W.A.S. TENTATIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE - August 12-15, 2002
 








  Monday, August 12th     Wednesday, August 14th
1:00pm Exhibitors (and silent auction) set up in exhibits room   7:30am Registration (until 8:20 am)
  Registration (until 3:15 pm)   8:00 Exhibits open
3:00 Exhibits open to the members and the general public   8:20 Door prizes
3:30 Delegates'/Directors' Meeting - Balcony or Lecture Room   8:30 Practical Beekeeping
5:00 Dinner on your own     1. Wintering Bees - Dr. Mike Burgett
6:30 Registration (until 7:30 pm)   9:00 2. Spring Management -Dr. Steve Sheppard
7:00 "Bee Buzz" (Social) in Exhibits Room   9:30 3. Keeping Bees in Nevada - Mr. Leonard Joy
      10:15 Beverage break
  Tuesday, August 13th     Registration (until 10:45 am)
7:30am Registration (until 8:20 am)   11:00 Keeping Lake Tahoe's Water
Clear
- Dr. Charles Goldman
8:00 Welcome to the Conference - President Mussen; local contact   12:00 Lunch-on your own
Exhibits open     Conference Rooms locked up for the rest of the day
8:20 Door prizes   2:00pm Tour of the UC Davis Tahoe Research Lab or Free Afternoon
8:30 Hive Products for Health     Thursday, August 15th
  1. Positive Effects with Apitherapy -Louise Estupinian, Pine Street Clinic   7:30am Registration (until 8:20)
9:15 2. Clinical Tests with Bee Venom -Christopher Kim, MD, International Pain Institute, Red Bank, NJ   8:00 Exhibits open
9:55 3. Allergic Reactions and the Epi-pen
- Linda Edwards, Dey Pharmaceutical
  8:20 Door prizes
10:15 Beverage break   8:30 Honey Bee Research
  Registration (until 11:00 am)     1. Fungi that Infect Varroa destructor - Dr. Christine Peng
11:00 4. Honey in Sports - Dr. Liz Applegate   9:15 2. Increasing Honey Yields from Stingless Bees - Dr. Julio Lopez
11:45 Lunch - on your own   10:00 Beverage break
12:45pm Registration (until 1:10 pm)     Registration (until 10:30 am)
1:10 Door prizes   10:45 Nepal - Ten Years Later - Ms. Miriam Bishop
1:15 Honey Bee Behavior   11:45 Lunch - on your own
  1. Colony Behaviors Affecting Bee
Management - Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk
  1:00pm End of Silent Auction - Exhibits Close
2:00 2. Genetics of Intrinsic Behavior - Dr. Robert Page   1:15 3. Chemical Use in Beehives - Dr. Eric Mussen
2:45 Beverage break   2:00 WAS Annual Business Meeting
  Registration (until 3:10 pm)   3:00 Delegates'/Directors' Meeting - Balcony or Lecture Room
3:15 3. Probing the Nervous System of Honey Bees - Dr. Brian Smith   6:00 Social gathering
4:30 Barbecue - Sand Harbor State Park   6:45 Awards Banquet and Auction
5:00 Conference Rooms locked for the night      

At Tahoe Biltmore Hotel/Casino, Crystal Bay (North Shore) NV (800)245-8667 or (775)831-0660. Block of 55 rooms reserved until July 12 Group No. 0812WAS ($70 to $160; includes tax). Complimentary 3-egg breakfast; evening hors d'oeuvres. 45 minutes from Reno airport; airport shuttle ($40, 1-way): (800)426-5644; cab:around $80.

For more information contact George Steffensen (Treasurer) (541)474-4305 or Eric Mussen (President) (530)752-0472; ecmussen@ucdavis.edu

Registration $20/day; $60/all days

   
  © 1999-2000 BeeSource.Com