ULSTER BEEKEEPERS'ASSOCIATION
53RD ANNUAL CONFERENCE
ON 26TH & 27TH APRIL 1996
AT GREENMOUNT AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, ANTRIM, N.IRELAND
                AGENDA - FRIDAY 26TH APRIL 1996
7.30pm     Opening Ceremony.
7.45pm     "Cooking with Honey" by Michael Young.
8.30pm     "Nuclei Production" by Miche=E1l MacGiolla Coda.
                AGENDA - SATURDAY 27TH MAY 1996
9.00am     Registration and a chance to view Thorne's Beekeeping
Supplies.
9.30am     Practical Workshops ~
                     "Morphometry of Honeybees", with John Donoghue;
                     "Microscopy and Disease Detection",
                                with Paul Moore and Martin Johnston;
                     "Clipping the Queen's Wings", with Ronnie
Macpherson;
                     "Artificial Insemination of Queen Bees", with Dr.
Philip Earle.
10.00am     "How to Start Beekeeping", by Robert Shaw.
11.00am     Coffee / Tea.
11.30am     Short talks by Paul Smith of E.H.Thorne(Beehives) Ltd.,
                       and Mary Fisher representing Northern Bee Books.
11.50am     "Pollination and the Beekeeper", by Dr. Michael Clancy.
1.00pm     Lunch ~ may be purchased at the College.
2.00pm     "Maximising the Honey Yield", by Patsy Bennett.
3.00pm     Coffee / Tea.
3.15pm     Practical Workshops
4.00pm     Annual General Meeting.
Greenmount Nature Trail will be open, so bring the family along.
Conference admission charges:  =A36 per person with a reduction for
families.
Overnight accommodation is available at Greenmount College.
Breakfast arrangements by request. For reservations telephone
01849-462114.
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