8:30 am Registration and getting acquainted

9:00 am Video

10:10 am Door Prizes

10:30 am "Pollination of crops by honey bees"
Dr. Roger Hoopingarner , Michigan State University

11:20 am "`Bee botany: bee flora"
Dr. Larry Connor, Wicawas Press

1:30 pm "Pesticides and bees"
Mr. Michael Hansen, State Apiarist, Michigan Department of Agriculture

2:20 pm "Nosema disease - new ideas about an old problem"
Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University

3:20 pm Door PrizesDoor Prizes

3: 40 pm "Benefits of being with MBA"
Mr. Richard Leonard, President of Michigan Beekeepers Association

4:10 pm Questions and Answers on any topic (All speakers)

4:30 pm Meeting Adjourned

8:30 am Registration and getting acquainted

9:10 am Video

10:10 am Door Prizes

10:30 am "Honey bees photographed around the world"
Dr. Zachary Huang, Michigan State University

11:20 am "Screened bottom boards - are they worth it"
Dr. Tom Webster, Kentucky State University

1:30 pm "The economics of beekeeping"
Dr. Roger Hoopingarner, Michigan State University

2:40 pm "Apilife Var, Checkmite+ and other means for controlling Varroa mites"
Dr. Zachary Huang, Michigan State University

3:10 pm "The way it is and the future of the beekeeping's otherside "
Dr. George Ayers, Michigan State University

3:50 pm Questions and Answers on any topic (All speakers)

4:30 pm Meeting adjourned

Future meetings:

1. Summer meeting: Judy Schmaltz Residence, Clarkston, MI, June 26, 2004
2. Fall meeting: McMullen Conference center, Roscommon, MI, Oct 29-30, 2004
3. ANR 2005: March 11, Friday and March 12, Saturday, 2005