Second Midwest Beekeeping Symposium
                        March 9, 1996
                McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
 
(located 50 miles northwest of Chicago and 90 miles southwest of Milwaukee)
 
Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm
 
Keynote presentation:  Dr. Keith Delaplane, University of Georgia
entomologist and host of the PBS series - Honey Bees and Beekeeping: a
year in the life of an apiary - will discuss the Integrated Control of
Honey Bee Parasites.
 
Also presenting will be Kim Flottum who will address Honey Bees as
America's Number One Pollinator.  Kim is the Editor of Bee Culture and
President of the Ohio Beekeeping Association.
 
Also among the dozen of sessions will be the topics of bee venom therapy,
techinques for winning honey competitions, use of extender patties,
managing and constructing observation hives, wintering bees, and a
special session for the beginning beekeeper.  Commercial displays and the
National Honey Queen will be on hand and the day will end with a "cracker
barrel" social hour for the presenters and participants to relax over a
cup of coffee.
 
Registration fee:  $20.00
                        ($7.00 for attitional family members)
 
Registration includes the noon meal in the college cafeteria.
 
For further information contact:
 
Molly Walsh
McHenry County College
8900 U. S. Route 14
Crystal Lake, IL  60012
815-455-8697
 
The Symposium is presented by the Northern Illinois Beekeepers
Association and McHenry County College.