One Day Seminar Registration

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2026 One-Day Seminar Registration

Our One-Day Seminar will be held on Saturday, October 24, 2026 at the Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall. The seminar will start promptly at 9 AM.

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Are you thinking about keeping honey bees, or are you curious about bees and beekeeping and want more information? This one-day informational seminar will give you an overview of the considerations you need to help you decide if beekeeping is for you.

This is an informational seminar and is not intended to be a beginning beekeeping course. If you are planning to keep honey bees, you will want to attend our Beginning Beekeeping Course that starts in February.

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The one-day seminar is designed as an overview of beekeeping. Topics include:

Benefits of keeping bees
Basic honey bee biology
Start-up equipment and supplies
How to obtain bees
Products of the hive
How you can help pollinators
Considerations for starting

This seminar is only offered 'in person'.

The One-Day Seminar is scheduled for:

When: Saturday, October 24, 2026

9:00 AM to 4:30 PM

Where: Howard County Fairgrounds Dining Hall, West Friendship MD

Registration Fee: $30 per person; Children 8-14 yrs of age attend at no charge with a paying adult.

One Day Seminar Registration Form

Registration is open for the Saturday, October 24, 2026 One-Day Seminar. The seminar is scheduled to start promptly at 9:00 AM.

Complete this form to register for the seminar, then select the "I am not a robot" item before selecting the Submit button to go to the payment page.

Children 8-14 years of age attend at no charge, but please list the names of all attending in the space provided below.

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Individual - $30.00 each

Individual with children 8-14 - $30 each, children no charge with paying adult

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Please list the names and email addresses of the other adults who will attend the course with you, as well as the names and ages of children 8-14 years of age.