Jeff Pettis, Kim Flottum in Massachusetts

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http://www.honeybeeclub.org/
WCBA Monthly Meeting

Saturday October 4, 2008

Program
8 - 9 am Registration
Coffee, Danish & Bee Talk

9am Welcome and Introductions, Mary Duane & Ken Warchol

9 - 10:15am Colony Collapse Disorder and U.S. Beekeeping, Dr. Jeff Pettis
What we do and do not know about CCD and where some of the research projects are in relation to CCD.

10:15 -11:45am Managing Pheromones, Kim Flottum
What are pheromones, what role do they play in a colony, and how can a beekeeper use these to his or her advantage in colony management.
11:45am - 12 Short WCBA Business Meeting and Distribution of Beekeeper of the Year Ballots

12 - 1pm Lunch
(must be pre-ordered — see form on page 5)

1:15 - 2:30pm Nosema and Other New Threats to Bee Health, Dr. Jeff Pettis
How the new species of Nosema, N. ceranae, is affecting bee health and what other threats are here in the U.S. or may be waiting offshore!

2:30 - 4 pm Beekeeping Math, the Numbers Game All Beekeepers Play, Kim Flottum
Cells in a frame, days from egg to emerge, locating an apiary site, all the honey bee biology factors you need to know to be a good beekeeper, using numbers.

[Eaglerock]

You might want to state that Dr. Jeff Pettis is from Penn State University.

Until they are honest and state what the real cause is, I am wondering how truthful he might really be. The fact that Bayer gives PSU, 2.5 Billion dollars a year and hires over 100 employees coming out of PSU a year, makes be seriously wonder when we, the beekeepers and public, will really know the truth. :waiting:

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errr, even the usda ars website doesn't refer to him as "Dr."
http://ars.usda.gov/pandp/people/people.htm?personid=10138

i really have no idea what his preference is, or if he would be offended by not being referred to as "Dr." i can't say i spend too much time worrying about such things.

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