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Dear B-Line beekeepers
EVERYONE WELCOME
Medhat Nasr
ONTARIO BEE BREEDERS' ASSOCIATION
ANNUAL QUEEN BREEDING WORKSHOP
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1999 - HOLIDAY INN, GUELPH, ONTARIO
ADVANCE REGISTRATION $40.00 N.B.
DEADLINE POSTMARKED MARCH 10TH
(includes buffet meal - must be paid in advance)
REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR $30.00 (no meal)
Dear Members and Interested Beekeepers:
Another honey bee season is approaching. Very soon we are going to be
back in the field to look after our honey bees and to breed and rear
honey bee queens. Since our last meeting, several developments have
emerged in the beekeeping industry in the USA. These developments
are: 1) finding the small hive beetle in several states, and as it turned
out, it is a serious pest, 2) developing Apistan resistant varroa mites
in several states in the USA, and 3) approval of Bayer Bee Strip
Coumaphos) under section 18 by the EPA in the USA to control
Apistan resistant varroa mites and the small hive beetle. These
developments are closer to home.
Our focus in this meeting is to learn about these developments and
their impacts on beekeeping practices and queen production.
We are also going to address ways to improve the quality of
produced queens. Queen breeders will share their
ideas and experiences on queen production. Breeding for varroa
resistance is going to be a challenge to take on. We need
to plan ahead to avoid any surprises in our beekeeping industry.
AGENDA
8:30 am Registration Pat Westlake
9:00 am Breeders Panel to discuss Queen Production Issues
Doug McRory
(Breeders Panel: B. Davies, D. Bryans, P. Laflamme, R. Nielson)
10:00 am Coffee Break
10:15 am Factors Affecting Queen Quality in USA Medhat Nasr
11:00 am Marketing Queens in Mexico and USA Paul Montoux
11:20 am New Evidence that Colonies Regulate
Queen Quality Naturally Gard Otis
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Colony Management Practices to Reduce
Varroa Mite Population Tibor Szabo
1:55 pm Carniolan Queen Selection and Production
Neil Orr
2:30 pm New Developments in Beekeeping Doug McRory
3:00 pm Coffee Break
3:15 pm The Breeding Program: Where are we heading?
Medhat Nasr
3:50 pm Business Meeting Tibor Szabo
For registeration or more information,
please contact:
Pat Westlake
Bayfield, Ontario, N0M 1G0
Phone: (519) 562-2622
Fax: (519) 565-5452
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
check our website: http://www.tcc.on.ca/~ontbee
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