DAY:  SATURDAY, November 02, 2019

Time: 9:00am - 4:00pm

WHERE: Maryland Department of Agriculture 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis, MD (MAP)

WHAT:  MSBA will convene its 111th Annual Fall Meeting, Elections and 83rd Honey Show!

 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: GENE ROBINSON and DAVID GOLDEN

GENE ROBINSON

TOPICS: Contemporary Perspectives on the Interplay between Basic and Applied Honey Bee Research.  PLUS: Me to We with Bees: Searching for the Genetic Roots of Social Life, including bee aggression

BIO

(Wikipedia)

Gene Robinson is an entomologist, Director of the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology and National Academy of Sciences member. He pioneered the application of genomics to the study of social behavior and led the effort to sequence the honey bee genome.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Author: Chemical Communication in a Post-genomic World: National Academies of Sciences and Engineering, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center, Irvine, CA, January 17-19, 2003

Awards: Wolf Prize in Agriculture, Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada

Education: Cornell University (1982–1986), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DAVID GOLDEN

TOPICS: What every beekeeper needs to know about Bee Sting Allergies .   PLUS, Epi-Pen Guidelines, Good Samaritan Laws, & Protecting Yourself and Others

BIO

Dr. Golden did his medical training at McGill University, and his fellowship at Johns Hopkins University where he is now Associate Professor of Medicine (part-time). He directed a research program on insect allergy and anaphylaxis for 30 years, and has published numerous research articles, chapters and review articles. Dr. Golden is a member of the Joint Task Force on Practice Parameters, and is on the editorial boards of several major allergy journals. He is also Allergy Division chief at Sinai Hospital and Franklin Square Hospital in Baltimore, where he developed an Allergy-Immunology teaching program and elective rotation for the medical residents. 

HONEY SHOW!

Click HERE for Honey Show Info!

AGENDA