The Illinois State Beekeepers Association (ISBA) will hold their 2016 Summer Meeting at the Northern Illinois University Hoffman Estates Conference Center on Saturday, June 11, 2016.
 
The Conference Center is located at:
 
            5555 Trillium Blvd
            Hoffman Estates, Illinois, 60192
 
Registration is $70.00 per person for ISBA members and $85.00 per person for individuals who are not ISBA members.  All attendees must register by June 4, 2016; we will not be able to accommodate walk-in registrations.  Attendee check-in starts at 7:30 a.m.  The meeting will commence at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:00 p.m.
 
The keynote speaker is Jerry Hayes, the honeybee health lead for Monsanto.  He was previously the Apiary Section Chief for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, responsible for the regulatory health of 350,000 colonies.  For over 25 years, Jerry has written a monthly column in American Bee Journal called “The Classroom”; he wrote a book by the same name.
 
Phil Craft will also speak at the meeting.  Phil served as the Kentucky Department of Agriculture State Apiarist from 1999 through 2011.  He is a nationally known beekeeping instructor and lecturer, and author of the monthly question/answer column, “Ask Phil” in Bee Culture Magazine. 
 
Dick Rogers, who has been keeping and studying honeybees for over 40 years, will also give a presentation.  Dick is a Principal Scientist/Entomologist in Ecotoxicology and manages the Bee Health and Integrated Apiculture Research Program of the Bayer Bee Care Center in North Carolina.  He works to identify, develop and evaluate tools, products and management for protecting and improving honeybee health.

The registration form/agenda is located on the ISBA website Summary of Events Page (just scroll down to the June 11, 2016 date).

http://www.ilsba.com/summary-of-events.html

Please join us for this interesting and informative meeting.

On behalf of all the ISBA Officers and Board of Directors

Steve Petrilli,   ISBA Membership Director

www.ilsba.com

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