The Southern Adirondack Beekeepers Association will present ... S.A.B.A.'s 2009 Beekeeping Seminar Speakers and Topics: Jennifer Berry of the University of Georgia : Sub-lethal Levels of Miticides linger in the Hive, IPM vs. Small Hive Beetles Dr. Ernesto Guzman of the University of Guelph: Africanized Honey Bees and Their Impact on Honey Statistics, Mortality Causes of Over-wintered Colonies Dr. Medhat Nasr of Crop Diversification Centre North, Alberta: Varroa Control: Putting the Pieces Together for Successful Mite Control, Bee Health and Colony Kill: Beekeepers' Blues Presentations will run consecutively. Raffle drawings held at 4:45. Date and time: Saturday February 21 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. Location: Lecture Center One at UAlbany (University at Albany), 1400 Washington Ave., Albany NY. (Same place as in 2003 - 2008). Cost: $30 if pre-registered by 2/11. This includes refreshment breaks. (Lunch is available nearby.) Walk-ins are welcome at a cost of $40 each. Friday night Dinner: There will be a get-together dinner at a nearby restaurant the night before the seminar. Speakers usually attend. (Please mark your registration and send $30 deposit.) Hotels: 3 hotels are extremely close by: Marriott Courtyard (518-435-1600), 1455 Washington Ave.; Marriott Fairfield (518-435-1800), 1383 Washington Ave.; and Best Western Sovereign (518-963-7666), 1228 Western Ave. Questions: Anne Frey [log in to unmask] Use seminar in the subject line, or call 518-895-8744. www.adirondackbees.org ******************************************************* * Search the BEE-L archives at: * * http://listserv.albany.edu:8080/cgi-bin/wa?S1=bee-l * *******************************************************