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*Please share widely!* *Event Info: Beekeeping for Pollination and Honey Production* The Michigan Farmers Market Association (MIFMA) and member Dan Keane of Keane’s Wee Bee Farms is hosting an on-farm field day as part of its farm-based education programming, Beekeeping for Pollination and Honey Production! This event is designed to provide beekeepers, farmers market vendors and food system educators with an opportunity to learn more about beekeeping and to network with their peers. *Register Now! <http://www.mifma.org/events/beekeeping-for-pollination-and-honey-production/>* *Date: *Monday, August 17 *Time:* 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. *Location: *Leaman’s Green Applebarn - Freeland, Michigan *Topics:* - Beekeeping best practices and pollination. - Apiary equipment for keeping bees and processing honey. - Michigan Department of Agriculture Rural Development (MDARD) rules and regulations for honey sales. *Register:* Registration is required to attend and is FREE for MIFMA members and $30 for non-members, who will receive a MIFMA membership with their registration. *Click the link to register* www.mifma.org/events/beekeeping-for-pollination-and-honey-production/. More information on upcoming events and details on farmers markets across Michigan can be found by visiting the MIFMA website at www.mifma.org. -- *Samantha Collins* Communications and Events Manager Michigan Farmers Market Association 480 Wilson Road, Room 172 East Lansing, MI 48824 517.432.3381 *www.mifma.org <http://www.mifma.org>* *MIFMA Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/michiganfarmersmarketassociation>* *MIFMA Twitter* <http://twitter.com/farmersmarketmi> *Get under the umbrella! * If you would like to access previous postings to the Mich-Organic listserv you can copy and paste the following URL into your browser address bar http://list.msu.edu/archives/mich-organic.html