Dear B-Line beekeepers
 
                            EVERYONE WELCOME
 
Medhat Nasr
 
 
                   ONTARIO BEE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION
                     ANNUAL QUEEN BREEDING WORKSHOP
        WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999 - HOLIDAY INN, GUELPH, ONTARIO
 
ADVANCE REGISTRATION  $40.00     N.B.
DEADLINE POSTMARKED MARCH 10TH
(includes buffet meal - must be paid in advance)
 
REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR       $30.00 (no meal)
 
Dear Members and Interested Beekeepers:
 
Another honey bee season is approaching. Very soon we are going to be
back in the field to look after our honey bees and to breed and rear
honey bee queens. Since our last meeting, several developments have
emerged in the beekeeping industry in the USA. These developments
are: 1) finding the small hive beetle in several states, and as it turned
out, it is a serious pest, 2) developing Apistan resistant varroa mites
in several states in the USA, and 3) approval of Bayer Bee Strip
Coumaphos) under section 18 by the EPA in the USA to control
Apistan resistant varroa mites and the small hive beetle. These
developments are closer to home.
 
Our focus in this meeting is to learn about these developments and
their impacts on beekeeping practices and queen production.
We are also going to address ways to improve the quality of
produced queens. Queen breeders will share their
ideas and experiences on queen production. Breeding for varroa
resistance is going to be a challenge to take on.  We need
to plan ahead to avoid any surprises in our beekeeping industry.
 
                                 AGENDA
 
8:30 am   Registration                                             Pat Westlake
9:00 am   Breeders Panel to discuss Queen Production Issues
                                                                           Doug McRory
     (Breeders Panel: B. Davies, D. Bryans, P. Laflamme, R. Nielson)
 
10:00 am Coffee Break
 
10:15 am Factors Affecting Queen Quality in USA       Medhat Nasr
11:00 am Marketing Queens in Mexico and USA          Paul Montoux
11:20 am New Evidence that Colonies Regulate
              Queen Quality Naturally                               Gard Otis
 
12:00 pm Lunch
 
1:15 pm   Colony Management Practices to Reduce
               Varroa Mite Population                                 Tibor Szabo
1:55 pm   Carniolan Queen Selection and Production
       Neil Orr
2:30 pm   New Developments in Beekeeping                   Doug McRory
 
3:00 pm   Coffee Break
 
3:15 pm   The Breeding Program: Where are we heading?
                                                             Medhat Nasr
3:50 pm   Business Meeting                                       Tibor Szabo
 
              For registeration or more information,
please contact:
 
Pat Westlake
Bayfield, Ontario, N0M 1G0
Phone: (519) 562-2622
Fax: (519) 565-5452
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
check our website: http://www.tcc.on.ca/~ontbee