Virginia State Beekeepers Association

Fall/Winter Meeting

November 7, 2009

Blue Ridge Community College

Weyer’s Cave, Virginia

8:00 am                        Registration opens

8:15 am                        Opening Remarks –

                                                Ann Harman, President, VSBA

8:30 am                        Forest Bees and Varroa Mites

                                                Tom Seeley

9:30 am                        The Genetic Heritage and Characterization of U.S. Honey Bee Populations, Part I: Managed

                                                Debbie Delaney

10:30 am                      Break

11:00 am                      Nosema in Virginia: What and Where

                                                Rick Fell

11:40 am                      State Apiarist Report

                                                Keith Tignor    

Noon                           Adjourn for Lunch

1:00 pm                        How Honeybees Choose a Home

                                                Tom Seeley

2:00 pm                        The Genetic Heritage and Characterization of U.S. Honey Bee Populations, Part II: Non-Managed

                                                Debbie Delaney

3:00 pm                        Break

3:30 pm                        The Bee Hive as a Honey Factory

                                                Tom Seeley

4:30 pm                        Beekeeping in Belize

                                                Rick Fell

5:00 pm                        Closing comments and adjourn