VSBA 2012 Spring Conference
When: March 23-24, 2012
Where: ACCA Shrine Center [Richmond, Va]
Hosted by: Ashland Beekeepers Association
Early registration by March 9 - Click Here for Registration Form
GUEST SPEAKERS
Dr. Dewey M. Caron, Professor Extension Entomologist University of Delaware [Click for Bio]
Dr. James Earl Tew, State Beekeeping Specialist for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. [Click for Bio]
Ed Levi, Apiary Specialist and Inspector for the Arkansas State Plant Board. [Click for Bio]
VSBA 2012 Spring Membership Meeting Action Items
Program
Friday, March 23
12:00 – 1:00 Registration
1:00 – 1:15 Opening Remarks
1:15 – 1:45 State Apiarist Report
1:45 – 2:30 Honey Bees in the Urban Landscape – Jim Tew
2:30 – 3:15 Moving Toward Chemical Free Beekeeping – Ed Levi
3:15 – 3:45 Break
3:45 – 4:00 Door Prize Drawings
4:00 – 4:45 So….What Will It Take to Survive Winter? – Dewey Caron
4:45 – 7:00 Dinner
7:00 – 7:15 Door Prize Drawings
7:15 – 8:00 Bees on the Internet – Jim Tew
8:00 – 8:15 Super Dooper Door Prize Donated by Sustainable Bees
8:15 – 9:00 Who Else Is Coming for Dinner – Dewey Caron
9:00 ADJOURN
Saturday, March 24
8:30 – 9:15 Registration
9:15 – 9:30 Opening Remarks
9:30 – 10:15 What Others Can Teach Us About Our Beekeeping – Ed Levi
10:15 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:00 Door Prize Drawings
11:00 – 11:45 Honey Bees and Their Modern-Day Keepers – Jim Tew
11:45 – 12:30 Increasing Honey Production – Ed Levi
12:30 – 2:30 Lunch
2:30 – 2:45 Door Prize Drawing (last one)
2:45 – 3:30 Business Meeting
3:30 – 4:00 Legislative Report and/or Master Beekeeper Update with Certificates Awarded
4:00 – 4:45 How to “Read” a Colony – Dewey Caron
4:45 Adjourn
5:00 – 6:30 Master Beekeeping Testing. Please contact VSBA President Frank S. Walker for registration details.
Lodging
New Hotel Information:
Hampton Inn & Suites
Country Inn & Suites
Best Western
Other Hotels on Broad Street:
Restaurtants:
There are a few restaurant options near the meeting location, and numerous restaurant options on Broad Street near hotels.
Directions to New Location:
Traveling I-95 South take exit #78, left (north) onto Boulevard which will change immediately into Hermitage Road.
Traveling I-95 North take exit 78, right (north) onto Hermitage Road.
Proceed 3 traffic lights and turn left on Bellevue Avenue. About 70 yards to the entrance driveway in middle of long white fence. Signs will be posted at entrance.
Deb Parker, VSBA Program Chair, brokenpost@gemlink.com, 540-854-4883
