Dear B- Line members:

   ADVANCED BEEKEEPING COURSE - SAULT STE. MARIE,
                           ONTARIO, CANADA
                          FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1999

7:00 pm  Small Hive Beetle             Doug McRory, Provincial Apiarist
7:45 pm  Bee Genetics and Breeding     Dr. Medhat Nasr, Researcher, OBA
8:30 pm  A Practical Breeding and Management    Dr. Tibor Szabo,
             Researcher Program for Varroa Control
9:15 pm   Breeding the SMART Varroa Resistant Bee    Dr. Roger Hoopingarner, Holt, Michigan


                          SATURDAY, JUNE 26, 1999
9:00 am  Hive and Extracting Equipment for Beekeeping   Paul Kelly, Bee Lab
              University of Guelph
9:45 am   Honeybee Diseases and Parasites    Dr. Medhat Nasr, Researcher, OBA
10:30 am            Coffee
10:45 am    Seasonal Field Management of Honey Bee Colonies  Paul Kelly, Bee Lab
                University of Guelph
11:30 am  Field Demonstration of Queen Rearing and Mating. Tibor Szabo, Researcher

12:15 pm    Lunch

1:30 pm  Pollination Biology and Managing Bees for Pollination  Dr. Roger Hoopingarner, Holt, Michigan
2:15 pm  IPM for Parasitic Mites    Dr. Medhat Nasr, Researcher, OBA

3:00 pm  Coffee

3:15 pm   Big Picture of Beekeeping in Ontario   Doug McRory, Provincial Apiarist

Where?  Holy Trinity Church, 352 Northern Avenue East (across from
K-Mart on corner Hwy 17 N and Northern Avenue  and Mary's Beeyard
Cost?      CND $75.00 including lunch + 7% GST

Note: You must register in advance.

Send name, address & cheque to
Ontario Beekeepers' Association,
Bayfield, ON  N0M 1G0

as soon as possible.










Medhat Nasr, Ph.D.
Research Scientist,
Ontario Beekeepers' Association
Dept. Environmental Biology
University of Guelph
Guelph, Ontario, Canada
N1G 2W1
Tel: (519) 824-4120
Fax:(519)837-0442
e-mail: [log in to unmask]