Turf Valley Resort, Ellicott City, Maryland, August 5-9, 2024
By David Morris, EAS 2024 President
The Eastern Apicultural Society team is building a terrific program for this year’s conference.
5 days of fun and learning, August 5-9, 2024 at Turf Valley Resort, Maryland. It’s going to be buzzworthy!
There will be two days of short course offerings, and three days with scores of expert presentations, plus hands-on apiary instruction, workshops, and much much more.
We’ll will be sending you more updates as the details come together. We wanted first to share our keynote presentations.
Michelle Flennekin, PhD - “The Impact of Viruses on Honey Bee Health at the Colony, Individual Bee, and Cellular Levels”
Michelle has a microbiology PhD. She runs her own research lab, The Flenniken Lab at Montana State University where she is an Associate Professor of virology, genetics, host-pathogen interactions, and honey bee pathogens. She'll update us on her latest work on how viruses affect bees on the cellular level, individual bee level, and even the whole colony.
Sam Droege, MS – “How Bees Native and Non, Split Up the Plant World for Foraging"
Sam is a wildlife biologist at the Eastern Ecological Science Center, United States Geological Service. Sam studies all kinds of bees and creates astonishing macro photographs of them. He is currently developing a program to inventory and monitor native bees. Check out his identification guides for North American bees at discoverlife.org. Sam will share his insights on how managed honey bees and native pollinators can coexist.
Jeff Pettis, PhD - "Beekeeping in a Changing World"
Jeff, of Pettis and Associates and the current President of Apimondia is an entomologist who specializes in apiculture and honey bee health. As former leader of the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, MD and now an independent consultant, Jeff has focused on improving colony health by limiting the impact of pests, diseases, and pesticides on honey bees. His keynote will focus on the myriad changes beekeeping faces, including changing honey prices, changing weather patterns, and new pests and diseases.
And that's by far not all that's in the works. Stay tuned to the EAS website for news on the conference and Short Course. easternapiculture.org
Registration will open soon. You can already book lodging at Turf Valley Resort, where the conference will be by clicking here.
Don’t miss this one! Your bees don’t want to see you in August, anyway!
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