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Education, research and outreach related to honey bees, wild bees and other pollinators
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Winter Preparation

Winter Preparation webinar with Barbara Bloetscher, the Ohio Department of Agriculture. September 16, 2014. 48 minutes.

Preparing Apiary for Winter survival handout (PDF)

ODA Apiary page link

Denise Ellsworth
1680 Madison Ave.Wooster, OH 44691
Phone: 330-263-3723ellsworth.2@osu.edu
Department of Entomology

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