Due to COVID-19, the July, 2020, Montana Bee Summit has been rescheduled for July 8-13, 2021. We hope that by that time there will be a vaccine and/or better treatments.
For 2020, we will hold a short, online meeting of the Board of Directors and Members of the Western Apicultural Society (WAS) in July. The Technology Demonstration Field Camp has been postponed to 2021. The 4th International Bee and Hive Monitoring Conference will have an online conference in July 2020. The originally planned, face-to-face meeting of the Monitoring group will be in July, 2021.
For WAS members, we are going to start posting speaker interviews and short presentations on a monthly basis. These will be recorded ZOOM videos. Our intent is to profile speakers for 2021. Before COVID-19 and the ensuing curtailment of flights, we had approximately 16 WAS Speakers and 40 Technology Speakers/Companies confirmed for the 2020 meeting. We hope to see all of them and others at our rescheduled 2021 meetings.
In summary, there will not be any face-to-face meetings in July, 2020. All of the originally planned activities have been rescheduled for 2021. Our hotels, caterers, and others have agreed to this postponement, and none have charged us any penalty fees.
For WAS, COVID-19 represented a high risk, given that we have a large number of senior citizens among our members. The Technology group tends to be younger, but many would be coming from other countries. As soon as Italy suspended air flights, we began getting cancellations by the technology companies and speakers.
It is disappointing to have to reschedule, however, this gives us another 15 months to plan and develop and even better set of programs.
If any member of Bee-L would like further information, has a suggestion for a ZOOM topic of broad interest, or wishes to participate in the 2021 MT Bee Summit, please contact me off-line at [log in to unmask]
Thanks
Jerry
J.J. BromenshenkWAS PresidentChair with Frank Linton, Honey Bee Monitoring Conference
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