ANR Week - Michigan State University

Friday, March 12 Kellogg Center - Lincoln Room

9:00 a.m. Registration

9:30 a.m. Video "Keeping Bees and Producing Honey -- An introduction"

10:30 a.m. Door prizes

10:40 a.m. "Social Organization of the Honey Bee Colony"

                Dr. Zachary Huang, Department of Entomology, MSU

11:15 a.m. "Small Hive Beetle and Other New Problems in Beekeeping"

                Mike Hansen, Michigan Department of Agriculture

12: 00 m. Luncheon "Establishing a bee-friendly landscape"

               Tom Smith, Grassroots Landscaping Inc.

2:00 p.m. "The Diversity of Honey Bees"

                Dr. Gard Otis, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

2:45 p.m. Break

3:00 p.m. Door prizes

3:10 p.m. Honey Queen Program 1998, Michigan Honey Queen

                Contestants for 1999, Presented by: Judy Schmaltz Honey Queen Chairperson

3:40 p.m. "Rearing Your Own Queens"

                Dr. Larry Conner, Beekeeping Education Service, Cheshire, CT

4:25 p.m. Questions and Answers

7:30 p.m. Kellogg Center Auditorium:  Michigan Honey Queen Pageant

            Reception Following - Red Cedar Room

            Michigan Beekeeper of the Year Award
 

Saturday, March 13 Kellogg Center - Lincoln Room

9:00 a.m. Registration, visit and get aquatinted

9:30 a.m. Video "Varroa Mite"

10:00 a.m. Video "Tracheal Mite: Detection/Prevention/Cure"

10:30 a.m. Door prizes

10:40 a.m. "Honey Bee Mites: Biology and Management"

                Dr. Gard Otis, Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

11:25 a.m. "Beekeeping in Ghana"

                Matthew O’Neal, Department of Entomology, MSU

12:00 m. Lunch

2:00 p.m. "Spring Management"

                Dr. Larry Conner, Beekeeping Education Service, Cheshire, CT

2:45 p.m. Break

3:15 p.m. "Migratory Beekeeping"

                Oren Best, Michigan

4:00 p.m. Hive raffle

4:15 p.m. Questions and Answers on any topic