Continue your beekeeping education with hands-on demonstrations showing how to light a smoker, inspecting a hive, finding the queen, splitting a hive, and more.

Those wanting to watch the hive demonstrations must wear their veil and gloves to the hive area.

To participate in the smoker lighting contest, bring your smoker, your favorite fuel, and a means to light it (torch, lighter, matches…). Contestants will be judged on ease of lighting, the quality of the smoke, and h…ow long your smoker keeps going.