Edgewater Resort & Waterpark - Duluth, MN
www.duluthwaterpark.com
Roomrates are $119 - $139 per night
Reserve your room today! 1-800-777-7925
Registration - $35.00 (includes Friday lunch).
Pizza Cruise on Lake Superior - $25.00/person. Kids under 12 free.
Thursday, July 12th
11:00 am committee meetings
1:00 pm Business Meeting
3:00 adjourn
3:30 early registration
7:30 Informal Crop Report for early arrivals
Friday, July 13th
7:00
Golden Heritage Foods breakfast (current and prospective producers)
7:30 Registration
8:00 Trade show Opens
8:15 Welcome and Opening Remarks by Jeff Hull; President
8:20 Invocation by Ray Nicholson
8:25 Dr. Marla Spivak U of M
Forage, Health, Pollination of Honeybees from Upper Midwest
9:15 Break and Silent Auction
9:30 Katie Lee Upper Midwest Bee Team
10:10 Mike Albers MN DNR Grand Rapids office
Invasive Species Expert on EAB and Gypsy Moth control programs
10:45 Greg Hoch MN DNR
Prairie Habitat Expert
11:25 Dean Peterson ARS lab Morris
Mn
Benefit of Future Alternative Crops for Honeybees
11:50 Lunch
1:30 Judy Wu U of M Imidachlorprid on Queen Honey Bees
1:50 Renata Borda U of M Propolis Study
2:10 Mike Goblirsch Nosema Study
2:10 Mike Goblirsch Nosema Study
2:30 National Scene Updates
ABF
AHPA
NHBAB
3:00 Break and Silent Auction
3:30 Annual Business Meeting
6:30 Boarding for Pizza Cruise and Annual Awards Banquet at Vista Fleet Dock
Boat is handicap
accessible, however bathroom is not. Dock bathrooms are handicap accessible
7:00 Departure
9:00 Return
Saturday, July 14th
7:00 Sioux Honey Association Breakfast (members only)
8:15 Welcome and announcements by Jeff Hull; president
8:20 Dr Vera Krischik of U of M "Do Label Rates of Imidachloprid result in Residues on Plants that Kills Bees?"
8:45 Jamison Scholer U of M "Imidachloprid and Clothiandin reduces Fitness in Bumble Bees."
9:10 Break and Silent Auction
9:30 Jody Gerdts of Urban Bee Squad
10:00 Krisy Allen Bees on Bikes
10:20 Break and Silent Auction
10:35 Linda Newman MHPA State Fair
Manager
Website and State Fair Updates
11:00 David Schaff Superintendent of Bees and Honey Division
Minnesota State Fair
11:20 Cathy Rufer Education and Promotion Committee with Updates and Ideas
11:45 Final announcements. 2013 convention info. Silent Auction Ends
1:30 Informal workshop sponsored by N.E. Mn Beekeepers Association at Fond du Lac Community College in Cloquet. Tentative topics will include overwintering bees. Refreshments provided
Special Thanks to Mann Lake LTD, Golden Heritage Foods, Sioux Honey Association and Dan's Honey Co. for helping sponsor this event!
