2015 North American Beekeeping Conference & Tradeshow Conference Agenda (9/30/14 – Subject to Change) Monday, January 5, 2015 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

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Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) Meeting (invitation only)

Tuesday, January 6, 2015 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM

ABF Board of Directors Meeting

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Bee Informed Partnership (BIP) Meeting (invitation only)

8:30 AM – 5:00 PM

NHPDA Meeting (invitation only)

3:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Open

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Research Committee Meeting (TBD)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Resolutions Committee Meeting (TBD)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Honey Queen Committee Meeting

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Membership Committee Meeting (TBD)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Education Committee Meeting (TBD)

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

ABF Executive Committee Meeting (TBD)

7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

ABF Foundation Board of Trustees Meeting

* Additional registration fee required

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015 7:00 AM – 6:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Honey Show Entry Drop-off

8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Opening Ceremonies 

Call to Order & Introductions

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Presentation of Colors

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“Star-Spangled Banner” - led by American Honey Queen & Princess

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Welcome

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Invocation

8:30 AM – 8:50 AM

President’s Address – Tim Tucker, American Beekeeping Federation

8:50 AM – 9:50 AM

Keynote Presentation: Systemic Pesticides and Global Bee Deaths: A Poisonous Conspiracy - Graham White, Scotland, UK

9:50 AM – 10:10 AM

Introduction of 2014 American Honey Queen and 2014 American Honey Princess and the 2015 Honey Queen Contestants – Anna Kettlewell, Chairperson, American Honey Queen Committee, Badger State Apiaries, Greenfield, WI

10:10 AM – 10:20 AM

Apimondia USA Bid for 2019 – Debbie Seib, Morresville, IN

10:20 AM – 10:40 AM

Pending

10:40 AM – 11:00 AM

Laurie Davies Adams

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

ABF Legislative Update - Fran Boyd

11:20 AM – 11:40 AM

Pending

11:50 AM – 12:05 PM

Platinum Sponsor Presentation – MannLake

12:05 PM – 1:30 PM

Delegates Assembly Lunch (invitation only)

12:05 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch – all other on own for lunch.

12:05 PM – 8:00 PM

Tradeshow is open

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Producer/Packer SIG Meeting

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Small Scale/Sideliner SIG Meeting

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Package Bee and Queen Breeder SIG Meeting

1:30 PM – 3:45 PM

Commercial SIG Meeting

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM

Refreshment Break in the Tradeshow

4:15 PM – 5:35 PM

Joint Commercial & Package Bee and Queen Breeder SIG Meeting

4:15 PM – 5:35 PM

Joint Producer/Packer & Small Scale/Sideliner SIG Meeting

5:30 PM – 6:00 PM

ABF New Member Orientation

6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Welcome Reception in the Tradeshow w/Live Auction 7:00 PM Beekeeping Brain Buster Entertainment

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Thursday, January 8, 2015 7:30 AM – 2:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Tradeshow Open (Honey Display)

8:00 AM – 10:30 AM

* Auxiliary Breakfast/Meeting

8:00 AM

General Session resumes with announcements

8:05 AM – 8:25 AM

Bee Informed Partnership: Drivers and Solutions to Poor Bee Health Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland

8:25 AM – 8:45 AM

National Honey Board Promotions and Research - Catherine Barry, Director of Marketing, National Honey Board

8:45 AM – 9:05 AM

Who is PAm Waggle Dancing With? – Project Apis m.’s Partnerships Helping Honey Bees – Christi Heintz, Executive Director, Project Apis m

9:05 AM – 9:25 AM

Pending

9:25 AM – 9:45 AM

Report from the Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees & Introduction of Foundation Scholars - Joan Gunter, Chairman, Foundation for the Preservation of Honey Bees

9:45 AM – 10:15 AM

2014 American Honey Queen & American Honey Princess Year-inReview Presentations – Susannah Austin, Orlando, FL & Elena Hoffman, Millmont, PA

10:15 AM – 10:55 AM

Beverage Break in Trade Show

10:55 AM

General Session resumes with announcements

11:00 AM – 11:20 AM

Queen Failures, Mites Treatments and the Post Office – Connect the Dots - Dr. Jeff Pettis, Research Entomologist, Beltsville, MD

11:20 AM – 11:35 AM

Platinum Sponsor Presentation – Dadant

11:35 AM – 12:35 AM

Dr. Johnathan Lundgren

12:35 AM – 2:00 PM

Lunch (on own)

2:00 PM

* Buses load to go to Sioux Honey

2:00 PM – 5:00 PM

* Optional Sioux Honey Tour

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Labor Law Workshop – Ralph Jones, Idaho State University (repeated on Saturday)

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Pending Workshop (to be repeated on Saturday)

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM

PM Refreshment Break

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Decision Making Workshop – Ralph Jones, Idaho State University (repeated on Saturday)

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Pending Workshop (to be repeated on Saturday)

5:45 PM

Load buses (from Sioux Honey) for Medieval Times

6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

* Medieval Times dinner and entertainment

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Friday, January 9, 2015 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:00 AM – 7:00 PM

Tradeshow Open (Honey Display) Beginning

Serious Sideliner

Commercial

Research

8:00 AM – 8:50 AM

The Truth About Treatment Free for the Small Scale Beekeeper - Greg Hannaford, Tulsa, OK

Beginning a Business for Small Scale Beekeepers – Debbie Seib, Morresville, IN

The Fall and Rise of the Honey Bee - Peter Loring Borst, Spencer, NY

Tucson USDA-ARS Lab

9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

Integrated Pest Management on a Small Scale Lance Wilson, Austin, TX

Hive Management Programs, Hive Products, Bee Removals, School Presentations & Media – KEYS to Making it as a Sideliner” – Emily Brown, Scottsdale, AZ

Efficacy of HiveAlive™ in Increasing Colony Population During Field Trials – Fani Hatjina, Nea Moudania, Greece

Beltsville USDA-ARS Lab

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Kids and Bees

9:50 AM – 10:20 AM

Refreshment Break in the Tradeshow

10:00 AM

Silent Auction

10:20 AM – 11:10 AM

Feeding Bees with IntegrityUnderstanding the Purpose of Feeding Bees Chappie McChesney, Apachua, Florida

Survivor Stock Breeding: Defining Longevity as the Umbrella Trait for a WholeApproach to Management – Melanie Kirby, Truchas, NM

Varroa Treatments: Efficacy and Economic Impact Fabiana Ahumada,

Pending

Swarm Management – What’s Really Happening in Your Hive? – Steve Repasky, Pittsburg, PA

Pending

11:20 AM – 12:10 PM

An Update on the Progress of Beltsville Bee Research Laboratory Research Yanping (Judy) Chen, Research Entomologist

Baton Rouge USDA-ARS Lab Research Update from the USDA Honey Bee Breeding and Genetics Laboratory – Dr. Tom Rinderer

Panel Discussion

12:10 PM – 1:30 PM

* Foundation Luncheon: Looking Backward to Move Forward – Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

12:10 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (on own)

1:30 PM – 1:33 PM

Keynote Sponsor Presentation - Bayer CropScience Bee Care Center

1:33 PM – 2:10 PM

Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive - Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

2:20 PM – 5:00 PM

ABF Business Meeting

5:00 PM – 7:00 PM

Reception in the Tradeshow w/cash bar

5:00 PM – 6:30 PM

Honey Show Live Auction in the Tradeshow

Saturday, January 10, 2015 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM

Registration/Information Desk Open

8:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Tradeshow Open

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #1: Writing About Bees - Mark Winston, Academic Director and Fellow, Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue, Vancouver, B.C., Canada

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #2: Randy Oliver, ScientificBeekeeping.com, Grass Valley, CA

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #3: Labor Law – Ralph Jones, Idaho State University

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #4: Beekeeping in Greece - Fani Hatjina, Nea Moudania, Greece

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #5: Therapeutic Beekeeping - Julia & Sarah Common, Hives for Humanity, Vancouver, BC Break-Out #6: Queen Rearing using Jenter System, Spring Management (Making Nuc’s, etc) - John Speckman, Shawnee, KS

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM 8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #7: Apimondia Review – Debbie Seib, Mooresville, IN

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM

Break-Out #8: Pending

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM

Refreshment Break

10:30 AM

2 Silent Auction Closes (in the Tradeshow)

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #9: Randy Oliver, ScientificBeekeeping.com, Grass Valley, CA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #10: Making our City Pretty – Beth Conrey, Berthoud, CO

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #11: Decision Making – Ralph Jones, Idaho State University

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #12: Beginning Beekeeping the Right Way - Chappie McChesney, Apachua, FL

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #13: Going Chemical Free: My personal journey – Don Schram, Michigan Beekeepers Association, Waterford, MI

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #14: Accounting 101 – Micheal North, VP of Finance, Meeting Expectations, Atlanta, GA

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #15: Api-Tourism – Tanja Arih Korosec, Slovenija, EU

10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Break-Out #16: Commercial Workshop

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Lunch (on own)

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #17: Randy Oliver, ScientificBeekeeping.com, Grass Valley, CA

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #18: Strategic Planning and Goal Setting - Ralph Jones, Idaho State University

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #19:

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #20: Beekeeping in New Zealand – Zahra Zolfaghari, University of Otago, New Zealand

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #21: Growing in an Apiary Business – Mark Hedley, Spiral Horn Apiary, Rochelle, TX

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #22: Pending

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #23: Honey Bee Biology and Behavior - Lance Wilson, Certified Master Beekeeper, Austin TX

1:30 PM – 3:00 PM

Break-Out #24:

3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

ABF Board of Directors Meeting

6:30 PM – 9:30 PM

* ABF Annual Banquet w/Live Auction

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