2017 Main Conference

class 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.

2017 Conference Program

Wednesday August 2 Theme: Follow the Bees to Newark SUBJECT TO MINOR CHANGE
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
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
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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