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May 8, 2024
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Bee Curious Makers Market (Vendor Info)
PCBA Annual Bee Curious Makers Market (Vendor affair)! 🐝 Click here to subscribe to our eNewsletter to be notified about this next event. We look for some of the best local vendors from throughout Colorado! Get ready to explore a world of creativity and craftsmanship at this exciting event. Join us for a day filled with unique handmade goods, delicious food, and LOTS of shoppers. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to put your small business out there, support other small businesses, and find something special for yourself or a loved one. Come and BEE part of the fun! Sign up ASAP as spaces are limited. Our market will be an outside event, rain or shine: El Pueblo Museum, Downtown Pueblo 301 North Union, Pueblo, CO 9:00 am – 4:00 p.m. For a minimal fee of $40 per booth, we will allow 50 vendors. We would prefer handmade, local products, such as: woodworking, crafts, art, candles, baked goods, soaps, and natural products. Of course, we would also LOVE to see Honey! You will be responsible for bringing your own table, chairs, and tents. It will be approximately a 10×10 space per vendor. We ask that you donate one small gift for our hourly drawing. (Please include your business card.) This should be a very fun event! The promotion for this event will be through our social networks–especially Facebook, on our website and email marketing, through our Corporate Sponsors, and our partners. However, we also rely on you to promote the event through your own social media pages and to share our flyers. Setup will begin at 8 a.m., the morning of the event. Once you have purchased your ticket, you will see an email from one of the committee chairs soon thereafter with more details! Hope to see ya there! Once you sign up–we can not refund your money! Proceeds go toward public education. 2024 Bee Curious Makers Market Flyer:
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Online Beekeeping Resources
About Honey Bees & Beekeeping How to start beekeeping, create good habitat and tell bees and wasps apart Honey Bee Books / Recommended Reading UK – Northern Bee Books – Recommended Reading Your Pollinator Book List, Lisa Mason Honey Bee Biology Bee Biology and Systematics Laboratory, Logan, UT Colorado Bee Guide Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA https://beebiology.ucdavis.edu/ Feeding Honey Bees Feeding Bees (Pollen, Nectar, Water) Honey Bees & Impacts of Pesticides Defending Pollinators from the Adverse Impacts of Pesticides IPM – Varroa Mite Treatments Integrated Hive Management for Colorado Beekeepers, Dr. Arathi Seshadri & Thia Walker. Fungus Provides Powerful Medicine Fighting Honey Bee Viruses BestBees – Fungi and Honey Bees Podcast Meet Dr. Sammy, the Colorado researcher trying to fend off the next honeybee pandemic Beekeeping Podcasts Healthy Bees, Heavy Hives Podcast UFL Honey Bee Podcast What a Bee Knows Podcast Honey Bee & Pollinator Advocates National Honey Bee Health Committee Boulder, Colorado – Pollinator Advocates Boulder Colorado – Pollinator Gardens & Pathways UC Berkley Bee Lab Colorado Ag Apiary Local Research Program NCBI NLM NIH – American Bee Research Honey Bee Species Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics & Physiology Laboratory, Baton Rouge, LA Bee Basics: An Introduction to Our Native Bees, By Beatriz Moisset, Ph.D. and Stephen Buchmann, Ph.D. Russian Honey Bees, Dr. Tom Rinderer and Steve Coy Gardening for Honey Bees & Pollinators Attracting Native Bees to Your Landscape, H.S. Arathi, D. Davidson and L. Mason, CSU Extension Attracting Butterflies to the Garden, P.A. Opler and W.S. Cranshaw, CSU Extension Creating Pollinator Habitat, H.S. Arathi, D. Davidson and L. Mason 100 Plants to Feed the Bees, The Xerces Society Colorado – CSU – Suggested Plant List Selecting Plants for Pollinators: A Regional Guide for Farmers, Land Managers, and Gardeners in the Colorado Plateau Semi Desert Province Pollinator Book List Pollinator.org Native Bee Watch Community Science Program Colorado Queen Honey Bee Testing Project for Increased Sustainability Beneficial Insects Research Unit, Weslaco, TX Pollinators of the Great Plains: Disturbances, Stressors, Management, and Research Needs Abstract
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