the apiary provide a wide variety of resources from queens to brood to foundation building. A great way to provide a safety net for your apiary.
Learning objectives:
1. Review the basics of nuc creation and management (creating splits; types of splits; requeening defensive hives)
2. Examine the myriad of functions of nucs in an apiary
3. Overview of lessons learned
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Business, Marketing, Economics
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

What to Expect in Your 2nd Year Beekeeping

Description: Your overwintered hives demand different care than those packages or nucs from last year. Learn how to stay ahead of their needs, and what to expect in order to have a successful 2nd year in the adventure.
Learning objectives:
1. Learn to celebrate your success of overwintering your colony
2. How to get the colony through spring (splitting, mite counts, IPM), and the summer’s first dearth
3. Discussion of second year expectations
4. Discussion of lessons learned
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Bee Biology, Ecology, Native Bees
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs

Virtual- honorarium

Marketing – Selling Your Brand

Description: Honey sales not as robust as you would like? Hone your marketing skills to improve your sales.
Learning objectives:
1. Assessing the marketing of honey and hive products
2. Self-design or professional design of marketing materials
3. Overview of regulations relevant to hive product sales
4. Resources to improve your sales
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Marketing to engage your community

Description: You already have the best organization, products or business- now it’s time to share it with your community. How do you engage your neighbors near and far? How do you attract new clients? In this presentation you will learn several different platforms to be successful in reaching the most people and getting them excited to experience and talk about your organization, products, or services.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine methods for communicating / marketing your organization/business/products
2. How to build excitement about your organization/business/products (honey tasting, farmers markets, education/outreach)
3. How to follow-up with excited customers/members, and maintain momentum
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Find your golden cogs: leveraging the talent in your bee club

Description: Everyone that you meet has certain assets and abilities, and with the right encouragement would be willing to share them with your organization. Learn how to find those hidden gems and some proven ways to assist them in this opportunity for the club.
Learning objectives:
1. How to recognize members with skills and enthusiasm
2. Motivating members with skills to share them on behalf of the organization
3. How to maintain/support/thank skilled, enthusiastic members
4. How to ensure positive outcomes for volunteers in your local beekeeping association, in turn supporting a sustainable bee club.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, college environmental groups

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Beekeeping like a girl

Description: The gear, the tools- much has not changed in decades. This interesting niche of being a woman beekeeper is full of opportunities to shake things up a bit in the way we work our apiaries.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine current beekeeping equipment and its constraints for women
2. Review of “work-arounds” to support sustainable beekeeping for your bees and for women beekeepers
3. Examine/discuss alternatives to decades-old apiary management
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Teachable moments in beekeeping & leadership: failure is essential to success

Description: Whether a leader or volunteer, not everything always goes according to plan. Yet there is never a challenge, but an opportunity. Listen to first-hand accounts of events and opportunities that taught strong leaders valuable lessons.
Learning objectives:
1. Hind-sight is 20-20: examination of lessons learned
2. Discussion of real-world issues; and solutions
3. How to assess any challenge into an opportunity for sustainable beekeeping leadership.
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Professional Development
  2. Education and Outreach
2. Level(s):
  1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
  2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers, college environmental groups
3. Presentation length: 45 minutes
4. Presentation format(s):
  1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
  2. Virtual- honorarium

Complexity of Honey

Description: Every harvest, every cell of honey within the comb is extremely complex and unique. In this presentation, you will learn how to utilize this information as an educational tool. I will also focus on giving a new view on how industrious your girls are, and why local floral variety is so important.
Learning objectives:
1. Review of seasonal floral sources for honey bees
2. How to examine the ecosystem your bees experience
3. Understand how local floral sources are your local crop to become local sales
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Bee Management Skills
  2. Land Stewardship Conservation Practices
  3. Business, Marketing, Economics
  4. Professional Development
  5. Education and Outreach
  6. Level(s):
    1. Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual- honorarium

Qualities, Skills, & Abilities of a Member Association Leader

Description: Not everyone can lead, has the skills, or the vision to move their member association forward in support of the mission. Learn if you have the right stuff, and how to spot in in others to help sustain your member association.
Learning objectives:
1. Examine the intentions behind becoming a leader
2. Discussion of an individual’s readiness to be a leader (the pros and cons)
3. Assessing needed skills for the organization
4. Setting clear boundaries; defining roles and responsibilities
5. How to “deal with conflict” (the art of conflict resolution)
6. Focus on the mission, ethics, competence, service, and fun
Master Beekeeping Program eligible (verify with your state/national program):
1. Compliments
  1. Business, Marketing, Economics
  2. Professional Development
  3. Education and Outreach
  4. Level(s):
    1. Assistant Apprentice level, Apprentice level, Journey level, Master level
    2. Agricultural stakeholders, gardeners, food consumers

Presentation length: 45 minutes
Presentation format(s):
1. On-site/in-person- honorarium, travel costs
2. Virtual-honorarium

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