Hello,
On Saturday March 12th, the Pennsylvania State Beekeepers Association
will be holding seminar on current varroa treatment options, entitled
Living With Varroa. The all day event is being hosted by the Lehigh
Valley Beekeepers Association and is located at the Lehigh Carbon
Community College in Schnecksville, PA. Schnecksville is approximately
5 miles north (on rt. 309) of Allentown, PA in the Lehigh Valley. It is
easily accessible from Interstates 78 or 476 via routes 22 and 309.
Speakers will include:
Maryann Frazer, Penn State University,
Mike Stanghellini, Rutgers University,
Dennis Keeney, PA Beekeeper and Queen Breeder
Jim Bobb & Bill Mondjack, PA Beekeepers and PSBA officers.
Registration fee is $20 in advance, by March 1, (sorry for short notice)
or $25 at the door. There will be an optional lunch provided for an
additional $8. Mail registration fee and lunch payment to:
Yvonne Crimbring
RD1 Box 315
Canton, PA 17724
For more information contact:
Jim Bobb (610) 584-6778 [log in to unmask]
Or Bill Mondjack (610) 264-0494 [log in to unmask]
Hope to see you there.
Ron
Ron Bogansky
Kutztown, (eastern) PA, USA
Living With Varroa; Our Current Treatment Options
Date: March 12, 2005
9:00 Introduction - Bill Mondjack
Where are we, where do we want to be and how do we get there?
9:20 Varroa - Our #1 Enemy - Maryann Frazier
Biology and Background
Viruses
Population growth - bees and mites
Environmental factors
Monitoring Mite Levels -
Checking drone brood
Natural drop
Sugar roll and ether rolls
10:00 Treatment Options
Background and Research - Mike Stanghellini
Chemicals
Apistan (Fluvalinate)
CheckMite (Coumaphos)
The "Pettis test"
Biopesticides
Apilife VAR (Thymol)
Sucrocide (Sucrose Octanoate Esters)
Formic Acid
ApiGuard
Cinnamon oil
11:00 Application - Jim Bobb and Bill Mondjack
Apilife VAR (Thymol) - (Bill)
Sucrocide (Sucrose Octanoate Esters) - (Bill)
Formic Acid - (Jim)
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch - Available as an option on or off campus.
1:00 Alternate treatments; cultural controls - Speakers T.B.A.
Small cell size
Break in brood cycle- Queen caging
Use of screened bottom boards
Treatments in the news -
Fungus - Metarhizium anisopliae
1:30 Varroa resistant stock - Dennis Keeney
Hygienic, SMR and Russian stock
Selecting from your own stock
Purchasing hygienic queens
Known breeders/suppliers of such queens
2:30 Evaluating Treatments - Maryann Frazier
3:00 - 4:00 Roundtable Discussion
Bill Mondjack
Jim Bobb
Dennis Keeney
Mike Stanghellini (Rutgers Univ.)
Maryann Frazier (Penn. State Univ.)
Date: March 12, 2005
Place: Lehigh Carbon Community College,
4525 Education Park Dr., Schnecksville, PA 18078
Room #113 & #115 in Administrative Building
COST: Advance registration - $20.00/person. Lunch, optional
At the door - $25.00
Registration deadline: March 1, 2005
Send remittance to: Yvonne Crimbring, RD 1 Box 315, Canton, PA 17724
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