The Maryland State Beekeepers Association is holding a 2 1/2 day conference
style summer meeting at Mt. St. Mary's College near Frederick, MD. All
beekeepers are welcome to attend!!
For registration,room and board information, contact:
DAVID MORRIS, 9309 MONTPELIER DRIVE, LAUREL, MD. 20708-2553
OR E-MAIL RESERVATIONS TO [log in to unmask] (TELEPHONE: 301-725-6185)
The cost of the meeting, room, and board for the entire weekend is about $125.
Friday June 16, 1995
10:00 AM Welcome and Opening Remarks David Morris
President, MSBA
10:15 AM Cucurbit Pollination Maryann Frazier
State Apiculturist
Penn State University
11:00 AM Problems Concerning Communication Dr. David Fletcher
During Queen Replacement Bucknell University
11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch
1:00 - 5:30 PM Honey Judging Workshop (runs concurrently with rest of program)
1:00 PM Honey Bee Viruses: Recent Discoveries Dr. Akey Hung
in Maryland Research Entomologist
USDA, Beltsville, MD
1:45 PM Feral and Commercial Honey Bee Dr. Nathan Schiff
Populations in the U.S. Research Entomologist
USDA, Beltsville, MD
2:30 PM BREAK
2:45 PM What Makes Honey Honey? Dr. Jill Snowden
National Honey Board
Consultant
3:30 PM Bee Aware System Maryann Frazier
4:15 PM BREAK
4:30 PM Open Hive Workshops (with live bees!)
Hive Examination : Mock Master Beekeeper Field Exam
Splitting Hives: Swarm Control and colony increase
Indoor Workshop
Making, Loading, Maintenance, and Use of Observation Hives
5:30 - 6:30 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Hive Hefting Contest - An aid in determining winter stores
Master Beekeeper Panel - Question and Answer session
of previous Master Beekeepers Examinations
Beekeepers Social
Saturday June 17, 1995
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM BREAKFAST
8:45 AM Opening Remarks David Morris
9:00 AM Why Summer Requeening Dr. Gordon Allen-Wardell
and How to Make it Work
9:45 AM Keeping Warm, Keeping Cool Dr. Edward Southwick
SUNY, College at
Brockport
10:30 AM BREAK
10:45 AM Parasitic Mites: The Effect I. Barton Smith
on Maryland Beekeeping State Apiary Inspector
11:15 AM Bee Navigation: Where's Home? Dr. Edward Southwick
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM LUNCH
1:30 PM What is IPM and How Can We Make it Dr. Gordon Allen-Wardell
Work for Maryland Beekeeping?
2:15 PM Honey Adulteration Dr. Allen Brouse
Analytical Chemist
Columbia, MD
3:00 PM BREAK
3:15 PM Workshops - Repeated at 4:15 PM
Open Hive Workshops (with live bees!)
Producing Comb Honey: The Killion Method
Inspector's Approach to Disease Inspection
Methods of Feeding Honey Bees
Medicating Bees: Proper Placement of Medications in the Hive
Finding the Queen: Methods and Techniques
Indoor Workshops
Preparing Honey and Hive Products for Shows
Marking Queens
Marketing Honey
Installation of Package Bees
5:30 - 6:30 DINNER
6:30 PM Bee Catching Contest! A must if you are to learn
how to handle the Queen for marking!
Sunday June 18, 1995
7:30 - 8:30 AM BREAKFAST
9:00 AM Opening Remarks David Morris
9:10 AM Indoor Workshops - repeated at 10 AM and 11 AM
Cooking with Honey
Allergies and Allergic Reactions to Bee Stings
Bee Removal
The Beekeepers Library
Moving Bees
Wax Working
12:00 AM CHECK OUT AND GOOD BYE
David Bernard
Vice President, Maryland State Beekeepers
EAS Master Beekeeper
USA
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