Summer Field Days: Small Scale Queen Breeding
| Dates | To be announced for 2026! |
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| Location | Missoula, Montana |
Course Description
Unlock the secrets of successful small-scale queen breeding with our exclusive course in Missoula, Montana! The course has a mix of classroom instruction and hands-on practice in the apiary. Join expert bee researchers and professional queen breeders as they guide you through essential topics like breeder queen selection criteria, effective cell builder instruction, and advanced grafting techniques. Learn to monitor and treat nosema to ensure the health of your queens.
This hands-on training offers you invaluable practical experience, empowering you to elevate your queen-rearing skills and produce high-quality queens. Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your beekeeping journey. Join us at UM and take your queen breeding to the next level!
There is no formal prerequisite to attend this short course. However, we will be teaching intermediate level topics. To gain the most benefit from the course, students should possess the skill level to overwinter their own bees. This short course is not required for the Master Beekeeping Certificate Program, nor can it be used toward the requirements for the Certificate completion.
Participants are responsible for all transportation, lodging, and personal safety equipment (bee suit, gloves, etc.). You will need a vehicle to travel between the classroom and field site.
Course Policies
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Beekeeping courses are dependent upon a minimum number of registered students to run. If the minimum enrollment is not met, the course will be cancelled and registrants fully refunded. Courses are limited to a maximum enrollment with registration on a first-come, first-served basis. Once a course is full, students will be added to a waitlist and notified if an opening becomes available.
Registration fees vary by course and full payment is required at the time of registration. If your payment is not received by one week before the course start date, you will be dropped from the course.
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Students will receive full refunds for cancellations received up to one week before the course start date. To cancel a course, students should call Student Support Services, (406) 243-6495.
Refunds are generally not provided for cancellations received after a course begins. Please note the University of Montana requires a "Substitute W-9 Form" in order to process refunds for payments made by check. The "Substitute W-9" form requires the student’s Social Security Number.
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UM will provide reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities. To request an accommodation, students should contact Student Support Services, (406) 243-6495, at least two weeks before a course starts.