Dear B- Liners:
You are invited to attend 1996 Annual Convention for the Ontario
beekeepers' Association. The Convention will be held Thursday Nov. 28
th and Friday Nov. 29th 1996 at the Holiday Inn Toronto Yorkdale,
Toronto Ontario.
Our Feature Speaker is Dr. Otto Boecking, University of Melbweg,
Bonn, Germany. Dr. Max Watkins from Sandoz in England, and Wink
Howland from Saskatchewan are also on the roster. For registeration or
more information, contact:
Mrs. Pat westlake
Tel:(519) 565-2622
Fax: (519) 565-5452
ONTARIO BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION
1996 ANNUAL CONVENTION & BUSINESS MEETING
HOLIDAY INN TORONTO YORKDALE
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Beekeeping in the Future
Thursday, Nov. 28-29th 1996
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8:30 am Registration & coffee
9:00 am Greetings from the city of Toronto
9:10 am Appointment of Committees
Beekeeping - What is ahead?
Sustainable Funding
Henry Hiemstra, President
9:50 am Canadian honey Council Report
David MacMillan, Representative
Wink Howland, President
10:30 am Resistance to Varroa Mites
Dr. Max Watkins, Technical Development Manager,
Sandoz Specialty Pest Control Ltd., England
11:15 am Nomination of Directors
Introduction of Nominees
11:30 am Lunch
12:45 pm Election of Directors
1:00 pm Business/Financial Reports
Pat Westlake, Business administrator
1:25 pm First Reading of Resolutions
1:40 pm Grooming Behaviour and Consideration for Genetic
Improvement for Varroa Resistance by Breeding
Honey Bees.
Dr. Otto Boecking, Univesity of Melbweg, Bonn, Germany
2:30 pm Break
2:45 pm Beekeeping in the New Millennium: Will Things be Different?
Dr. Cynthia scott-Dupree, University of Guelph
3:15 pm Product Development for Varroa Mites
Dr. Max Watkins, technical development Manager,
Sandoz Specialty Pest Control Ltd., England
4:00 pm Apples and Cherries: Bees and Pollination 1995, 1996
A Novel Means of Controlling Tracheal Mites
Dr. Peter Kevan, University of Guelph
6:00 pm reception - Cash bar
7:00 pm Dinner
Presentations
Honey Competition Awards
Rev. Bob Rumball - The Bob Rumball Center for the Deaf
Ticket raffle
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Friday, Nov. 29 th 1996
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8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Controlling Varroa Mites in Germany
Dr. Otto Boecking, University of Melbweg, Bonn, Germany
9:50 am Provincial Apiarist Report
Practical Methods of Increased Honey Production
Doug McRory, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food & Rural
Affairs
10:25 am Introduction of New Executive
10:30 am Break
10:45 am Business Session
12:00 am Lunch- Guest speaker, Mary Lye, " Wake Up and Smell the
Clover!"
1:30 pm Beekeeping Research: The Future in Ontario
Dr. Gard Otis, University of Guelph
2:00 pm Beekeeping in Yorkton, Saskatchewan
Wink Howland, Canadian Honey Council President
2:30 pm Pricing Honey in a Changing Market
John Van Alten, Hamilton/Wentworth Beekeeper
2:45 pm Break
3:00 am Integrated Pest Management Strategy for Controlling Honey
Bee Parasitic Mites.
Dr. Medhat Nasr, Ontario Beekeepers' Association
See you in the meeting.
Medhat Nasr,
Ontario Beekeepers' Association
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