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From: <strong class="x_gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Melanie Kirby</strong> <span dir="auto">
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Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 6:44 PM<br>
Subject: [Rising Voices] Please share with your networks....Beekeeping & Pollinator Stewardship Course<br>
To: rising voices Rising Voices <<a href="mailto:rising-voices@ucar.edu" id="OWA248b74bf-4f45-211d-f8ad-105236f99c11" class="OWAAutoLink">rising-voices@ucar.edu</a>><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">The Institute of American Indian Arts Land-Grant Program has received a SW Climate Hub grant to offer a Train-the-Trainer course: Introduction to Beekeeping & Pollinator Stewardship
for Indigenous Stewards.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">This course will run for 7 months. This training course is focused on guiding and encouraging facilitators working in Tribal communities or with Indigenous organizations who have an
interest in serving as information and teaching liaisons. This course will be limited to a 12-person max cohort and, for those who successfully complete the course, will provide initial beekeeping equipment for them to get established in their locales.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">The <a href="https://forms.gle/yi38qiVw6RTkPgz19" data-auth="VerificationFailed" originalsrc="https://forms.gle/yi38qiVw6RTkPgz19" shash="K42ij9KISyTP0d/yoHNXZPrhe6iyfXQSH64O82Kc7Hgz3wCoToCbjJLLxkXazf7KSP3k80rJt+Ie9IqovuV+DzscMS3L8HGZUqGvihyres4earhu2L41wEX4HJMnCj5LHzZJeB9dgA7cxRx1yrLmeCoKI9NPr/Wb/zxei9aLBYo=" id="OWAc3f97610-2f0f-2390-54b2-e37483d8d5ae" class="OWAAutoLink">
application</a> window runs through September 15, 2023. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">Attached is a pdf of the flyer which we ask you to please forward to your networks whom you think may have some interest in applying.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Helvetica">Here is also the syllabus:</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">IAIA is delivering an
<i>Introduction to Beekeeping and Pollinator stewardship for Indigenous Stewards</i> program series. The cohort will be selected based on their applications and interest in serving as a lead for their tribal community/organization. The course will follow a
Train-the-Trainer/Guide-the-Mentor process to encourage each participant to become more familiar and comfortable in sharing information with others.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class topics include:
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Focus on apiculture- the study of bees</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Bee biology and physiology</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Connection to habitat and forage</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Pollinator ecology: land and water stewardship through an Indigenous lens</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Holistic management</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Harvestable hive medicines</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="x_m_-2671358122241070250MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in; text-align:justify">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Bee & Pollinator arts</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></li></ul>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Timeline:</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Mid-August 2023 Announcement with application link advertised.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Mid-September Applications due</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Oct-Dec Weekly online course: 1.5 hours for each class (Tuesday afternoons)</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">April- July 2024 Monthly webinar start: 1.5 hours (in person for participants in range; livestream for those at a distance).
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">2023 Schedule:</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">Class 1 October 3: Welcome and Introduction/Syllabus Overview
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">Beeography: Origins of honey bees and migration theories
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">Class 2 October 10: Bee Biology: Following the Swarm SuperOrganism
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">Class 3 October 17: Pollinator-Plant Choreography: It Takes Two to Tango</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">Class 4: October 24: Following the Bloom: The Forage-Nutrition Connection
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 5: November 7: Navigating the Seasonal Compass: Environment-Behavior-</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> Management Calendar</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.0in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 6: November 14: Nurturing the Matriarchy: Hive styles and Beekeeping
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 7: November 21: Harvesting Hive Medicines- Apitherapy</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 8: December 5: Bee Arts- Encaustic, Sculptural, and uses of wax</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">* Those who have attended 6/8 of the classes live will receive a printed manual before winter break.
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><u><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: black;">2024 Schedule: Hands-on/Apiary livestream</span></u><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 9: April 2: Apiary preparation & hive installation steps</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 10: May 7: Spring management: adding space, catching swarms</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 11: June 18: Summer management; pest & disease control</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Class 12: July 30: Mid-summer harvest; Fall & Winter preparation</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">* Each applicant who successfully completes the program will then be eligible to receive start up equipment for establishing a teaching apiary in their tribal community
(Note: the course end date will allow for applicants to receive their equipment in the fall of 2025 and to prepare their apiary sites in time to receive bees for spring 2025).
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">**A follow up webinar and check-in can be offered May 2025. And if additional funding received, participate in a subsequent Intermediate Beekeeping course.
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