The EAS Conference begins on Wednesday, with Short Course participants included, extending through Friday afternoon. There will be keynote presentations to begin our daily programs followed by multiple tracks of presentations continuing through the afternoon. Speakers include Tom Seeley, Marla Spivak, Michael Palmer, Jennifer Berry, popular author James Tew, our Hambleton and student award winners, Clarence Collison our 2007 Roger Morse Extension/regulatory award winner, Jay Evans, USDA, Beltsville, Past EAS President Tammy Horn and many more.
Wednesday August 2 Theme: Follow the Bees to Newark SUBJECT TO MINOR CHANGE |
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Yoga 6:30-7:30 on the dorm green | |||||
Clayton Hall Auditorium 8:30-8:45 Introductions & Welcome | |||||
Townsend Hall MB EXAMS - AM Lab 9-12; AM to PM Field Exams | |||||
HONEY SHOW entries (until 11AM Clayton Lobby) ; HONEY SHOW EXCHANGE entries ALL DAY | |||||
Auditorium 8:45-9:35 Keynote Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville, Our expanding knowledge of bee disease | |||||
9:30-12:30 Marina Marchese Honey Tasting Sensory Evaluation Workshop | |||||
9:35-9:40 5 min Break | |||||
Auditorium 9:40- 10:30 Keynote Jennifer Berry, Univ of GA, Keeping Bees Alive | |||||
30 minute vendor Break | |||||
50 minute workshops | Auditorium | Auditorium 125 | Pencader 115 A&B | Pencader 117 | Pencader 106 |
BEE Science + EAS Award winners | Beekeeping | Getting information to Beekeepers | Training our Newest (& veteran) Beekeepers | Sustainability | |
11:00 – 11:50 | Hambleton Award winner Ramesh Sagili, 3 Decades post Varroa: lessons learned and future of bees | Latest from our vendors | Peter Lindtner Bee Photography - a picture is worth 1000 words | Special speaker Bart Smith MD - Identifying Honey Bee Pathogens & Pests - A hands-on workshop for new & experienced Beekeepers | Featured speaker Tammy Horn, KY Women in Apiculture |
BEE AUTHORS | Autographs 12:00-12:30 | Clayton Hall Lobby | |||
LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH |
1:30-4:30 Field trip to a Flower | Mt Cuba | w/Peter Lindtner | + UD students | & Mt Cuba docents | |
1:30-2:20 | Jay Evans, Translating bee research into management of stress & disease | Brielle Hermstedt, DE Honey Bee Anatomy | Featured Speaker Kim Flottum, OH, On the radar – Bee Health, Honey Markets & More. | John Gaut, NJ The NE NJ Mentoring program - Helping new beekeepers be successful | Don Coats, PA Bee Vet |
10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break |
2:30-3:20 | Morse Award Paul Kelly ON Buckfast bee breeding and queen rearing – why we keep bees on islands |
Cybil Preston, MD. Day in life of apiary inspector | Ray Banks & Cal Hollis DE Beekeeping in the south of Delaware | Debbie Delaney, DE A Honey Bee Collective: An educational endeavor in mountains of West Virginia | Mike Embrey, MD. Small Hive Beetle |
30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break |
3:50-5:00 | Ramesh Sagili OR. Honey Bee Nutrition: What we know and need to know | Dr. Jeffrey Cheskin, DE Modern Day Mead Making (& Tasting) | Jeff Burd, NJ Beekeeping in Central Jersey – giving back on behalf of the bees | Kathy Hossler, DE The DBA and three DE county Associations | Keith Jardine, PA. Lazy Beekeeping - simplifying the process through the season |
Bee yard time 2:30- 5:00 w/ EAS Bee Wranglers | Don Hopkins & Jen Keller, NC | + Bob Mitchell DE | + DE beekeepers | ||
Kids ‘n Bees Fly-In Workshop 1:30-3:30 | Organized by Sarah Red Laird Special need Deaf Students | How to effectively reach youth -open to all Bee Educators | |||
Dinner on Main | Street | Newark, De | |||
Dancing w/ the | Bees w/ Cliff | Sunflower | |||
Thursday Aug 3 |
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Yoga 6:30-7:30 On dorm green (weather permitting) | |||||
8:15-8:25 Introductions | |||||
Auditorium 8:25-9:25 Featured speaker Mike Palmer, VT, Sustainable/seasonal bee management | |||||
9:25-9:30 Break | |||||
Auditorium 9:30- 10:30 Keynote Address Tom Seeley, Cornell, Darwinian Beekeeping | |||||
30 minute Break | |||||
Auditorium | Auditorium 125 | Pencader 115 A&B | Pencader 106 | Pencader 117 | |
workshops | Our award winners | Bees as business | Artistry w/ Bees & Bee Products | New innovations & technology | Sustainability Healthy Queens |
11:00-11:50 | EAS Student Award winner Michael Smith NY How does a bee detect her colony's size? | Tammy Horn, KY Improving bee forage | UD Project -Honey Products pricing/mkting management | Dewey Caron, OR Varroa Tools Guide & Videos | Featured speaker: Larry Connor, MI ABC’s of Healthy Queens |
BEE AUTHORS | Autographs 12:00-12:30 | Clayton Hall Lobby | |||
LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH |
1:30-6:00 | FIELD TRIP TO w/ Peter Lindtner | NEMOURS & Ken Darsey | GARDENS & Horticulturist | MANSION | |
1:30-2:20 | EAS Roger Morse Awardee (2007) Clarence Collison Queens, Queens, Queens | Dean Burroughs, MD Supplementing income with bees | Ben & Kimberly Carpenter, NY. The Artistry of producing quality Comb Honey | Allen Hayes, MD Gadgets you keep bees without but won’t want to | Michael Palmer VT Queen rearing in a Sustainable Apiary |
10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break |
2:30-3:20 | Roger Morse Award winner Paul Kelly, ON Tips, tricks and Tools for the bee yard | Bob Wellemeyer, VA Sideline (small-scale) Pollination | Ann Breinig, PA Joy of making art with beeswax- Encaustic painting | Ray Walker, DE. Non-Invasive colony monitoring Technology | Ken Outten, DE Small sale nuc production |
30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break |
3:50-5:10 | Tom Seeley, NY Past Hambleton winner Bee Hunting | Landi Simone EAS MB program | George Wilson, Karla Eisen VA The 2017 Honey Show – points & pointers | Marla Spivak, MN Urban bee consultants | Jennifer Berry What it takes to rear quality queens. |
Kids n Bees Academy | Sarah Red Laird, OR | Kidz ACADEMY All day | Kidz ACADEMY All day | Kidz ACADEMY All day | Kidz ACADEMY All day |
Auction evening | Announce Honey Show winners | ||||
Friday August 4 |
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Yoga 6:30-7:30 on Dorm Green | |||||
8:15-8:30 Introductions | |||||
Auditorium 8:30-9:20 Featured presentation DE Veterans Planting Hope with Honey Bees. Faith Kuehn DE Dept Ag, Ron Hazlett, US Marine Veteran, Ray Walker, Walker Apiaries DE | |||||
9:20-9:30 Break | |||||
Auditorium 9:35- 10:35 Keynote Marla Spivak, U Minn. Building a Better Future for Bees | |||||
30 min Break | |||||
11:00-11:15 VA NEXT YEAR Karla Eisen, VA Welcomes you | |||||
11:15 -12:00 EAS ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING | |||||
12:00-12:15 HONEY EXCHANGE pickups | |||||
BEE AUTHORS | Autographs 12:00-12:30 | Clayton Hall Lobby | |||
LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH | LUNCH |
Friday PM | Auditorium | Auditorium 125 | Pencader 115 A & B | Pencader 106 | Pencader 117 |
Beekeeping | Expanding horizons | Working with Others | Bee research advances | Sustainability | |
1:30-2:20 | Featured Talk; Jim Tew, OH Beekeeping is Thriving – WHY? | Chris Wade & Laura Mensch, DE Discussion Developing/ Implementing a MP3 | Karla Eisen, VA A Club Based Nuc Program- The Sustainable Bee Club | Featured talk: Maryann Frazier, PA Overwintering – Improving your odds | Featured speaker: Vince Aloyo, PA Why and how to rear quality queens |
10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break | 10 min break |
2:30-3:20 | TOWN HALL DE BKpr Panel Paul Dill, Ken Outten, Joe Nicolai, | Mid-Atlantic Natural Beekeepers Exploring & Sharing Natural Methods of Beekeeping | Rachael Bonoan, MA. EAS Foundation Award 2016. Dirty water and gut microbes | Student winner Michael Smith Seasonal shifts and uncertain futures: how workers manage drone comb | Chris Cripps, BetterBee NY Changes in Bee Meds Why, What, How and expected results |
30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | 30 min break | |
3:50-5:10 | Allen Hayes, MD What beekeepers need to know about Yellow jacket wasps | Denise Bridgens Starting a new bee club in DE | Dewey Caron EAS MB exam - working with others (from 3:20) |
Rachael Bonoan, MA Honey bee nutritional ecology | Maryann Frazier, PA. New Tools to Solve old Problems |
In the Beeyard | Don Hopkins & Jen Keller | W/ Ronnie Quillan | & Oliver Collins | ||
Banquet evening | Some secrets Old Beekeepers Should Never Tell Jim Tew |
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Master Beekeeper Certification,
Honey Bee Research Grants