Dear BEE-L subscribers,

    The WESTERN APICULTURAL SOCIETY will hold its 2006 conference in 
Buellton, California at the Pea Soup Andersen's conference center.  The 
setting is the beautiful Santa Ynez Valley, with its California ranches 
and where prize-winning wines are now produced — also, where the movie 
"Sideways" was produced.

    We have arranged for inexpensive accommodations (especially for 
those who make reservations before June 20th) at the Best Western motel 
(Pea Soup Andersen's Inn, next door to the conference center).

    We have an exciting speaker line-up:  Joe Traynor (almond 
pollination), Frank Eischen (Australian vs California bees in almond 
pollination), David Kellum (living with Africanized bees),  Jim Bach 
(formic acid use in the U.S.), Serge Labesque (self-sufficiency in 
beekeeping), Adrian Wenner (odor and honey bee foraging), Tanya Pankiw 
(brood pheromone effects), Robbin Thorp (diversity in native bees), Tom 
Glenn (queen breeding), Marina Meixner (selection of honey bee lines), 
Diana Sammataro (USDA Tucson lab studies on oxalic acid and sucrocide), 
and Harrington Wells (European bees in Pakistan).

    The very low conference fee includes a Santa Maria style barbecue on 
the last evening.

    For those who have time, Buellton is only 40 miles on an uncongested 
freeway to the legendary city of Santa Barbara, with its myriad special 
attractions.   We anticipate a post-conference whale watching tour from 
the Santa Barbara harbor, where participants can usually see blue 
whales at that time of year (the Santa Barbara has the largest 
concentration of such whales anywhere), as well as many other marine 
mammals.

    For full details, access the WAS web site at:    
http://beekeeper.dbs.umt.edu/WAS/

										Adrian

Adrian M. Wenner		(805) 963-8508 (home office phone)
967 Garcia Road			[log in to unmask]
Santa Barbara, CA  93103	www.beesource.com/pov/wenner/index.htm 
  

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