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EAS 2010 August 2-6, 2010
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Main Conference
| WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4TH (Sessions shared with Short Course) | |||||
| Time | Room 1 [Linville] |
Room 2 [Grandfather] |
Room 3 [Greer] or Apiary |
Microscopy* [Rankin Science Biology Lab] |
BMBF |
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| 8:00 - 8:20 | Introductions and announcements [Greer Auditorium] | ||||
| 8:30 - 9:15 | PLENARY SESSION Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp Factors influencing colony decline in the US and abroad [Greer Auditorium] | ||||
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Steve Pernal Controlling American foulbrood |
David Tarpy Hambleton award winner Genetic Diversity within and among colonies [Greer] |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee Break | ||||
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Jeff Harris Research on VSH stock |
David De Jong Stingless bee beekeeping |
Gary Reuter Sky fishing with bee breeders [Greer] |
(set up) | |
| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Mike Embry SHB survey |
Billy Davis Making nucs |
Zachary Huang Moving bees and its consequences [Greer] |
Deborah Delaney Mitotyping Africanized bees: hands-on genetic analyses |
Brushy Mountain Bee Farm workshops (see below) |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Ann Harman Life with the Africanized bee |
Claire Waring Photography |
Ed Levi In the bee yard [Apiary] | ||
| 2:45 - 3:15 | Break | ||||
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Maryann Frazier Learning from African bees for mechanisms of disease and mite resistance |
Bob Cole World beekeeping |
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| 5:00 - 9:00 | WELCOME RECEPTION, BRUSHY MOUNTAIN BEE FARM (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED)** | ||||
| Wednesday Workshops | ||
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| Time | Speaker | Topic | Repeated sessions 1:00 - 1:45 2:00 - 2:45 3:00 - 3:45 |
Steve Forrest & Shane Gebauer | Tour of Brushy Mountain Bee Farm |
| Danny Jaynes | Honey extraction (limit 20 people) | |
| Betsy Brey | Soap making (limit 20 people) | |
| Adolphus Leonard | Beginners Apiary: Finding and marking queens | |
| Don Hopkins | Intermediate Apiary: Reading frames and effective hive inspections | |
| Jennifer Keller | Advanced Apiary: Varroa sampling and record keeping | |
| 4:00 - 4:45 | Social Hour and Meet the Speakers | |
*Microscopy sessions: Space for these sessions is limited. Please stop by the Registration Desk early on Monday to pre-register for the microscopy sessions during the Short Course. This is a very popular topic and we want to give as many people as we can an opportunity to participate. We will limit each person to one session unless we do not fill up all of the sessions. There is no extra charge for the microscopy sessions.
**NOTE: Parking space is very limited at Brushy Mountain. A $20.00 donation is requested for cars with fewer than 3 people; fee will be waived in cases of hardship. All parking funds will be split between the EAS Honey Bee Research Fund and the EAS Speaker and Education Fund. Why not make some new friends and carpool to Brushy Mountain?
***Honey Show Drop-off: Please note that all Honey Show Entries must be dropped off between 10 AM and Noon on Wednesday.
| THURSDAY, AUGUST 5TH | |||||
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Room 3 or Apiary | Microscopy* [Rankin Science Biology Lab] | |
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| 8:00 - 8:20 | Introductions and announcements [Greer Auditorium] | ||||
| 8:30 - 9:15 | PLENARY SESSION Dr. David De Jong How Brazil adapted to AHB, and how they have adapted with diseases [Greer Auditorium] |
(setup) | |||
| 9:30 - 10:15 | Deborah Delaney Bees in trees: a population genetics perspective [Greer] |
Michael Young Beekeeping in the UK [Grandfather] |
NC MBP Display of dissected bees |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee Break [Blue Ridge Ballroom] | ||||
| 10:45 - 11:30 | Keith Delaplane USDA-CAP update [Grandfather B&C] |
Christi Heintz Best Management Practices for beekeepers pollinating ag crops [Linville] |
Doug McRory Managing mites in northern climates [Grandfather A] |
NC MBP Display of dissected bees |
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| 11:30 - 1:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Afternoon Workshops (see below) | Geoff Williams and Dick Rogers Measuring hives [Apiary] |
Bart Smith Lab tests for diseases | ||
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Juliana Rangel Queen rearing [Apiary] |
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| 2:45 - 3:15 | Break | ||||
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Afternoon Workshops (see below) | Maryann Frazier In the bee yard [Apiary] |
Bart Smith Lab tests for diseases | ||
| 4:15 - 5:00 | Jennifer Keller In the bee yard [Apiary] |
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| 6:30 - 9:00 |
ANNUAL BARBEQUE AT LEGENDS (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED) SPONSORED BY THE NC STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL AUCTION [Legends] | ||||
| Thursday Workshops | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Room |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Wyatt Mangum | Making top bar hives from wood and weeds | Grandfather A |
| Mike Hood | SHB research | Grandfather B | |
| Steve Gibson | Pesticide labels and training | Grandfather C | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Galen Dively | Sublethal and synergistic effects of pesticides | Grandfather A |
| James Wilkes | Apiary record software | Grandfather B | |
| Doug McRory | Ontario breeding project | Grandfather C | |
| Michael Young | Cooking with honey | Linville | |
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Jon Zawislak | Talking bees with the press | Grandfather A |
| Steve Pernal | Calibrating and using refractometers | Grandfather B | |
| Nasr / Skinner | (Debate) TOPIC: Is “organic” truly organic? | Grandfather C | |
| Michael Young | Cooking with honey (continued) | Linville | |
| 4:15 - 5:00 | Juliana Rangel | The collective consciousness of the hive | Grandfather A |
| John Skinner | Using eXtension | Grandfather B | |
| Tarpey / Harris | (Debate) TOPIC: Local breeding is the answer | Grandfather C | |
| Kim Flottum | Producing artisan and varietal honeys | Linville | |
| FRIDAY, AUGUST 6TH | |||||
| Time | Room 1 | Room 2 | Apiary | Microscopy* [Rankin Science Biology Lab] | |
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| 8:00 - 8:10 | Introductions and announcements [Greer Auditorium] | ||||
| 8:15 - 9:005 | PLENARY SESSION Dr. Stephen Pernal The biology and control of Nosema [Greer Auditorium] |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 | Dennis vanEngelsdorp Morse Award Winner Tracking down bee diseases [Greer] |
Ron Ochoa Bee mites, from the mites' perspective [Grandfather] |
(setup) | ||
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Coffee Break [Blue Ridge Ballroom] | ||||
| 10:30 - 11:15 | Keith Delaplane Why pollination matters [Grandfather] |
Galen Dively 2009 EAS Foundation Award: Neonicotinoids and bees [Linville] |
Gary Reuter Record keeping [Apiary] |
Bob Danka Measuring quantitative traits for varroa selection | |
| 11:15 - 12:00 | EAS Business Meeting [Greer Auditorium] | ||||
| 12:00 - 1:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Afternoon Workshops (see below) | Debbie Delaney In the apiary [Apiary] |
David Tarpy & Jeff Harris Instrumental insemination clinic (pre-registration required) | ||
| 2:00 - 2:45 | David De Jong How to handle AHB in the yard [Apiary] |
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| 2:45 - 3:15 | Break [Blue Ridge Ballroom] | ||||
| 3:15 - 4:00 | Afternoon Workshops (see below) | Audrey Sheridan SHB traps [Apiary] |
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| 4:15 - 5:00 | Mike Embry In the apiary [Apiary] |
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| 6:30 - 9:00 |
ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET AND
AUCTION (PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED) [Legends] | ||||
| Friday Workshops | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Speaker | Topic | Room |
| 1:00 - 1:45 | Billy Davis | Pitfalls of presentations | Grandfather A |
| Geoff Williams | Nosema research | Grandfather B | |
| Gary Reuter | Interpreting the researchers | Grandfather C | |
| 2:00 - 2:45 | Jennifer Berry | Sub-lethal effects of pesticides on honey bees and powdered sugar control of varroa | Grandfather A |
| Steve Gibson | Pesticides labels and testing | Grandfather B | |
| David Mendes | Tales from a migratory beekeeper | Grandfather C | |
| Sheppard / Delaplane | (Debate) TOPIC: Nosema = CCD? | Linville | |
| 3:00 - 3:45 | James Wilkes | Apiary record software | Grandfather A |
| Ed Levi | Honey production | Grandfather B | |
| Medhat Nasr | Oxalic acid: pros and cons | Grandfather C | |
| Fell / Frazier | (Debate) TOPIC: Pesticides residues in comb | Linville | |
| 4:15 - 5:00 | Wyatt Mangum | Research with survivor feral bees and varroa | Grandfather A |
| Bronwyn Weaver | Beekeeping in urban organic farming | Grandfather B | |
| Michael Young | Encaustic painting using wax in art | Grandfather C | |
| Flottum / vanEnglesdorp | (Debate) TOPIC: The worst is over… | Linville | |
*Microscopy sessions: Space for these sessions is limited. Please stop by the Registration Desk early on Wednesday to pre-register for the microscopy sessions on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. This is a very popular topic and we want to give as many people as we can an opportunity to participate. We will limit each person to one session unless we do not fill up all of the sessions. There is no extra charge for the microscopy sessions.
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Updated July 20, 2010