ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
SUMMER MEETING
SATURDAY JULY 12, 2008
RAMARA CENTRE, ORILLA
5482 Highway12
East of Orillia
AGENDA
8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome and President's Report - Dan Walker
9:20 am Huronia Beekeepers' Association - Gord Slemin, President
9:45 am "Advancements on the Cryopreservation of Honeybee Spermatozoa" - Ernesto Guzman, Professor, University of Guelph
10:30 am Coffee Break
11:00 am "Honey Bee Viruses and Viral Diseases" - Judy Chen PhD, Research Entomologist, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Queen Auction - We will auction off any queens that beekeepers are really interested in purchasing and the rest we will do with Jim Smith's "Toonie Auction" so bring lots of Toonies. Doug
1:45 pm Provincial Apiarist Report - Doug McRory, Provincial Apiarist, OMAFRA
2:00 pm "Status of Nosema in Ontario, Spring 2008" - Alison Skinner, Tech Transfer Team Specialist, Ontario Beekeepers' Association
2:30 pm Coffee Break
2:45 pm Canadian Honey Council Report
3:00 pm "Nosema Ceranae, A New Threat of European Honey Bees" - Judy Chen PhD, Research Entomologist, Bee Research Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
3:45 pm AHoney Plants of Ontario@ - Tibor I Szabo, Ontario Beekeepers' Association Member
If you are a Queen and Nuc Producer and you plan to donate Queens for the auction please be sure your queens get to the meeting. If you cannot make it please send them with someone else who is going.
Doug McRory
Provincial Apiarist
Foods of Plant Origin
Food Inspection Branch
1 Stone Road West
Guelph, ON
N1G 4Y2
Telephone: 519 826 3595
1 888 466 2372 6-3595
Fax: 519 826 4375
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http://www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/inspection/bees/apicultu.html
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