South Carolina Beekeepers Association

         2009 SCBA/NCSBA SPRING MEETING SCHEDULE

                                          

                                     (TENTATIVE SCHEDULE, January 2009)

 

Friday, March 6, 2009

 

12:00 PM. . .  Meeting Registration – Baxter Hood Convention Center Lobby

                        Late Registration Fee - $15 Extra Individual and Family

                        Exhibitor Setup - Baxter Hood Convention Center Lobby

                       

2:00 . . . . . . . .Invocation – Gene Weathers, York County Beekeepers Assoc. Chaplain

                       Welcome to Rock Hill and Legislative Update – State Senator Wes Hayes,

                              District 15

 

2:20 . . . . . . . .Announcements and Introductions - Mike Hood, Extension Apiculturist,

                              Clemson Univ. and David Tarpy, Extension Apiculturist, NC State Univ.

 

2:30 . . . . . . . Presidents’ Comments – Charlie Johnson (SCBA) and Greg Clements (NCSBA)

 

2:45 . . . . . . . “Status of Beekeeping in the US”  Jerry Hayes, Florida State Apiarist, Florida

                                Dept. of Agriculture, Gainesville, Florida

 

3:15 . . . . . . . BREAK

 

3:40 . . . . . . . Door Prizes

 

3:45 . . . . . . . “Forgotten, but Not Gone” Kim Flottom, Editor, “Bee Culture,” Medina, Ohio

                      

4:15 . . . . . . . “At Your Service – Bee Disease Diagnosis at the Beltsville USDA Bee Lab”

                                 Bart Smith, Entomologist, USDA/ARS Bee Lab, Beltsville, MD

 

4:45 . . . . . . . . Panel Discussion, (questions from the audience)

                                 Panelists: Kim Flottom, Don Hopkins, Jerry Hayes, David Tarpy, Bart

                                                 Smith, Jennifer Berry, Kerry Owen, Charlie Johnson

 

6:00 . . . . . . . Adjourn                                

 

7:00 . . . . . . .  Banquet - Baxter Hood Convention Center - Advance Tickets Required ($15)

                               --Food

                               --“The Kudzu Kuzins” country string band

                               --Keynote Address “Colorful Characters” – Kim Flottom, Editor, Bee Culture  

                                                                                       

9:00 . . . . . . . . Adjourn for Evening

 

 

 

Saturday, March 7, 2008

 

8:30. . . . . . . .Announcements and Door Prizes

 

8:45 . . . . . . . “James Bond, Beekeeping, and Living with Mites” David Tarpy, Extension

                                Apiculturist, NC State University

 

9:15 . . . . . . . “US Honey Bee Populations – Managed vs. Feral” Debbie Delaney, Post Doctoral

                                Fellow, NC State University

 

9:45  . . . . . .  Break - Visit Exhibitors  

 

10:10 . . . . . . Door Prizes

 

10:15. . . . . . . “Report on the Clemson Univ./Univ. of Georgia Research Project on the Affect of

                                  Sub-lethal Doses of Pesticides on Honey Bee Health” Jennifer Berry

 

10:45 . . . . . .  “Worker Interactions with Queens and Drones and Their Role in Honey

                                  Production” Stanley Schneider, Professor, Department of Biology,

                                  University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC

 

11:15 . . . . . .  “Stump the Professor,” Jerry Hayes  (questions from the audience)

 

11:45 . . . . . . . Associations Meet for Business

 

12:30 . . . . . . .LUNCH on your own

 

1:45. . .  . . . . Announcements and Introduction to Workshops

 

2:00 . . . . . . .  45 Minute Concurrent Workshops (All sessions will begin at 2:00, 3:00 and 4:00)

                    

                1.  “Producing, Harvesting and Processing Varietal and Artisan Honey” Kim Flottom

                2.  “Recognition and Treatment of Bee Diseases” Bart Smith

                3.  “What You Need to Know about Africanized Honey Bees” Jerry Hayes

                4.   “Varroa Mite Control” David Tarpy

                5.  “Small Hive Beetle Management” Jennifer Berry

                6.   “Pesticide Use Training” TBA

               

 

5:00 . . . . . . . .End - Have a Safe Trip Home !

                                         

COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, CALL MIKE HOOD AT 864-656-0346 OR EMAIL - mhood@clemson.edu