Ross Conrad

Ross Conrad learned his craft from the late Charles Mraz, world-renowned beekeeper and founder of Champlain Valley Apiaries in Vermont. Former president of the Vermont Beekeepers Association, Conrad is a regular contributor to Bee Culture - The Magazine of American Beekeeping. Ross has led bee related presentations and taught organic beekeeping workshops and classes throughout North America for many years. His small beekeeping business, Dancing Bee Gardens, supplies friends, neighbors, and local stores with honey and candles among other bee related products, and provides bees for Vermont apple pollination in spring.

Ross's Upcoming Events

• Ross Conrad at Metta Earth Institute
  
  Metta Earth Institute; 334 Geary Rd. South, Lincoln VT
  May 25, 2013, 12:00 am

  Ross Conrad will be teaching a class: Getting Started in Organic Beekeeping This is an overflow class added due to strong demand Description: This two-day intensive covers all the basics of what you will need to know to get started with bees...organically! We cover the history of beekeeping, equipment, bee biology, pest and disease control, harvesting, and overwintering. Class will include and live hive demonstration if weather permits.

• Ross Conrad at North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
  
  , Southern Pines NC
  July 13, 2013, 8:00 am

  Ross Conrad will be speaking at the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association on July 13 from 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM about CCD and Organic Solutions.

• Ross Conrad at North Carolina State Beekeepers Association
  
  , Southern Pines NC
  July 14, 2013, 8:00 am

  Ross Conrad will be speaking at the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association on July 14 from 8am - 4pm about Natural/Organic Varroa Mite Control

• Ross Conrad at NOFA-MA Summer Conference
  
  , Amherst MA
  August 9, 2013, 8:00 am

  Ross Conrad will present "Honeybee Hive Products: A cornucopia of health and healing for man and animals" at the NOFA Summer Conference on Aug 9, 2013 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Description: Suffer from hay fever? Want to be able to heal burns with little or no scaring? Interested in overcoming super bugs that are resistant to our most powerful antibiotics? The honeybee and hive products have historically played a large role in disease care and prevention. Today science is finally catching up to what naturalists, herbalists, and acupuncturists have known for years. We will explore Honey, Pollen, Propolis, Royal Jelly, Beeswax and Honeybee Venom and learn how bees produce these amazing substances, how they are harvested from the hive, how to process them and utilize them for all manner of beneficial uses, including healing and health.

• Ross Conrad at NOFA-MASS Summer Conference
  
  , Amherst MA
  August 10, 2013, 10:00 am

  Ross Conrad will present "Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) and organic solutions" at the NOFA Summer Conference on Aug 10, 2013 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Description: We will cover the current state of bees and beekeeping and what those in attendance can do to help the bees overcome the challenges they face.

• Ross Conrad at NOFA-MASS Summer Conference
  
  , Amherst MA
  August 11, 2013, 10:00 am

  Ross Conrad will present "Small-Scale commercial Shiitake Mushroom gowing" at the NOFA Summer Conference on Aug 11, 2013 frin 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. Description: Ross will share his experience growing shiitake mushrooms on logs in the woods as part of a SARE Grant project exploring the possibility of small-scale mushroom growing in the Northeast.