NY Bee Wellness Workshop- Honeybee Disease & Management July 7-9

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NY Bee Wellness Workshop- Honeybee Disease & Management
When: July 7-9, 2017
Where: Morrisville State College, Morrisville NY (Madison County)
Instructors: Medhat Nasr, PhD, and Jennifer Tsuruda, PhD

3 options to attend:
1) Friday, July 7, 7-9pm session, Medhat Nasr, PhD presentation; open to all, General Admission, 20.00

2) Saturday, July 8, 9-5pm, Lecture and Demo, open to all, General Admission, 50.00

3) Special 2 day Session- Sunday and Saturday, July 9 is the field and lab session, 9-5pm Workshop, enrollment limited to 24 participants; participants must meet requirements and also attend the Saturday session,150.00, add Friday evening (20.00 extra) for the full 3 day event.

Eventbrite registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ny-bee-...ts-33005508364
This award winning program concentrates on the skills needed to address honey bee disease and management.

Alberta Canada provincial apiculturist Medhat Nasr has received the Roger A. Morse Outstanding Teaching/Extension Service/Regulatory Award.He has over two decades of research, teaching and extension work with the Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, Rutgers University, and, for the past 15 years, in Alberta. Developed both the Bee Health App, and the Varroa alcohol wash shaker jar.

Jennifer Tsuruda, PhD, Apiculture Specialist, Clemson University

More details TBA

Questions?, contact Pat Bono: [email protected]
http://nybeewellness.org/
585-820-6619

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http://nybeewellness.org/events-classes/

The Friday evening talk by Medhat Nasr is "What is killing our bees: looking north of the 49, Lessons Learned”

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Agenda

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NY Bee Wellness Workshop, July 7-9 2017
126 Charlton Hall, Morrisville State College, Morrisville NY
*Friday July 7, 7-9pm “What is killing our bees: looking north of the 49, Lessons Learned” - Medhat Nasr

*Saturday July 8
9a-9:15 Welcome, Introductions, Overview. Expectations - P. Bono
9:15a- 10:30a Disease Overview: diagnosis and treatments – Medhat Nasr

10:30-10:45a Break
10:45a- 12n Behavioral Resistance to Varroa, grooming, VSH breeding- Jennifer Tsuruda

12n- 1p Lunch

1p-2:15p Proactive Beekeeping: what to do for inspection, making decisions and record keeping-- Medhat Nasr
2:15-2:30p Break
2:30-3:30 Honey Bee Nutrition, basic nutritional needs of bees, why you should feed, when you should feed, and how you can feed- Jennifer Tsuruda

3:30-4:30pm – Wintering --- Medhat Nasr

4:30-5p Questions. Closing- All


*Sunday July 9, 9a-5pm Limited to 24 participants, Hive inspections and labwork: 3-4 hours of hive inspections and assessments, examining samples for AFB, Nosema, microscope use.
Instructors: Jennifer Tsuruda, Medhat Nasr, Aaron Morris, and TBA