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2018 Main Conference | Short Course
EAS 2018 Program Scheduling Page
Conference Space Tour & Layout
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Monday - Short Course
| Beginner | Intermediate Protecting Bees & Honey |
Master Beekeepers | Advanced Bees as Business |
Apiary | Electronic Colony Monitoring |
| Location | 6:00-8:00 | 8:00-8:30 | 8:30-9:25 | 9:25-9:35 | 9:35-10:30 | 10:30-11:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:00-1:30 | 1:30-2:25 | 2:25-2:35 | 2:35-3:30 | 3:30-4:00 | 4:00-5:00 | 7:00-9:00 | 1 | |
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| Registration | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-5:00
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| Various | Yoga for Beekeepers 6:00-7:00 (Location Near Grand Staircase) | |||||||||||||||
| Room 106,107 | Getting Started with Bees | Erin MacGregor-Forbes | 10 Minute Stretch | Bee Biology Basics | Bill Hesbach | Break | What do you see? Reading Frames | Landi Simone |
Lunch | Feeding Bees | Ann Harmon | 10 Minute Stretch | Keeping Bees in Populated Areas Be a Good Neighbor | Landi Simone |
Break | Mites, Monitoring and Miticides | Lewis Cauble | |||||
| Room 102,103 |
The Business of Bees | Kim Flottum | Setting Up As A Successful Serious Sideliner: Honey and Honey Product Business | Frank Licatta |
Advancing Technology for Integrated Precision Apiculture: Tools to Manage Honeybee Health & Performance| Dick Rogers |
From Passion to Profession: Strategies for the Stationary Beekeeper | Fred Proni |
Selling Your Honey: Getting Strated | Phil Craft | Open Forum: Bees as Business Q & A | Fred Proni, Kim Flottum | ||||||||||
| Room 108,109 |
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Dr Dewey Caron | Beekeeper Interventions to Protect Bees From Pesticides | Dr. James Wilson |
State Pollinator Protection Plans: What Beekeepers Need to Know | Michelle Colopy |
Processing & Selling Honey - Food Safety & Labeling | Keith Jordan (Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services) |
Pests & Diseases | Keith Tignor | FeildWatch - Improving Stewardship & Communication Through the Use of Mapping Systems | Bob Walters |
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| Conference Room A,B |
Colony Monitoring: An Overview | Frank Linton Hive Monitoring for Hobbyists | Rafael Cabrera |
Demonstrations & Poster Sessions Citizen Science with Homemade Solar Hive Scales | Andrew Wootton |
Hive Tracks: A Matter of Record | James Wilkes Electronic Hive Monitoring Sensor Synergy | Huw Evans |
EyesOnHives: Robots Measuring Health | Kelton Temby Internet of Bees: Bee Counting (IOBEE) | Huw Evans |
Got Brood? | Rich Morris, Theo Harmann Spacial Temporal Variations of Hive Temp. | Jeffrey Groff |
The Genius Hive | Joesph Cazier Continuous Beehive Weight & Temp. Data: Long Term & Same Day Changes | William Meikle |
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| Confernce Room D | Master Beekeepers Meet & Greet | Master Bekeepers Review Sessions | MBK Study & Review Group | |||||||||||||
| Apiary | Apiary Setup | SHB Program: Lowering Stress Working the Colony | Billy Davis and Sustainable Honey Bee Program Volunteers Finding Queens | Special Guests |
How is She Doing? Colony Assessment | Bob Wellemeyer |
Sugar Shake Testing for Vorroa | Lewis Cauble | Smoker Lighting - Tips & Tricks | Jim Fraser | |||||||||||
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EAS 2018 Short Course, Monday August 13th
Session Summaries
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
Yoga for Beekeepers | Pam Lavelle 6:00-7:00
Join me for a well-rounded, one hour, gentle yoga class, suitable for all levels, including beginners. I will focus mainly on stretches for beekeepers, relating what we do in class to how we would utilize this knowledge in the apiary. I will bring extra yoga mats, but if you have one of your own, please bring it.
Beginner Course | Jennifer Tsuruda - Coordinator
Getting Started with Bees | Erin MacGregor-Forbes 8:30-9:25am
Here is information on welcome and intro summaries and what to expect, bring or do while you are attending this session
Bee Biology Basics | Bill Hesbach 9:35-10:30
This session will cover the basic biology that beekeepers need to help understand the various behaviors that are observed in the colony. Also, this discussion will include the fundamental dynamics of flight and the queen’s role in sexual reproduction.
What Do You See? Reading Frames | Landi Simone 11:00-12:00
Everything you need to know about your bees is written in the frames, but do you know how to interpret what you are seeing? Learn to evaluate your bees’ condition by learning to read what is written in the frames.
Feeding Bees - Ann Harmon 1:30-2:25
All beekeepers, no matter where they live, need to understand the “Why, What, When, How and If” about feeding bees.
Keeping Bees in Populated Areas: Be a Good Neighbor - Landi Simone 2:35-3:30
Bee-ing a Good Neighbor: When beekeepers, especially those in urban and suburban areas, are inconsiderate of their neighbors, everyone suffers: the neighbors, the beekeeper, the bees, and sometimes the whole town or even state. Learn techniques to keep your bees out of your neighbor’s pool and sandbox, and your neighbors (and your bees!) will thank you.
Mites, Monitoring, and Miticides | Lewis Cauble 4:00-5:00
Varroa mites are the greatest challenge to bee health. This talk stresses the importance of having a robust and effective mite management plan, elements of a plan, and good resources that folks can lean on as they develop their own plan.
Intermediate Course | Keith Tignor - Organizer
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) | Dr. Dewey Caron 8:30-9:25am
Here is information on welcome and intro summaries and what to expect, bring or do while you are attending this session
Beekeeper Interventions to Protect Bees From Pesticides | Dr. James Wilson 9:35-10:30
Beekeepers will gain a practical understanding of modern crop protection chemicals and strategies that will help them to protect their bees from pesticide exposure
State Pollinator Protection Plans: What Beekeepers Need to Know | Michelle Colopy 11:00-12:00
This presentation will feature the issues of concerns to beekeepers, how beekeepers can be involved in the planning process and the Plans in other states.
Processing & Selling Honey; Food Safety and Labeling - Keith Jordan 1:30-2:25
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Pests and Diseases | Keith Tignor 2:35-3:30
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FieldWatch;
Improving Stewardship & Communication through the use of Mapping Systems | Bob Walters 4:00-5:00
FieldWatch operates and manages voluntary online registries for beekeepers and specialty crop producers. Operating in 19 states, FieldWatch offers a free and voluntary registry that promotes communication, collaboration, and cooperation between pesticide applicators and producers of specialty crops and beehives.
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Advanced Bees as Business | Fred Proni - Organizer
The Business of Bees | Kim Flottum 8:30-9:25am
Starting a business with bees, beekeeping, bee supplies and more. What you’ll need, what can go wrong, and what a way to make a living.
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TBD | TBD 11:00-12:00
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TBD - TBD 1:30-2:25
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Tuesday - Short Course
MORNING SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Short Course - Tuesday, August 14th
| Beginner | Intermediate Colony Structure & Hive Styles |
|Master Beekeepers | Excellence in Honey & Hive Products |
Apiary | Queen Rearing |
| Location | 6:00-8:00 | 8:00-8:30 | 8:30-9:25 | 9:25-9:35 | 9:35-10:30 | 10:30-11:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:00-1:30 | 1:30-2:25 | 2:25-2:35 | 2:35-3:30 | 3:30-4:00 | 4:00-5:00 | 7:00-9:00 | 1 | |
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| Registration | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-5:00
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| Room 106,107 | Seasonal Management of the Colony | Bill Hesbach | 10 Minute Stretch | Understanding Swarming | Cindy Bee | Break | Managing for Honey Production | Jim Fraser |
Lunch | Tips, Common Mistakes & Other Wisdom | Cindy Bee |
10 Minute Stretch | Nucs and Splits | Erin Forbes | Break | Hands On Mentoring | Buddy May | |||||
| Room 102,103 |
Pursing Excellence in the Craft: Why do it? |
Excellence in Extracted Honey | Mike Feigl |
Comb Honey Production | Mike Palmer | Candle & Wax Tips and Tricks | Bob WellemeyerFred Proni | Judging Mead | G.H WIlson & Michael Young |
Open Forum | Michael Young, |
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| Room 108,109 |
Nest Structure | Keith Tignor | Top Bar Hives | Dr. Wyatt Mangum | Langstroth & Long Box Hives | James Wilson/Keith Tignor | Observation Hives | Dr. Frank Linton | Warre Hives | Tucka Saville | Improved Succsess with Overwintering With Reduced Nest Cavity | Doug Vinson |
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| Room 201,202 | Honey Show Entries | |||||||||||||||
| Conf AB | The Basics of Queen Rearing | Dan Conlon & RHBA Combining the Starter / Finisher | Austing Smith |
Facts and Myths of the Russian Honeybee | Harry Fulton | Mechanisms of Resistance. | Tom Rinderer PhD | Bee Yard Demonstrations | Stock Development & the RHBA Program | Steven Coy | Varroa Managment & Research | Lilia DeGuzman PhD Commercial Queen Production of Russian Honeybees | Daveid and Richard Coy |
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| Ballroom EFG | Vendor Setup | Vendors Open | ||||||||||||||
| Room 208-211 |
MB Written Exam (Room 208) | MB Oral Exams (Rooms 208-210) | ||||||||||||||
| Apiary | Who's Zooming Where? Morning Observations in the Apiary | Erin MacGregor-Forbes | Testing for Varroa | Lewis Cauble | Managing Small Hive Beetle | Jen Keller |
CLOSED ATTENDANCE: Only Queen Rearing Tract | Top Bar Hives | Dr. Wyatt Mangum |
Warre and Other Hive Configurations | Tucka Silville |
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EAS 2018 Short Course, Tuesday August 14th
Session Summaries
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
Yoga for Beekeepers | Pam Lavelle 6:00-7:00
Join me for a well-rounded, one hour, gentle yoga class, suitable for all levels, including beginners. I will focus mainly on stretches for beekeepers, relating what we do in class to how we would utilize this knowledge in the apiary. I will bring extra yoga mats, but if you have one of your own, please bring it.
Opening and Intro 8:15-9:00am
Here is information on welcome and intro summaries and what to expect, bring or do while you are attending this session
Beginner Course | Jennifer Tsuruda - Coordinator
Vendor Information: Setup 8:30-10:30.. Vendors Open for Business at 10:30 Break
Master Beekeeper Information: MB Written Test 8:30 | Oral Test 11:00
Written Testing will be done in Room 208 | Oral Testing will be done in Rooms 208, 209 and 210
Seasonal Management of the Colony | Bill Hesbach 8:30-9:25am
In this session, we will cover the basics of a beekeeper’s involvement with managing a colony over a typical season with an emphasis on sustaining a healthy population through a seasonal dearth of nectar or pollen.
Understanding Swarming | Cindy Bee 9:35-10:30
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Managing for Honey Production | Jim Fraser 11:00-12:00
How to get your hives ready for the nectar flow. It’s more than just giving them supers.
Tips, Common Mistakes & Other Wisdom | Cindy Bee 1:30-2:25
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Nucs and Splits | Erin MacGregor-Forbes 2:35-3:30
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Hands On Mentoring | Buddy May 4:00-5:00
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Intermediate Course | Keith Tignor - Organizer
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Nest Structure | Keith Tignor 8:30-9:25am
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Top Bar Hives | Dr. Wyatt Mangum 9:35-10:30
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Managing Small Hive Beetle | Jennifer Keller 11:00-12:00
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Observation Hives | Dr. Frank Linton 1:30-2:25
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Warre Hives | Tucka Saville, Sam Comfort 2:35-3:30
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Improved Overwintering Success with Reduced Nest Cavity Size | Doug Vinson 4:00-5:00
Annual colony losses in the US are in the 40% + range. This sad statistic fuels the discouraging cycle of losing bees/buying bee and perhaps a revolving door; especially for the new beekeeper. Overwintering in smaller nest cavities is a newer management practice that is gaining favor with an increasing number of beekeepers. The material presented will describe tools and techniques that will enable attendees to incorporate this concept into their overwintering protocol.
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Excellence In Honey & Hive Products | George Wilson, Karla Eisen - Organizers
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Pursuing Excellence in the Craft: Why We Do It | George Wilson, Karla Eisen 8:30-9:25am
An introduction to pursuing excellence in honey and hive products, why it is important, and how it helps you, the consumer, and the industry.
History of Honey Shows | Micheal Young 8:30-9:25am
Excellence in Extracted Honey | Mark Feigl 9:35-10:30
Mark takes great pride in presenting the gift of liquid honey that the bees provide and has won many silver plates at recent EAS conferences. This talk will be about preparing honey for show and sale.
Comb Honey Production | Mike Palmer 11:00-12:00
This talk will go over comb honey production including tips and tricks of mastering cut comb honey
Candles & Wax Tips and Tricks - Bob Wellemeyer 1:30-2:25
How to work with wax, cleaning wax, making candles and more.
Judging Mead - G.H. Wilson, Michael Young 2:35-3:30
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Open Forum | Michael Young, Mike Palmer & Karla Eisen 4:00-5:00
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Queen Rearing with Russian Breeding Assoc. | Dan Conlon & RHBA
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* Bee Yard = Grafting techniques, Setting up Starter & Finisher Hives.
* Commercial Use of Russian Bees.
* Hybrid Russian Bees
* Myths about Russian Bees
* History of the RHBA program
* Mating Yards / Drone diversity
* Starter / Finisher Colonies
* Selecting Breeding Stock
* Process of Raising Queens
Wednesday Conference (Morning)
MORNING SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Conference - Wednesday, August 15th
| Speaker | Vendor | Master Bee Keepers | Honey Show |
| Location | 6:00-6:30 | 6:30-7:00 | 7:00-7:30 | 7:30-8:00 | 8:00-8:30 | 8:30-9:00 | 9:00-10:00 | 10:00-11:00 | 11:00-12:00 | Lunch Break | ||
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| Registration | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-4:00 | |||||||||||
| Various | Yoga for Beekeepers 6:00-7:00 (Location Near Grand Staircase) | |||||||||||
| Ballroom (A,B,C) | Opening & Intro 8:15-9:00 | Adopting to Varroa & Extended-Release Oxalic Acid Research Update | Randy Oliver |
The Sex Life of Plants | Celia Davis NDB 10:00-11:00 |
Beekeeping Before the Bee Space: An Early History of Amercan Apiculture Showing Period Hives | Dr. Wyatt Magnum |
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| Ballroom (E,F,G) | EAS Vendor Area Open for Displaying Products, Services & Demonstrations 8:15-4:00 | |||||||||||
| Conf. D | Master Bee Keepers Exam - 8:15 | |||||||||||
| Room 201,202 | Honey Show Entries - 8:15 Entry Drop Off Permitted Until 11:00 | Honey Judging (Closed) 11:00-12:00 | ||||||||||
| Room 102,103 | Childrens Program?? | |||||||||||
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EAS 2018 Conference - Wednesday, August 16th
Session Summaries - Morning Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
Yoga for Beekeepers | Pam Lavelle 6:30-7:30
Join me for a well-rounded, one hour, gentle yoga class, suitable for all levels, including beginners. I will focus mainly on stretches for beekeepers, relating what we do in class to how we would utilize this knowledge in the apiary. I will bring extra yoga mats, but if you have one of your own, please bring it.
Opening and Intro 8:15-9:00am
Opening Ceremony Chief Lee Lockamy, Nansemond Indian Tribe | Welcome to EAS Pam Fisher, EAS President
Honey Show Entries 8:15-11:00am | Judging 11:00 to Completion
Here is information on welcome and intro summaries and what to expect, bring or do while you are attending this session
EAS Vendors Open 8:15-4:00
Master Beekeepers Exam 8:15-12:00
Adopting to Varroa & Extended-
Release Oxalic Acid Research Update | Randy Oliver 9:00-10:00A group of us are collaborating with USDA-ARS to collect data in support for EPA to approve this application method, which is showing great promise (and may be a game changer in varroa management). This presentation will be about our progress to date.
The Sex Life of Plants | Celia Davis NDB (10:00-11:00)
Details methods flowering plants use to get their pollen from one place to another and to prevent (in many cases) self-pollination. It includes some information about the other groups of insects that pollinate plants and many close-up photographs of flowers to show their structure. The flowers are all UK ones, although some are found in the US as well.
Morning Break (11:00-11:30)
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Beekeeping Before the Bee Space | Dr. Wyatt Magnum (11:30-12:25)
This presentation will include a show of photos from my Beehive Collection including short videos where he will demonstrate how antique beehives worked. Some old beehives are fairly complicated and resemble furniture. Some of these beehives have documentation to the 1840’s and 1830’s. Included is a hand-written (scribe copy) technical document of the first beehive patent issued in 1815, along with rare (American) literature (primary) sources (for pictures) into the 1700’s. This might be the first time Wyatt shows some of these artifacts or literature sources.
LUNCH
Wednesday Conference (Afternoon)
AFTERNOON SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Day Two - Wednesday, August 15th
| Speaker | Vendor |
| Location | 1:30-2:00 | 2:30-2:45 | 2:45-3:45 | 4:00-8:00 | 7:30-9:00 | |
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| Lobby | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-4:00 |
BBQ Beach Bash 490 Fenwick Rd. |
Queen of the Sun Movie Screening Ballroom BC |
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| Ballroom (E,F,G) | EAS Vendor Area Open for Displaying Products, Services & Demonstrations | |||||
| Conf. A,B | Pesticide and Neonic Facts | Randy Oliver | 15 Min. Break |
Mr. Bee| Celia Davis | |||
| Conf. D | Selecting For Behavioral Resistance to Varroa Destructor | Krispn Given |
Hygienic and Grooming Behavior |
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| Room 104,105 | Telling Your Story | Cindy Bee | NC Grown: Uncapping the Nation's Largest Beekeeping Organization | Freddy Proni |
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| Room 106,107 | Small Scale Queen Production | Chris Hewitt - Lynn White | Locally Bred Queens Survive Better Than Imports | Andrew Gibb |
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| Room 108,109 | Simply Smart Beekeeping | Kirsten Traynor | Nutrition Basics | Jennifer Tsuruda | ||||
| Room 203,204 | Bee Biology | Jamie Ellis | Bee Biology Cont. | Jamie Ellis | ||||
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EAS 2018 Conference, Wednesday August 15th
Session Summaries - Afternoon Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
1:30-2:30
Pesticide and Neonic Facts - Randy Oliver 1:30-2:30
Tips from a lifetime of experience of working bees barehanded (and generally without any protective gear). How to understand what initiates the honey bee defense response, and how to avoid it. What upsets bees, and what doesn’t. How the bees perceive you. How to perform a hive inspection with minimal stinging
Selecting For Behavioral Resistance to Varroa Destructor - Krispn Given 1:30-2:30
A unique look into the world of the honey bee breeding, Paradigm's used to select for the hierarchal trait mite-biting.
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Telling Your Story - Cindy Bee 1:30-2:30
Writing and story telling
Simply Smart Beekeeping - Kirsten Traynor 1:30-2:30
In German, there is a popular saying “Wieso einfach, wenn auch umstandig”, which means why take the simple route, when there is a complicated one. As humans, we gravitate toward complicated answers. Maybe we’re drawn to complex solutions, because if it’s difficult and we fail, it’s understandable and we don’t feel bad. But beekeeping need not be complicated, difficult or complex. Learn to keep healthy hives in an easy, carefree way so you enjoy your hives and feel confident working your bees
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Bee Biology - Jamie Ellis 1:30-2:30
Honey bees are fascinating insects. They have an assortment of individual behaviors that contribute to the overall success of the entire colony. In this lecture, Dr. Ellis will discuss nest structure, the members of the colony, honey bee behavior, and colony goals, all in an effort to foster a more holistic appreciation of the honey bee.
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2:45-3:45
Mr. Bee - Celia Davis 2:45-3:45
The life of the drone honey bee: it’s life-cycle, anatomy, importance to the colony and the problems drones are facing particularly from Varroa and the chemicals used to treat it.
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Hygienic and Grooming Behavior in Russian Honey Bees - Lilia DeGuzman 2:45-3:45
Russian honey bees (RHB) not only display strong and rapid hygienic responses towards brood infested with varroa mites, but also grooming responses to the varroa mites exposed from hygienic activities. These attributes are important in suppressing varroa mite population in RHB colonies.
NC Grown: Uncapping the Nation's Largest Beekeeping Organization - Freddy Proni 2:45-3:45
Explore the Nation’s largest volunteer beekeeping organization, the programs offered, and how it reflects apiculture education excellence. Boasting 4,700 active members, the NCSBA promotes bee health, queen rearing instruction, large bi-annual conferences, legislative support, a Master Beekeepers Program and constant outreach allied with North Carolina State University and the NC Department of Agriculture. We will discover how NC accomplishes these tasks perhaps allowing you to bring forth tried methods or programs that have built the hive that our NC beekeepers are housed in.
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Locally Bred Queens Survive Better Than Imports - Andrew Gibb 2:45-3:45
This talk will compare the ability of imported queens of Brother Adam at Buckfast Abbey with locally bred queens. Should greater encouragement be given today to locally bred queens?
Nutrition Basics - Jennifer Tsuruda 2:45-3:45
Bee health is more than just the absence of disease. This session will cover basics of providing natural forage as well as feeding to help ensure your bees are well fed and nourished - why, when, what, and how.
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Bee Biology Cont. - Jamie Ellis 2:45-3:45
Honey bees are fascinating insects. They have an assortment of individual behaviors that contribute to the overall success of the entire colony. In this lecture, Dr. Ellis will discuss nest structure, the members of the colony, honey bee behavior, and colony goals, all in an effort to foster a more holistic appreciation of the honey bee.
Thursday Conference (Morning)
MORNING SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018Conference - Thursday, August 16th
| Speaker | Vendor | Master Bee Keepers | Honey Show |
| Location | 6:30-7:30 | 8:00-8:30 | 8:30-9:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 10:30-11:00 | 11:00-12:00 | Lunch - Location EAS Life Member Lunch |
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| Registration | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-4:00 | |||||||
| Various | Yoga for Beekeepers 6:00-7:00 (Location Near Grand Staircase) | |||||||
| Ballroom (A,B,C) | Opening & Intro (8:15-8:30) | Why Are Our Bees Dying & What Can We Do About It | Dr. James Ellis |
Behavioral Ecology of Swarming | Dr. Juliana Rangel | BREAK | Un-Popular Science | Jon Zawislak | |||
| Ballroom (E,F,G) | EAS Vendor Area Open for Displaying Products, Services & Demonstrations | |||||||
| Room 201,202 | Honey Show | |||||||
| Room 102,103 | Childrens Program?? | |||||||
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EAS 2018 Conference, Thursday August 16th
Session Summaries - Morning Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
Yoga for Beekeepers | Pam Lavelle 6:00-7:00
Join me for a well-rounded, one hour, gentle yoga class, suitable for all levels, including beginners. I will focus mainly on stretches for beekeepers, relating what we do in class to how we would utilize this knowledge in the apiary. I will bring extra yoga mats, but if you have one of your own, please bring it.
Opening and Intro 8:15-8:30
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Why Are Our Bees Dying & What Can We Do About It | Dr. Jamie Ellis 8:30-9:30
In many ways, beekeeping is harder than ever. Colony loss rates are high in many areas around the world. Old pests and pathogens continue to cause problems. New pests and pathogens threaten colony health. With all of the confusion swirling around bee health, we are left to wonder what the principle killers of honey bee colonies actually are. Herein, Dr. Ellis will discuss what is killing bees around the world and what can be done to reduce the losses.
Behavioral Ecology of Swarming | Dr. Juliana Rangel 9:30-10:30
We will explore the conditions inside a colony that is preparing to swarm in the spring, and participants will learn about the signals that initiate a swarm’s sudden departure from the parental nest.
BREAK (10:30-11:00)
Un-popular Science | Jon Zawislak (R. Morse Award Winner) (11:00-12:00)
Many factors have been plaguing our bees in recent years, but certain pesticides have hogged the headlines in the popular media stories about pollinator declines. Jon Zawislak reviews some of the original field studies being conducted on honey bees in mid-south agricultural areas to investigate the effects of farm chemicals on honey bee health, and some of their surprising findings.
LUNCH | EAS Membership Lunch 12:00-1:30
Membership lunch is in the Embassy Suites Ballroom
Thursday Conference (Afternoon)
AFTERNOON SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Day Two - Thursday, August 16th
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| Location | 1:30-2:00 | 2:30-2:45 | 2:45-3:45 | 3:45-4:15 | 4:15-5:15 | 5:15-6:00 | 6:00-6:30 | 6:30-8:00 | 8:00-10:00 | |
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| Lobby | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-4:00 | Dinner | Socal with Cash Bar (Open Area - Convention Center |
Dinner & Honey Show Awards Ballroom B,C (Advanced Tickets Required |
Silent Auction (Open to all) |
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| Ballroom (E,F,G) | EAS Vendor Area Open for Displaying Products, Services & Demonstrations | |||||||||
| Conf. A,B | Tips for Handling Bees | Randy Oliver | 15 Min. Break |
Community Sourcing of Bees Here's How We Did It | Bonnie Morse |
30 Min. Break |
Seasonal Management at French Hill Apiary | Mike Palmer | |||||
| Conf. D | Taxonomy of Apidae | Juliana Rangel | Strengthening Your Bee Club | Michele Colopy | Age Polytheism | Juliana Rangel | |||||||
| Room 104,105 | Tropilaelaps Mites: A Fate Worse Than Varroah D. | Sam Ramsey |
Growing Degree Days | Keith Tignor | Teaching Bees to Children | Toni Burnham | |||||||
| Room 106,107 | Honey Bees as Superorganisms - The Hive or the Honey Bee? | Jamie Ellis | Community Engagement for Sustainable Beekeeping | Pam Fisher |
Sideline Pollination | Bob Wellemeyer | |||||||
| Room 108,109 | Insect Photography | Jennifer Tsuruda | Ten Years of White House Bees | Charlie Brandts | Hot Bees? Thermal Cameras Reveal Bee Behaviour in New Ways | Wyatt Mangum |
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| Room 204,204 | Diversity in Apiary | Deb Delaney | Judging a Honey Show | Michael Young MBE | Where Beekeeping Began - And Continues! | Dewey Caron | |||||||
| Apiary | Finding Queens | Special Guests Long Box Beekeeping | Albert Schubak (1:30-2:30) |
Hygienic Behavior Testing Part 1 | Don Hopkins Sugar Shake Testing for Varroa | Lewis Cauble |
Managing Small Hive Beetle | Jen Keller Sugar Shake Testing for Varroa | Lewis Cauble |
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EAS 2018 Conference, Thursday August 16th
Session Summaries - Afternoon Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
1:30-2:30
Tips for Handling Bees - Randy Oliver 1:30-2:30
Tips from a lifetime of experience of working bees barehanded (and generally without any protective gear). How to understand what initiates the honey bee defense response, and how to avoid it. What upsets bees, and what doesn’t. How the bees perceive you. How to perform a hive inspection with minimal stinging
Taxonomy of Apidae - Juliana Rangel 1:30-2:30
This lecture will give an overview of the taxonomy of the Apidae family, starting from the class Insecta, briefly covering specific traits of the order Hymenoptera and the suborder Apocrita (bees, wasps and ants), and exploring more specific traits of the family Apidae, the subfamily Apoidea, and the genus Apis.
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Tropilaelaps Mites: A Fate Worse
Than Varroah D - Sam Ramsey 1:30-2:30Tropilaelaps mites are spreading across the globe at a rate very similar to that of Varroa in the 1960’s, roughly 20 years before they arrived in the US. If they continue to spread this way, it’s possible that they could be here soon. We know these mites are much more destructive than Varroa with faster population growth, greater mobility, and no pesticides currently labeled for their treatment but most areas of our knowledge are still woefully insufficient.
Honey Bees as Superorganisms - The Hive or the Honey Bee? - Jamie Ellis 1:30-2:30
Honey bee colonies are composed of thousands of individual bees. However, a colony expresses attributes that are more complicated than those of the individual bees that compose it. The result is a honey bee colony that is more than a simple sum of its parts. In this lecture, the emergent properties of a honey bee colony will be discussed, with a focus on an argument for viewing the colony itself as an organism.
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Insect Photography - Jennifer Tsuruda 1:30-2:30
Come learn some tips and techniques for taking photos and videos of your bees and other insects! The focus (get it??) will be on using cell phone cameras and how to use photography to tell a story and assist with your inspections.
Diversity in Apiary - Deb Delaney 1:30-2:30
We will discuss the importance of diversity at the colony and apiary scale. research highlighting the benefits of diversity will be presented.
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Finding Queens - Special Guests 1:30-2:30
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2:45-3:45
Community Sourcing of Bees
Here's How We Did It - Bonnie Morse 2:45-3:45In Marin County, California, sourcing bees locally increased from a reported 42% to 85% since 2009. Here’s how we did it.
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Strengthening Your Bee Club - Michele Colopy 2:45-3:45
Bee Club Leaders are brave and hardy Souls. Learn the responsibilities and liabilities of Beekeeping Association leaders, ways to break a bee club, and how to improve club management from this nonprofit leader with 20 years of nonprofit experience. This talk will include discussion of fundraising, grant writing, and considering if your club should become a nonprofit.
Growing Degree Days - Keith Tignor 2:45-3:45
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Community Engagement for
Sustainable Beekeeping - Pam Fisher 2:45-3:45The adage, “It takes a village” aptly describes the urban/suburban environment where neighbors influence a beekeeper’s success or failure. Discover how regularly engaging your community can positively affect local zoning ordinances, reduce pesticide usage, and provide new members for your local bee club.
Ten Years of White House Bees - Charlie Brandts2:45-3:45
Like the title says, this talk will go over ten years of managing the White House honey bee colony, unique set up, management and setting, etc.
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Judging a Honey Show - Michael Young MBE 2:45-3:45
Tips and techniques for juding the various products in a honey show
Hygienic Behavior Testing Part 1 - Don Hopkins 2:45-3:45
Testing for hygienic behavior will be demonstrated. (Part One of Two)
Sugar Shake Testing for Varroa - Lewis Cauble 2:45-3:45
Discussion of the importance of monitoring varroa throughout the season and a hands on demonstration of the sugar shake method.
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4:15-5:15
Seasonal Management of the Apiary - Mike Palmer 4:15-5:15
Listen to the seasonal management tasks in a sustainable apiary producing honey by the ton, comb honey, nucs, and queens
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Age Polytheism - Juliana Rangel 4:15-5:15
Among the many traits that make honey bees such special insects, is the fact that their colonies exhibit age-based division of labor, also known as age polyethism. We will go over the many tasks that are undertaken by bees as they age, from the moment they emerge from their cells as adults, all the way until they “graduate” as foragers and/or nest-site scouts, the last and most dangerous of the tasks performed by honey bee workers.
Teaching Bees to Children - Toni Burnham 4:15-5:15
Many beekeepers are more afraid of school kids than stings! Relax, it’s fun! We will offer tips and activities for sessions in various settings (classroom, non-school meeting, fair) including lesson plans and resource lists.
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Sideline Pollination - Bob Wellemeyer 4:15-5:15
This talk will walk you through a typical year of sideline pollination, tasks, challenges, tips, and ideas from Bob’s experience running Windsong Apiaries sideline pollination.
Hot Bees? Thermal Cameras Reveal Bee
Behaviour in New Ways - Wyatt Mangum 4:15-5:15In the American Bee Journal and Bee Culture, Wyatt has published several articles on using thermal cameras to see bee behavior and using the cameras as a management tool in Bee Culture. Commercial beekeepers use thermal cameras to increase their work efficiency. In addition to his top-bar apiaries, he has a “frame hive” apiary for a detailed examination of using thermal cameras for ascertaining the condition of frame-hive colonies
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Where Beekeeping Began - And Continues! - Dewey Caron 4:15-5:15
Our rich EAS and Virginia history - how current interest in Natural (Darwinian) beekeeping fits into this history and the future of beekeeping.
Managing Small Hive Beetle - Jen Keller 4:15-5:15
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Sugar Shake Testing for Varroa - Lewis Cauble 4:15-5:15
Discussion of the importance of monitoring varroa throughout the season and a hands-on demonstration of the sugar shake method.
Friday Conference (Morning)
MORNING SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Conference - Friday, August 17th
| Speaker | Vendor | Master Bee Keepers | Honey Show |
| Location | 8:00-8:30 | 8:30-9:30 | 9:30-10:30 | 10:30-11:00 | 11:00-12:00 | 12:15-1:30 | ||
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| Registration | Registration Desk | Lost & Found | Help & Questions 7:30-12:00 | Lunch - 12:15-1:230 | ||||||
| Various | EAS Life Member Lunch - TBD 12:15-1:30 | |||||||
| Ballroom (A,B,C) | Opening & Intro 8:15-8:30 | Honeybees from the U.K to the U.S.A | Michael Young, MBE | Transmission dynamics of honey bee viruses and the queen | Dr. Olav Rueppell | BREAK | Welcome to EAS - Buddy May (11:15-11:30) EAS Membership Meeting - (11:15-12:00) |
Pickup Honey Exchange - Vendor Hall 12:15 | ||
| Ballroom (E,F,G) | EAS Vendor Area Open for Displaying Products, Services & Demonstrations |
History of EAS in Photos - |
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| Space Open | Master Beekeeping Meeting - Time and Location TBD | |||||||
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EAS 2018 Conference, Friday August 17th
Session Summaries - Morning Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
Opening and Intro 8:15-8:30
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Honey Bees from the U.K. to the U.S.A | Michael Young 8:30-9:30
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Transmission dynamics of honey bee viruses and the queen | Dr. Olav Rueppell (Hambleton Award Winner) 9:30-10:30
Honey bee queens present hubs for virus transmission in colonies that should be particularly protected. I will summarize several studies that my lab has performed to study the queen's rold in virus transmission within honey bee colonies.
Break 10:30-11:00
Welcome to EAS - Buddy May 11:15-11:30
EAS Membership Meeting 11:15-12:00Lunch
History of EAS in Photos - Betty Mencucci (Ballroom - 12:30 - 1:30)
This slideshow is a trip down memory lane of past EAS conferences for the past 30 years showing the various locations, speakers, field trips, participants, banquets and honey shows
Pick Up Honey Exchange in the Vendor Hall 12:15
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Friday Conference (Afternoon)
AFTERNOON SESSIONS GUIDE
EAS 2018 Day Three - Friday, August 16th
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EAS 2018 Conference, Friday August 16th
Session Summaries - Afternoon Session
Session information is always tentative. Please see your daily printout for any changes in speaker, topics or times for the most up to date information. Listings are in order of time, speaker links will take you to the bio for that presenter.
1:30-2:30
Queen and Drone Reproductive Biology - Krispn Given 1:30-2:30
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Marketing the Business of Bees - Kim Flottum 1:30-2:30
No matter how you are making money with your bees, you can’t ignore Promoting your business. Beekeepers need to know you exist, and the public wants to know what you do. We’ll explore some common, and not so common promotional opportunities to help expand your business and increase your public exposure.
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Meliponas as a Tool for Conservation
& Entrepreneurship in Tropical Rural
Communities - German Perilla 1:30-2:30Develop sustainable beekeeping and meliponicultur programs owned by the communities in order to increase the participation of apicultural producers in new markets, avoiding the middleman. Improve and standardize the process hive management, production and harvesting of high quality hive products.
Pheromones - The Silent Messengers - Celia Davis 1:30-2:30
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Foraging Environment and Honey Bee
Health - Carlyle Brewster 1:30-2:30We are finalizing summary text for this talk - please check back
Understanding & Monitoring For Varroa - Jennifer Tsuruda 1:30-2:30
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Hygienic Test Part 2 - Don Hopkins 1:30-2:30
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Top Bar Hives & More - Sam Comfort 1:30-2:30
We will discuss pros and cons, inspect, and catch queens from several hive designs including Kenyan top bar and Comfort hives (a modified box hive). What is the best type of hive? The one you make yourself.
2:45-3:45
Russian Bee Breeding: The Hard Work of
Improving Honey Bee Health - Dan Conlon 2:45-3:45I will discuss how the Russian Honeybee Breeders Association members work together and meet standards to improve mite tolerance, honey production while maintaining genetics in our breeding program. What is working, and what we expect in the future.
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Varroa Feed on Hemolymph & Two Other Alternative Facts
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How Bees Make Honey - Rick Fell 2:45-3:45
A detailed look at the process by which honey bees convert nectar into honey, as well as a review of honey composition, factors affecting crystallization and the protective systems in honey. This presentation will also consider how we can use this knowledge to improve colony management.
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The Manuka Story: De- Commoditizing New
Zealand Honey - Fiona O'Brien 2:45-3:45When my mother was a child, her grandfather sold his few pounds of strong, dark, bitter, bush (native forest) honey to the local chemist so that it could be made into preparations like cough mixture. Not all beekeepers were able to extract or sell this honey once cursed for its taste, thixotropic nature and dark amber colour especially in a country that had a tendency to appreciate the white to light amber milder tasting honeys. Despite Beekeeper preference NZ bees continued to collect Manuka. Couple a marketing plan to some research money, and today we have a honey worth millions of dollars.
The City Comes to the Country: Lessons from
Legalizing Urban Beekeeping Can Protect Your
Bees, Too - Toni Burnham 2:45-3:45We are finalizing summary text for this talk - please check back
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IPF of Small Hive Beetle - John Zawislak 2:45-3:45
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4:15-5:15
Queen Rearing - Mike Palmer 4:15-5:15
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Easy Queen Introduction - Kristen Traynor 4:15-5:15
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Dancing Honey Bee Bioindicators
Communicate Habitats’ Ability to Feed Pollinators
- Maggie Couvillon 4:15-5:15Successful honey bee foragers communicate to their nestmates the distance and direction from the hive to the forage they collect. Here I describe my research where I, the eavesdropping scientist, listens in on these dance conversations and decodes the information to generate important data about when and where bees are collecting their food in the landscape.
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Managing Bee Club Growth & Teaching w/the Flow Hive
“Down Under” - Andrew Wooten 4:15-5:15A cloud-based membership system with event management and online payments was introduced, facilitating expansion of activities. We recognized that the large numbers of new beekeepers purchasing Flow hives created a requirement for their education. In addition to beginner courses, a number of innovative programs were developed including home mentoring and nucleus colony establishment. The influx of members and funds allowed the implementation of a club apiary, creating a virtuous circle of extension. These experiences are likely to be illuminating for other beekeeping communities.
Sharing the Throne: Multi Queen Colonies - James Withrow 4:15-5:15
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Reading Combs: Understanding Bee Biology Over a Season - Randy Oliver 4:15-5:15
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