SPRING COMMERCIAL BEEKEEPERS' MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2000 GUELPH, ONTARIO, CANADA Sponsored by: Ontario Beekeepers' Association ADVANCE REGISTRATION $ 20.00 DEADLINE POSTMARKED MARCH 20TH REGISTRATION AT THE DOOR $ 30.00 Fees subject to 7% GST 9:00 am Tour * Queen Rearing Operation * New Cowan Line 30 Frame Extractor * Wax Press - F.W. Jones & Son Ltd. * Maxant Spin-float Honey/Wax Separator at Tibor I. Szabo - 309 Hume Road - East on #34 from Hanlon Expressway through Aberfoyle, north on Watson Rd, east on Hume Rd Meeting place: Guelph Holiday Inn - Hwy 6 (Hanlon Expressway & Stone Road) 10:00 am Registration 10:30 am President's Report Graham Roberts 10:45 am Effective Strategy for Parasitic Mite Control in Ontario Medhat Nasr, Tech-Transfer Specialist at the OBA 11:15 am Provincial Report Doug McRory, Provincial Apiarist, OMAFRA 11:30 am Canadian Honey Council Report David MacMillan, Representative 11:50 am Lunch (on your own) 1:00 pm Exporting of Honey - What's Involved? Claire Griffiths, Export Development Officer Export Development Initiative Frontenac, Leeds & Grenville 1:45 pm Are hygienic bees worth the hype? Marla Spivak, St. Paul's MN 2:30 pm Marketing Honey in the New Millennium Janet Horner, Shelburne Send cheque or money order ASAP to: Ontario Beekeepers' Association Bayfield, ON N0M 1G0 For more information contact: Ontario Beekeepers' Association 519-565-2622 phone 519-565-5452 fax [log in to unmask] e-mail www.tcc.on.ca/~ontbee 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]