Fall Conference & Honey Show

About this event

Cost: $40

Speakers:

Adam Hickman Founder & Owner, Foxhound Bee Company

Adam Hickman is the founder and owner of Foxhound Bee Company, a beekeeping supply company based in Irondale, Alabama. A Master Beekeeper certified through the Eastern Apiculture Society, Adam has kept bees since 2012 and founded Foxhound in 2014. He also served as lead bee wrangler and on-set consultant for the film The Rivals of Amziah King.

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Carmen Joyce is a certified Master Beekeeper, feral honeybee researcher, and honeybee removal specialist. Over the past five years, she has documented feral honeybee colonies throughout Appalachia, studying nest placement, environmental conditions, and colony architecture to better understand what wild bees can teach us about beekeeping in our region. Carmen is the author of the published article Old Walls, Hollow Trees, and Wild Bees , a mentor to new beekeepers, and a frequent speaker at beekeeping clubs and events. She has around 40 colonies and is currently writing a book about the history, traditions, and stories of Appalachian beekeepers.

Facebook: https://facebook.com/noogahoneypot

Emily Mueller is a beekeeper, researcher, educator, and doctoral student in Integrative Health Sciences with more than 13 years of beekeeping experience. She serves on the Board of Directors of the American Apitherapy Society and holds a Master Certificate in Herbal Medicine. Her work focuses on apitherapy, bee-derived products, herbal medicine, and their potential applications in integrative health. She combines scientific research with hands-on beekeeping experience to advance understanding of bee products and their therapeutic potential.

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Agenda

8:45am – Registration opens | Begin accepting honey show entries

9:15 – 9:30am – Welcome /Opening Remarks

9:30 – 10:15am - 1st Speaker Adam Hickman

10:15 – 10:30 – Break

10:30 am - Stop accepting honey show entries

10:30 – 11:15am – 2nd Speaker Emily Mueller

11:15 – 12:00pm – 3rd Speaker Carmen Joyce

12:00 – 1:00pm - Lunch

1:00 – 1:45pm – 4th Speaker Adam Hickman

1:45 – 2:00pm - Announce Honey Show Winners

2:00 - 2:30pm - Break | Honey show viewing

2:30 – 3:15pm - 5th Speaker Emily Mueller

3:15 - 3:45 - Q&A - Raffle (Must be present to win)

3:30 – 4:00pm - Honey show entry pick up

3:45 - 4:00 - Closing comments

Honey show rules are posted here .