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2026 Hive to Home: A Makers Symposium
Sat, Jul 18
|Central Community College - Kearney
Time & Location
Jul 18, 2026, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM CDT
Central Community College - Kearney, 1215 30th Ave, Kearney, NE 68845, USA
Guests
About the event
The Nebraska Beekeepers Association presents:
2026 Hive to Home: A Makers Symposium
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Learn from Local and Regional Artisans
Join us for an exciting opportunity to learn how to make your own:
Beeswax Candles
Schedule
2 hoursMead Making
2 hours 30 minutesSoap Making
Tickets
Keynote - Bob Binnie
Keynote Speaker Bob Binnie Owner of Blue Ridge Honey Learn how to make a Cell Builder and Take One Home! Talks & Hands on Queen Management & Production 10a-11:45a and The Chemistry Behind Processing and Using Honey 1:15p-2:30p *No lunch provided* **No walk-ins accepted**
$40.00
+$1.00 ticket service fee
Beeswax Candles
2.5 hour experience - $80 12:30p - 3p Make your own Beeswax Candles! You'll Learn: Several methods to clean beeswax cappings for candlemaking How to use candle molds Proper wicks to use You'll take home: Your very own dipped candle Candle or ornament mold Metal wax pouring pitcher Instructors - Joli Winer & Cecil Sweeney *No lunch provided* **No walk-ins accepted**
$80.00
+$2.00 ticket service fee
Beeswax Skincare
1.5 hour experience - $70 10:30p-12p Make your own lip balms & solid lotion bar You'll learn: The best oils & butters to use Different scents for skin vs candles Basics on how to render honey capping wax You'll take home: 6-bar silicone mold Tube droppers Recipes for products Shopping secrets on where to buy products Products with a sale value of $50 Instructor - Becky Wallroff *No lunch will be provided* **No walk-ins accepted**
$70.00
+$1.75 ticket service fee
Hot Wax/Cool Art Workshop
2 hour experience - $115 3p-5p Use beeswax to make exciting collages! Suitable for all skill levels. All materials and equipment included. You’ll learn: • Encaustic medium history + how to make it • How to embed papers, fabrics, photos & natural ephemera • How to enhance with paint/pastels and incise for texture Take home ready-to-hang small artwork! Instructor: Margaret Berry (mixed media/encaustic artist, Lincoln; charter member International Encaustic Artists).
$115.00
Mead Making
2 hr - $100 8a-10a You learn: What mead is and the different types of mead How to properly sanitize your equipment How to use an online mead calculator to develop your own recipe How to stabilize your mead to prevent additional fermentation How to back-sweeten your mead How to clarify your mead How to bottle your mead Take home: 1 gallon batch of mead to take home to finish Racking cane Bottling wand Instructor - Brad Price **No lunch will be provided** **No walk-ins will be accepted**
$100.00
+$2.50 ticket service fee
Soap Making
2 hour experience - $70 8a-10a Make your own batch of cold process soap! You'll learn: Where to buy quality ingredients How to use a soap calculator Packaging and legal albeling laws for value added products You'll take home: 2lb batch of soap Complete instructions on how to cut and cure the soap Recipes for multiple value-added products Instructors - Joli Winer & Cecil Sweeney *No lunch provided* **No walk-ins accepted**
$70.00
+$1.75 ticket service fee
Sourdough Bread Class
2.5 hour experience - $100 2:30p-5p You'll learn: What is Sourdough? How to develop gluten Recipe calculations How to shape a loaf How to feed the starter You'll take home: Sourdough starter 2qt cambro container Aluminum baking pan Two spoons for mixing Dish towels Stainless Steel dough scraper Instructor - Brad Price *No lunch provided* **No walk-ins will be accepted**
$100.00
+$2.50 ticket service fee
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