Diana Sammataro has asked to have this announcement posted to BEE-L:

The Changing Fundamentals of Beekeeping
May 14-15, 1999
Penn State University, University Park, PA
Sponsored by:
MAAREC - The Mid-Atlantic Apiculture Research and Extension Consortium

Honey bee management is quickly changing.  Not only must we manage our
bees, we must also be able to effectively manage the newly introduced
parasitic mites that attack them.  This course is designed to cover the
basics of keeping bees for honey production and pollination while focusing
on the control of diseases and mites.  The Changing Fundamentals of
Beekeeping is open to all interested beekeepers as well as individuals
interested in becoming beekeepers.

Program
Friday, May 14

  8:00 a.m.     Registration  -Lobby, ASI Bldg.

  8:30          Welcome & Course Instruction
                        Maryann Frazier (Penn State University)

  8:45          Biology -- Our Basis for Management
                        Maryann Frazier

9:15            Seasonal Management
                Dr. Dewey Caron (University of Delaware)

10:00           Break

10:15           Honey Bee Behavior -- how do bees make choices?
                Dr. Scott Camazine (Penn State University)

10:45           Techniques of Queen Rearing
                Dr. Jeff Pettis (USDA/ARS- Beltsville Lab)

11:30    Marketing Hive Products
                 Dr. Dewey Caron

12:00           Lunch - Provided

1:00-4:00               Apiary/Lab Workshops (Select 2 of the 3)

                Bees inside and outside - honey bee dissection
                Diana Sammataro (Penn State University)         -108
Headhouse III

                Queen Rearing Techniques in the Field
                Jeff Pettis    -University Apiary

                BeeAware, Beekeeping CD-ROM, Making the World Wide Web work
for you,                        Record keeping   -Computer Lab

  5:00-6:30      Reception and Tour of Penn State Research Labs    -504 ASI
Bldg.

Saturday, May 15

Room 101, ASI Building

 8:00 am                Brood Diseases;  their impact and control
                Jim Steinhauer (Pennsylvania Dept. of Ag.)

9:00            Tracheal and Varroa Mites; their impact and control
                Dr. Diana Sammataro and Jennifer Finley (Penn State University)

10:00           Monitoring Varroa Mite Populations - 1998 Research Results
                Dr. Dewey Caron

10:30           Break

10:45           The Small Hive Beetle -  A Big Problem or Not?
                Maryann Frazier

11:15           We take Coumaphos - for better or worse.
                 Jim Steinhauer

11:45                   Yes - There is an alternative - An IPM approach to
mite management
                Diana Sammataro

12:15           Lunch - On your own

1:00-4:00       Apiary/Lab Workshops (select 2 of the 3)

                Mite and disease diagnosis in the lab
                Diana Sammataro  - 108 Headhouse III

                Mite and disease diagnosis in the field
                Jim Steinhauer -University Apiary

                Field Research Demo
                Scott Camazine  -University Apiary

4:30 p.m.       Adjourn

Registration:
 $60.00 Individual Registration
$90.00 Couple Registration
$40.00 One Day Registration

Preregistration deadline April 29, 1999

Dormitory housing available.

All participants will receive an updated edition of the Fundamentals of
Beekeeping as a course guide and a 20% discount on the purchase of all
for-sale beekeeping education materials.

To register, receive a free brochure or for additional information, please
contact the College of Ag Sciences Short Course office at  814- 865-8301
or visit their website at:
http://www.cas.psu.edu/docs/CASCONF/BEEKEEPERS.HTML

Pennsylvania State University Bee Lab
Department of Entomology
501 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building
University Park, PA 16802
Lab: (814) 865 2810  Fax: (814) 865 3048
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http://www.psu.edu/dept/beehive/



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