Don't miss this opportunity!
Bring your smart phone, Dr Bromenshenk will be showing everyone how to make their own Tablet/SmartPhone data app.
*Walk-in registrations will be accepted for both the Friday evening and Saturday sessions; cash and credit card accepted.
*Registration for the 2 Day Session (Saturday & Sunday) closes Wednesday night, July 25)
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! for Friday set-up, registration, JFK arrival; Saturday set-up, registration; Contact Pat at [log in to unmask]
NY Bee Wellness Workshop LI 2018- Honeybee Disease & Management
Register online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ny-bee-...ts-45268522369
VETERANS: Email [log in to unmask] if you wish to use the FarmOPS scholarship (reimbursement- up to $100) for this event. See details on their webpage.
AGENDA
NY Bee Wellness Workshop, July 27-29 2018
Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, Long Island NY
*Friday July 27, 7-9pm “Changes in Beekeeping Management and Education- Technologies We Use: Apps, Online Courses and Beekeeper Communities; IR Imaging, Scale Hives, Satellite Monitoring, and Sensors” -Jerry Bromenshenk PhD
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*Saturday July 28
9a-9:15 Welcome, Introductions, Overview. Expectations - P. Bono
9:15a- 10:15a Disease Overview: diagnosis and treatments – Melanie Kempers, TTP OBA
10:15-10:30a Break
10:30a- 11:45 Apiary Walk Through, IR Imaging, Apps for Pests, Diseases, and Pesticides- -Jerry Bromenshenk PhD
11:45- 12:45p Lunch
12:45p-2p Doctors for Bees; We Need Them; They Need Us, and the Bees Need All of Us -Jerry Bromenshenk PhD
2-2:15p Break
2:15-3:15 Inspecting a bee colony, hygiene, recordkeeping - Melanie Kempers, TTP OBA
3:15-4:30pm – Data Driven Bee Management:Get Serious About Beekeeping, Bee Health, Hive and Product Security -Jerry Bromenshenk PhD
4:30-5p Questions. Closing- All
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*Sunday July 29, 9a-5pm Limited to 24 participants,
Hive inspections and labwork: 3-4 hours of hive inspections and assessments in the apiary and use of devices; then labwork examining samples for AFB, Nosema, microscope use. Instructors: Melanie Kempers, Jerry Bromenshenk
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email Pat Bono for additional info: [log in to unmask]
Location: Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Great River, Long Island, NY
Instructors:
Jerry Bromenshenk received his Ph.D. in insect ethology (behavior) from Montana State University. He co-founded Bee Alert Technology in 2003 and is the statewide director of Montana's EPSCoR program (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research). His research focuses on insect behavior, ecotoxicology, population dynamics, and environmental chemistry. He recently served as president of WAS - Western Apiculture Society. Dr. Bromenshenk has 40 years experience working with honeybees. Founder of the University of Montana online Master Beekeeping program.
Melanie Kempers has been with the renowned Ontario Canada Tech Transfer Program for 12 years, teaching beekeepers at all levels and conducting a broad range of practical research on apiculture; recently cited for “Ask an Expert” in Bee Culture magazine; grew up on a dairy farm in Prince Edward County and it was her love of animals and the outdoors that led her to the University of Guelph in 2002 to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Agricultural Science. Member of the Canadian Association of Professional Apiculturists.
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