Virginia State Beekeeping
Association
Spring
Meeting April 16-17, 2010
Wytheville Community College
Wytheville, VA
Hosted by Mountain Empire Beekeepers
Association
Provisional Program as of April 14,
2010 – Subject to Change
12:00 Registration opens
1:00 Convene
1:10 Hood – Importance of
IPM
2:00 Mangum – Survivor Bees
Decrease Brood Infestation to Survive With Varroa
3:00 Break – door prize
drawing at end of break
3:30 Rangel – Nest-site
defense between competing swarms during house-hunting
4:30 Adamson – Bee
pollinator complex: Pollination of berries and fruits
5:00 Dinner break
7:00 Door Prize drawing
Hood – Wax Moth Control
AND/OR
effects of sublethal doses of pesticides
8:00 Invitation to EAS –
Billy Davis, Brenda Kiessling
8:15 Mangum – The Langstroth Frame: A Revolution Seen in the Context of the
Times
(Honoring
the bicentennial of Langstroth’s birthday)
9:00 Adjourn
8:00 Registration opens
8:30 Convene
8:35 Hood – SHB management
9:15 Tignor
– state apiarist’s report
10:00 Fell – update on VT
projects on nosema and varroa
10:30 Break – door prize
drawing at end;
11:00 VT Extension 4H
update; Davis, update on sustainable bee program
11:20 VSBA business meeting
(election)
Noon (or later) Lunch and
last door prize drawing
1:00 or one hour after break Workshops (choose
1 of 4)
2:00 Break
2:30 Workshops (Choose 1 of 4)
3:30 Adjourn
Workshops:
Spring Management – Billy
Davis
Designing Your Own Labels –
Whitney Long
Doolittle Queen Rearing
method – Juliana Rangel
Small Hive Beetle Controls –
Mike Hood