Please Make your Hotel Reservation, No Later Than October 24, 2008 - Mention Beekeepers to get the group rate

                Empire State Honey Producers Association

Comfort Inn & Suites 

6701 Buckley Road 

North Syracuse, New York.

315 457-4000

 WINTER MEETING 200

                                                                     PROGRAM

Friday November 7, 2008 and Saturday November 8, 2008

                Friday November 7th                           

 

                            8:15 Registration

 

                            8:45 AM  Welcome    Ted Elk,  President ESHPA 

  

                            8:50 AM Update on Apiary Inspections

                                   Paul Cappy, N. Y. State Apiarist, 

                                   N.Y.  Dept.  of  Agriculture & Markets  

 

 

                             9:30 AM Dyce lab - Update  

                                      Dr. Nick Calderone  Cornell University

 

 

                                    9:45 AM Break - Beverages available in the Syracuse Room

 

                            

                            10:15 AM Indoor Fumigation for Varroa destructor with Formic Acid

                                       Paul Kozak  Cornell University

 

                            11:00 AM  Options to Keep your Bees Alive

                                        Doug McRory   Ontario Provincial Apiarist

 

 

                                    12:00 PM  Hot Lunch Buffet for those who prepay

 

 

                             1:00 PM  Managing Parasites and Expectations with Package Bees  

                                      Dr. Nick Calderone  Cornell University

 

 

                           1:45 PM  The Bees Bees Bounce Back - The 2008 Season in Ontario

                                    Alison Skinner, Tech Transfer Team,  

                                   Ontario Beekeepers Association   

 

                           2:30 PM The Root Cause of CCD: Beyond Disappearance Disease

                                   Dr. Malcolm Sanford  Professor Emeritus  University of Florida

 

 

                            3:15 PM Break - Beverages available in the Syracuse Room

 

 

                            3:30 PM Business Meeting

 

 

                            6:00 PM Cocktails

 

 

                            7:00 PM Silent Auction ** and Banquet

 

            Saturday November 8th

 

                            8:45 AM  Nosema

                                             Paul Cappy, N. Y. State Apiarist, 

                                   N.Y.  Dept.  of  Agriculture & Markets  

 

                                  

                                    9:30 AM Keeping Bees Without Chemicals   

                                    Peter Borst  

 

 

                                    10:15 Break

 

 

                             10:45 AM Why Developing a Standard of Identity for Honey Makes Sense

                                   Dr. Malcolm Sanford  Professor Emeritus  University of Florida

 

 

                            11:30 AM Overview of Beekeeping in Canada

                                             Doug McRory  Ontario Provincial Apiarist

   

                                              12:15 PM Closing - Ted Elk

             

                               ** Donations are gratefully welcomed

 

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