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MSBA Fall 2022 Meeting

• 2022 November 12 MEETING

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  WATCH OUR MEETING - LEARN SOMETHING NEW!

  CAMERON JACK will present two talks:
  + Principles of Integrated Pest Management (IPM)
  - Specific examples of Varroa and Small Hive Beetle (SHB) management
  - How IPM fits your honey bee management regimen
  - How IPM can be PROFITABLE for you

  + Cameron's Own Research To Fight Varroa
  - How Cameron screens new chemicals against Varroa
  - Why finding treatments is so difficult
  - What doe the future hold for research

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  DAVID BURNS will present two talks:

  + Honey Bee Nutrition Through The Seasons
  -  Feeding specifically to obtain specific behaviors
  -  How to avoid the dangers of protein deprivation 
  -  The critical season to feed bees

  + Preparing For Spring Management
  -  Feeding in late winter and early spring
  -  Swarm prevention
  -  Making Splits

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  BIO for Cameron Jack:

  Cameron Jack grew up in a small rural farm town called Logandale, NV, just outside of the lights and glitter of Las Vegas. His Grandpa was a high school principal, but supplemented his income through beekeeping, managing about 150 hives for honey production and pollination. Cameron grew up around honey bees and beekeeping, often helping his grandfather with hive inspections and honey extraction. He obtained his B.S. degree in biology from Southern Utah University in 2012 and completed his Master’s degree at Oregon State University under the mentorship of Dr. Ramesh Sagili in 2015. There he conducted research on the honey bee gut pathogen Nosema ceranae. He then traveled across the country to pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Florida under the mentorship of Dr. Jamie Ellis where he began investigating methods to control the devastating pest Varroa destructor.

  

  In 2018, Cameron was hired on as a teaching faculty at the University of Florida’s Entomology and Nematology Department. In the past three years, he has been obsessed with creating a premier educational program that prepares students for the many challenges associated with beekeeping and to train those interested in entering the beekeeping workforce. Cameron currently teaches seven honey bee-related courses and is now creating an online beekeeping certificate program. In the summer of 2021, transitioned into an Assistant Professor position focusing on Honey Bee Toxicology.  

  Most recently his projects have involved studying the efficacies of different chemical treatments to Varroa in field trials. Notably, his work on oxalic acid vaporization has been of interest to beekeepers around the world. He is also involved in a large-scale collaborative project screening a wide variety of untested chemicals for their toxicity towards Varroa and their effect on honey bees. As often as possible, Cameron tries to support undergraduate and graduate students with their research questions and helps them conduct meaningful studies that contribute to the overall scientific body of knowledge.

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  BIO for David Burns:

  

  David Burns began beekeeping in 1994 after hiving a swarm from a fallen tree. After moving those hives from Ohio to Illinois, the hives were lost due to mites, and the yard had to be started all over again. In the beginning the Burns family just sold honey, but as time went on and the yard became bigger, the Burns family began building their own hives and selling them to other beekeepers. Knowing that the success of beekeepers was all dependent upon education, David began blogging and uploading videos to YouTube. In order to make sure beekeepers had the best and latest of scientific information on bees and beekeeping, David took several years to become a Certified Master Beekeeper. A graduate of Lincoln Christian University, and now a Master Beekeeper through the Eastern Apicultural Society since 2010, workshops on beekeeping are taught all year at the Training Center in Fairmount, IL. He also has a mentorship program, talks throughout the country at beekeeping association meetings, and heard frequently on radio shows and podcasts. He is also a competitive sportsman and competes throughout the US.

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  AGENDA

  9:00 AM	Welcome	Fred Smith, MSBA President
  9:15 AM	Apiary Inspectors Report	Cybil Preston, Chief MD Apiary Inspector
  9:30 AM	Preparing for Spring Management	David Burns, EAS Master Beekeeper honeybeesonline.com
  10:30 AM	Break
  11:00 AM	A Comprehensive Overview of IPM	Cameron Jack, University of Florida
  12 Noon	Lunch
  1:00 PM	Screening New Chemicals for Varroa Control	Cameron Jack, University of Florida
  2:00 PM 2:20 PM	UMD Bee Squad Update Sentinel Hive Program Update	Mark Dykes, University of Maryland Nathalie Steinhauer, UMD vanEngelsdorp Lab
  2:50 PM	Break
  3:05 PM	Honey bee Nutrition Through the Seasons	David Burns, EAS Master Beekeeper honeybeesonline.com
  4:00 PM	Closing Questions and Answers	Fred Smith, MSBA President

  Join the Maryland State Beekeepers Association for a fascinating day packed with insights on honey bees & useful tips to keep them.

  • Elections!
  • Expert Speakers!
  • HONEY SHOW!
  • AWARDS! Free State and George Imirie

  EVENT:        MSBA will convene its 114th Annual Fall Meeting, Elections and 85th Honey Show, and Awards!
  LOCATION: ZOOM and Maryland Dept. of Agriculture
  ADDRESS:  If attending in person: 50 Harry S Truman Parkway, Annapolis MD

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  HONEY SHOW

  

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  * INFO
  * ENTRY FORM
  * TIPS.

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  AGENDA

  8:30 am	Refreshments, Coffee, Donuts, etc.
  9:00 am	Opening and Welcome	Fred Smith, President
  9:15 am	Apiary Inspector's Report	Cybil Preston, Md. State Inspector
  9:30 am	Bee Squad Update	Mark Dykes, UMD Bee Squad
  10:00 am	Advances in Varroa Management	Dr. Geoff Williams, Asst. Professor of Entomology Auburn University
  11:00 am	Eastern Apiculture Conference 2024 in Maryland	David Morris, President, EAS 2024
  11:15 am	Understanding and Helping Bees Draw Foundation into Comb	John Benham, Eastern Apiculture Society Certified Master Beekeeper, Past President Heartland Apicultural Society
  12:15 pm	Lunch
  1:15 pm	Business Meeting: Treasurer’s report, Annual Elections Free State Beekeeper Citizenship, Imirie Education, and Honey Show Awards	Toni Burnham, Secretary Stefanie Ottenstein, Treasurer Jim Fraser, EAS Certified Master Beekeeper, Past President/MSBA
  1:30 pm	Hon's Honey of Baltimore: giving dignity and purpose to women survivors of trauma	Nina Romeo, Marketing Manager, Hon’s Honey
  2:00 pm	A Bee’s Eye View of Nucs and How they Adapt	John Benham
  3:00 pm	Varroa Integrated Pest Management	Dr. Geoff Williams
  4:00 pm	Adjourn

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  SPEAKERS

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  Geoff Williams, PhD

  I’m a Canadian transplant living and working in Alabama. I grew up in Alberta, went to grad school training in Nova Scotia, and have worked with honey bees throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Before joining Auburn University, I worked for the Swiss government. Now at Auburn University, I’m delivering a program that seeks to better understand and promote bee health. To achieve these massive goals (as you can imagine), the AU-BEES lab is working on various topics – from studying the effects of neonicotinoids on queens, to working on the latest Integrated Pest Management tool against varroa, to performing the Bee Informed Partnership’s National Colony Loss and Management Survey, to investigating bee attractiveness to native wildflowers.
  Apart from assisting my students with their studies, another aspect of my work that I really enjoy is discussing with beekeepers – hearing why you keep bees and love beekeeping, and what are some of your major challenges. Despite geographic and cultural differences, bees bring many different people together – I love this! I’m looking forward to seeing you soon!

  

  John Benham Master Beekeeper

  

  John Benham has been a full-time beekeeper for over 20 years, operating 40+ colonies in three apiaries and a breeder of quality local queens and bees from local survivor stock for 17 years. He is an Eastern Apiculture Society Certified Master Beekeeper, Life Member of EAS, 2019 President of HAS, President of the Mammoth Cave Area Beekeepers 2017 to present, a current member of the Nashville Area Beekeepers Association, and monthly columnist for the NABA newsletter as well as a past member, President/officer of state and local associations since 2004.

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