North Carolina –South Carolina Beekeepers

UNION COUNTY AGICULTURE CENTER, MONROE, NCFEBRUARY 5 – 7, 2015Hosted by UNION COUNTY BEEKEEPERS

Agenda Dec. 12,2014

Thursday, February 5, 2015
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Registration
Main Lobby
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM / Dr. John T. Ambrose: Preparatory Short Course for the Certified and Journeyman Levels of the MBP
$25/person – includes book and other handouts
left side of the Auditorium,
12:45 PM / Call to Order & Welcome: Dr John Ambrose, NCSBA President
Invocation: Rev. AllenBlanton
Welcome: Mayor of Monroe, or Union County Comissioner
??Flags provided by VFW Color Guard Commander, Claude??
1:00 PM – 1:55 PM / Kim Flottum: Editor, Bee CulturesMagazine---10 Rules of Modern Beekeeping
Center Auditorium
2:00 PM – 2:55 PM / Dr. Keith Delaplane: Professor, Director of UGA Honey Program,University of Georgia
? topic
Center Auditorium
3:00 PM – 3:20 PM / Break: Visit Vendors/Refreshments
Hall and Vendor area
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM / Door Prizes
Center Auditorium
3:30 PM – 4:25 PM / State Beekeeping update
NC --Don Hopkins, NCDA-CS
S C--Jennifer Tsuruda, PhD, Apiculture Specialist, Clemson University
Ky – Phil Craft, Ky Apiarist, retired , and Veto-Pharma representative
Center Auditorium ---
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM / John Allran, NCDA-CS Pesticides
Center Auditorium
5:00 PM – 8:00 PM / NCSBA Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, February 6, 2015
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM / Registration
Main Lobby
8:15 AM / Call to Order: Paul Madren NCSBA 2nd Vice-President
Announcements: Beekeepers of Union County
8:30 AM – 9:20 AM / Jennifer Berry, Research , University of Georgia, ? topic
Center Auditorium
9:25 AM – 10:00 AM / Bayer Crop Services ? Topic
Center Auditorium
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
(need to plan if included) / Bee Buddies Program
Ages 8 – 12 years
Watson Theatre (behind the caboose)
10:00 AM – 10:15 AM / Break: Visit Vendors/Refreshments
Center Ballroom
10:15 AM – 10:30AM / Door Prizes
Center Auditorium
10: 45AM – 12:15 AM / Ask the Experts Panel: Kim Flottum, Dr Keith Delaplane, Jennifer Berry,
Don Hopkins, Dr.Jennifer Tsuruda, Bayer Rep
Center Auditorium
12:15 AM – 1:00 PM / Lunch
Box Lunches or Local Restaurants
1:00 PM – 3:15 PM / Workshops & MBP Testing
see layout (tentative)
1:15PM – 2:00 PM
2:00 PM – 2:45PM / Directors and Master Beekeeper info meeting (see Workshop list for room # )
Local Chapter officers Instructions, info meeting (see Workshop list for room # )
3:30 PM – 3:30 PM / Door Prizes
Center Auditorium
3:30 PM – 4:15 PM / Dr Keith Delaplane ? (topic)
Center Auditorium
4:20 PM – 5:40 PM
4:20 PM – 5:40 PM / NCSBA Members Business Meeting ---- Center Auditorium
SCBA Members Business Meeting ---- LeftCenter Auditorium
Dinner on our own
Saturday, July 12, 2014
8:00 AM – 10:30 PM / Registration
Center Main Lobby
8:00 AM / Call to Order: Rick Coor, NCSBA 1st Vice-President
Announcements: Beekeepers of Union County
8:15 AM – 9:00AM / Rev Charles Butler: author of “The feminine Monarchie” from London, England
Center Auditorium
9:45 AM – 10:30 AM
8:45AM -- 9:30 AM / Dr Larry Connor, Wicwas Press, --The Sustainable Apiary,
Center Auditorium --( streaming from Alabama)
10:30AM - 10:50AM / Lewis Cauble, Support ,NCSBA Apiculture Science Fund , Silent Auction, Donations
10:50 AM – 11:15 AM / Break:Visit Vendors/Refreshments---Silent Auction closes
Center Ballroom
11:15AM – 11:30 AM / Door Prizes
Center Auditorium
11:30AM – 12:30 AM
10:30 AM – 11:15AM / Kim Flottum: Editor, Bee Cultures Magazine---
Center Auditorium (streaming to Alabama)
12:30 AM – 1:15PM / --- ????????????---
Center Auditorium
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM / Lunch
Box Lunches or Local Restaurants
1:30PM – 2:10 PM
12:30 am - 1:15 PM / Dr. James Tew: ? topic
Center Auditorium ( streaming From Alabama)
2:15 PM – 3:15 PM
1:15 PM --2:15 PM / Jennifer Berry, Research , University of Georgia, ? topic
Center Auditorium (streaming to Alabama)
1:15 PM – 3:15 PM / MBP Testing (see Workshop list for room # )
3:20 PM – 3:30 PM / Door Prizes
Closing Remarks: Dr.John Ambrose , NCSBA President
Center Auditorium
3:30 PM / Conference Closed