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

 

Friday April 16

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

 

Saturday April 17

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