You are invited to yet another fabulous S.A.B.A. (Southern Adirondack
Beekeepers Association) seminar!
Saturday March 12,2005 9:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
In Lecture Center One, SUNY Uptown Campus (University at Albany),
Washington Ave., Albany NY (Same place as in 2003, 2004).
Speakers:
Dr. Dewey Caron, Professor of Entomology at the University of Delaware,
Dr. Thomas Seeley, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Behavior at
Cornell University
and …
Mr. Dennis VanEnglesdorp, PA's Acting State Apiarist.
Topics:
Dewey Caron: Determining Varroa mite thresholds, and Everything you wanted
to know about swarming;
Tom Seeley: The thirst of a hive: how a honey bee colony controls its
water intake, and Plastic frames and foundation: good for the beekeeper,
but good for the bees?;
Dennis VanEnglesdorp: Varroa mites: in the hive, in the apiary, and in the
state, and Beekeeping in the 21st Century.
Cost:
$25 per person, or $40 per couple. Includes refreshment breaks. (Lunch is
available nearby.)
Walk-ins are welcome. (Add $5 per walk-in to regular cost.)
Presentations run consecutively. Raffles follow.
Hotel:
A “block” of discounted rooms is reserved for March 11 at the Marriott
Fairfield Inn, just across Washington Ave. from the seminar. Please call
by February 11 and mention "beekeepers" to get the discount.
$79 + $11.06 tax = $90.06 for non-smoking room with 2 queen size beds
(regularly $95 + tax). Hotel has a pool and complimentary Continental
breakfast. Marriott Fairfield 518-435-1800, #1383 Washington Ave., Albany,
NY 12206
We will have an informal dinner on Friday March 11 with the speakers.
(Attendance at dinner will require a $30 deposit per diner.) Please send
deposit with your seminar payment.
Further details: Anne Frey, 518-895-8744 or [log in to unmask]
To register, mail payment made out to "SABA" by March 1st with your name,
address, email and phone # to
SABA,
C/o Anne Frey
4808 Skyline Dr.
Delanson NY 12053-3932.
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