EAS 2008  August 4-8, 2008
Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

PROGRAM

NEW BEEKEEPER (Hobbyist/Intermediate BK) Monday August 4, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Dr. John Skinner, University of Tennessee What you need to know to get started
9:00-9:45AM	Dr. Clarence Collison, Mississippi State University Basic Honey bee Biology
9:45- 10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University Spring Beekeeping
11:15-12:00PM	In the apiary
1:00-1:45PM	Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University Honey bee pests & predators
2:00-2:45PM	Dr. John Skinner, University of Tennessee Living with SHB
2:45-3:15PM	Break
3:15-4:00PM	Dr. Sean Clark, Berea College Sampling for Varroa/Economic Thresholds
4:15-5:00PM	In the apiary
Tuesday - August 5, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University Honey bee Diseases
9:00-9:45AM	Dr. Sean Clark, Berea College Varroa Mite IPM
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	Dr. Clarence Collison, Mississippi State University Maximizing honey production
11:15-12:00PM	In the apiary
1:00-1:45PM	Dr. Sean Clark, Berea College Products of the hive: production & marketing
2:00-2:45PM	Dr. Clarence Collison, Mississippi State University Summer Management
2:45-3:15PM	Break
3:15-4:00PM	Dr. John Skinner, University of Tennessee Fall Management
4:15-5:00PM	In the apiary
ADVANCED/SIDELINE BEEKEEPERS (>6 hives and/or 5+ years) Monday August 4, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Kim Flotum, Bee Culture Magazine Pollination Contracts
9:00-9:45AM	Stu Jacobson, University of Illinois at Springfield Beekeeping as a Business
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	In the apiary
11:15-12:00PM	Jim Baerwald - Baerwald Apiaries, Michigan Finding & acquiring apiarys, difficulties, problems
1:00-1:45PM	Dr. Larry Connor, Wicwas Press Wintering Summer Increase Colonies
2:00-2:45PM	Jennifer Berry, University of GA Queen Rearing - Part 1, Basics of queen selection and setting up starters/finishers
2:45-3:15PM	Break
3:15-4:00PM	In the apiary
4:15-5:00PM	Tom Eisele - Eisele Pollination Service, IN Pollination as a Beekeeping Occupation
Tuesday - August 5, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Jim Baerwald - Baerwald Apiaries, Michigan Planning, Design, Construction of Honey house
9:00-9:45AM	Stu Jacobson, University of Illinois at Springfield Beekeeping Business Options Panel Discussion
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	In the apiary
11:15-12:00PM	Kim Flotum, Bee Culture Magazine Good Neighbor Beekeeping Practices
1:00-1:45PM	Jennifer Berry, University of Georgia Queen Rearing - Pt 2, techniques of grafting
2:00-2:45PM	Dr. Dewey Caron, University of Delaware Farm Market needs, pollination, beekeeper products
2:45-3:15PM	Break
3:15-4:00PM	In the apiary
4:15-5:00PM	Jennifer Berry, University of Georgia Queen Rearing - Part 3, Follow-up on grafts & problem solving
Wednesday August 6, 2008 EAS SHORT COURSE (BOTH TRACKS) & CONFERENCE Joint session (Beginner & advanced/sideliner)
8:00-8:45AM	Zachary Huang – Michigan State University Honey bee pheromones and their use in beekeeping
9:00-9:45AM	Dr. Thomas Webster, Kentucky State University Nosema mysteries new and old
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	Stu Jacobson, University of Illinois at Springfield How to get the best disease/mite resistant queens.
11:15-12:00AM	Dr. Jim Tew, Ohio State University Managing nucs – summer & winter
EAS Conference
1:30-1:45PM	Welcome from EAS president
1:45-2:30PM	Address by EAS Chairman
2:30-3:00PM	Break
3:00-3:45PM	2008 J.I. Hambleton Award Winner Presentation
4:00-4:45PM	2008 EAS Student Award Winner Presentation
Thursday - August 7, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Jennifer Berry, University of Georgia Research at the University of Georgia
OR	Dr. Marion Ellis, University of Nebraska Why does lavender honey sell for $18 per pound?
9:00-9:45AM	Dr. Gordon Wardell, S.A.F.E. Research & Development Honey bee Supplemental feeding
OR	Dr. Greg Hunt, Purdue University Breeding for Varroa Resistance
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	Dr. Larry Connor, Wicwas Press Should This Queen Live or Die?
OR	Zachary Huang – Michigan State University Genetically modified plants, are they causing CCD?
11:15-12:00PM	Lilia De Guzman, USDA Baton Rouge “Breeding Russian Honey Bees”
OR	Stu Jacobson, University of Illinois at Springfield “If IAPV did it”
Thursday afternoon workshops Edwin Holcombe - Examining for tracheal mites (lab course) Michael Young - Cooking w/honey (all afternoon session) Dr. Larry Connor, Wicwas - Selecting queens to be your queen mothers Dr. Sean Clark, Berea College - Organic Beekeeping: Is It Possible? Reyah Carlson, Apitherapist - Apitherapy Workshop Jim & Sandra Garrison, Creative Candles - Making Beeswax Candle Robert Brewer - Honey Judging - Part 1 Billy Davis - A Self-Sustaining Bee Club (Clubs do not have to depend on outside Bee producers) Bob Cole - Queen rearing for the grafting-challenged beekeeper Dr. Jeff Harris, USDA Baton Rouge - Varroa sampling & what do results mean? Dr. Gordon Wardell, S.A.F.E. Research & Development - Honey bee nutrition & feeding Dr. Jim Tew, Ohio State University - Propolis, what is it and what do we do with it? Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University - Detection of Nosema - lab session Apiary program option each session
Friday - August 8, 2008
8:00-8:45AM	Dr. Lilia De Guzman, USDA Baton Rouge Small Hive Beetle Research at the Baton Rouge Honey Bee Laboratory
OR	Dr. Jim Tew, Ohio State University Modern management of modern beehives in a modern world
9:00-9:45AM	Dr. Greg Hunt, Purdue University Colony collapse disorder, what is it, does it matter and what are we going to do about it?
OR	Dr. Jeff Harris - USDA Baton Rouge Update of the Baton Rouge Honey Bee Lab breeding program for VSH bees
9:45-10:15AM	Break
10:15-11:00AM	Dr. Larry Connor, Wicwas Press How to Develop a small-scale Breeding Program
OR	Dr. Marion Ellis, University of Nebraska Almond pollination and honey bee health
11:15-12:00PM	Promo for 2009 EAS & EAS business meeting
Friday afternoon workshops Dr. Sean Clark, Berea College - Varroa Mite IPM at Berea College Robert Brewer, Honey Judging - Part 2 Ann Harmon - Reducing Stress for Honey Bees Jim Bobb - Bee Plants Elaine Holbrook - Beeswax candle making Claire Waring, Editor, Bee Craft - Big Bees, Little Bees and Bees that don’t Sting Jeremy Wagnitz, University of Nebraska Graduate Student - Using artificial breaks in brood cycle to enhance varroa suppression Billy Davis - The road to a queen Dr. Jim Tew, Ohio State University - Rearing queens in a small scale operation Dr. Jeff Harris, USDA Baton Rouge - Instrumentally inseminating queens, basics (lab) Dr. Wayne E. Esaias, Goddard Space Flight Center - Scale Hives for Management and Science Tammy Horn - Lost Mountain Honey Bee Reclamation Project Don Hopkins - Beekeeping in Haiti and the movement of AHB into Haiti Zachary Huang & Bill Modjack - Honey Bee Photography, Field Session: Taking the Photos Zachary Huang & Bill Modjack - Honey Bee Photography, Classroom Session: Processing the Photos Apiary program option each session

Updated July 16, 2008