Theme: “What’s Working in Beekeeping”
Saturday October 15, 2011
Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Location: Ramada Conference Center
490 Pleasant Street
Lewiston, ME 04240 US
Purchase a registration in our online store »
Deadline for online registration is October 13, 2011.
Walk-in registration will be available, but you will not be entered into the raffle.
Confirmed Speakers:
- Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp
- Vermont Beekeeper Michael Palmer
The 2011 Annual Meeting and Conference of the Maine Beekeepers Association will be hosted by the Sagadahoc County Beekeepers.
Dennis vanEngelsdorp
Dennis started keeping bees after taking an undergraduate course in beekeeping at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. Once ‘stung’, he pursued a master’s degree in apiculture.
He has since worked for the Canadian Government as a consultant to the Antigua Beekeepers Cooperative in the West Indies. He returned north to work at Cornell University as an extensionist where he helped develop their master beekeeping program.
He has accepted a position as Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland after working as the Acting State Apiarist for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, through a contract with Penn State University. He has served as the President of the Apiary Inspectors of America, and is a board member of Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream Bee Board.
As one of the founding members of the Colony Collapse working group he spends considerable time investigating this latest threat to honey bee populations. In 2011, he became the Project Director for the Bee Informed Partnership, a 5 year extension grant awarded by USDA/NIFA to reduce colony losses and improve honey bee management nationwide using epidemiological techniques. Dennis has written extensively and been widely interviewed including his talk on TED (TED.com).
Michael Palmer
Michael Palmer has been keeping bees in the northern Champlain valley for nearly forty years. To create a sustainable apiary, he raises queens and nucs that thrive in his northern climate. He believes that by producing local stocks of bees from colonies that are productive, healthy, and have the ability to withstand the long Vermont winters, we will be able to lead our bees out of the dead- end they have fallen into.
Save the date and reserve your spot by purchasing a registration in our online store.
Deadline for online registration is October 13, 2011.
It is also possible to register by filling out this PDF and mailing it via USPS.
MSBA Annual Meeting Registration – October 2011 (PDF) 
Deadline for mail-in registration is October 3, 2011.
Tentative Program Schedule:
8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Coffee/Donuts
9:00 – 9:15 Welcome from MSBA President, Erin MacGregor-Forbes
9:15 – 10:30 Speaker [Palmer]
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:00 Speaker [vanEngelsdorp]
12:00 – 12:45 MSBA Business
12:45 – 1:30 Hot buffet lunch w/veggie options
1:30 – 1:45 Speaker [Jadczak]
1:45 – 2:00 Speaker [Sophie of Swan’s Honey]
2:00 – 2:15 Break
2:30 – 3:30 Panel Discussion with Q&A
3:30 – 4:30 Raffle and Door Prizes
4:30 – 5:00 Last chance to visit vendors
Panel Discussion with Q&A “What’s working in Beekeeping in MAINE?” Submit a question for the panel.
Raffles & Tickets Over 100 raffle items to benefit the MSBA: a complete hive, magazine subscrip- tions, books, tools, bees, queens, candles, maple syrup, crafts, baked goods, gardening supplies…! You are invited to bring an item for the raffle table (not necessarily bee-related). Pre-registrants each receive one free raffle ticket at the registration table, with more available for purchase.
Vendors Various vendors will be selling their wares: beekeeping equipment, bee-themed gifts and clothing, honey soda, and more!
- The Honey Exchange
- Humble Abodes
- Swans Honey
- Bee-Z-Smoker
Photo Contest Submit an unframed 4″ x 6″ (minimum) bee/beekeeping-related photograph during registration; please, only one submission per person.
Recent MSBA Annual Meetings
Fall 2010 Portland
Saturday October 16, 2010
Location: Hannaford Hall in the Abromson Center
of the University of Southern Maine in Portland.
Speakers:
- Dr. Medhat Nasr, Provincial Apiculturist, Alberta, Canada
- Dr. Juliana Rangel-Posada, Postdoctoral Associate, North Carolina State University
- Anthony Jadczak, State Apiarist, Maine
Article: One Beek’s View of the 2010 Maine State Beekeepers Annual Meeting »
2010 Augusta
Location: Le Club Calumet:
334 Northern Avenue Augusta Maine 04330
Program:
8:00 – 9:00 — Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:15 –Welcome, President, MSBA
9:15 – 10:15 — Jennifer Berry, Comb Contamination Research, UGA Bee Lab
10:15 – 10:30 — Break
10:30 – 11:30 — Cindy Bee, Removing Bees from Buildings, Master Beekeeper
11:30 – 12:15 — Business Meeting (Annual Report, election of officers, MSBA awards)
12:15 – 1:00 — Lunch
1:00 – 1:15 — SARE Farmer Grant Update, Erin Forbes and Larry Peiffer
1:15 – 2:15 — Cindy Bee Talk #2
2:15 – 2:30 — Break
2:30 – 3:30 — Jennifer Berry, Talk #2
3:30 – 4:30 – Raffle and Door Prizes
Article: Summary of the MSBA 2010 Spring Meeting »
2009, Augusta
Speakers:
Greg Hunt
- Honey Bee Behavioral Genetics
- Trying to Breed Varroa-Resistant Bees
Ross Conrad
- CCD & Current State of Beekeeping From an Organic Perspective
- Natural Non-Toxic Varroa Control Methods
2008, Augusta
Tom Seely- House Hunting by Honey Bees: A Study of Effective Group Decision Making
David VAnderDussen - IPM Mite Control with Mite-Away II
Tom Seely - Forrest Bees and Varroa Mites
David VanderDussen - Trends in Beekeeping
2007, Augusta
Tony Jadczak
- Current Events Regarding Honey Bees
- Best Management Practices
Mark LeClair - Keeping honeybees in the city
Carol Cottrill - Eastern Apicultural Society
Matt Scott - Honey Bee Forage
2006, Augusta
29th ANNUAL MEETING 2006 MAINE STATE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
Celebrating the 30th Anniversary of the MSBA
Michael Palmer
Sustainable Beekeeping in the Northeast
French Hill Apiaries, St. Albans Vermont
Larry Conner
Beekeeping Consultant/Publisher, Bee Culture Columnist
2005, Augusta
Jim Tew, Ohio State University
American Foulbrood
Perspectives on Package Bees
2004, Waterville
Roger Hoopingarner, Michigan State University
Pollination Primer
Selection for Varroa Resistance
Fred Wardwell, MSBA
Making Mead
2003, Waterville
Wyatt Magnum, Mary Washington College; Bee Culture and American Bee Journal columnist
Introducing Queens
Antiques Road Show (Beekeeping Equipment)
Randy Cross, Maine IF&W
Black Bears in Maine
2002, Bath
Ann Harmon, Bee Culture Columnist
Marketing for Hobbyists
Cooking with Honey
Tony Jadczak, Maine State Bee Inspector
Pesticide Resistance/IPM
2001, Augusta
Medhat Nasr, University of Guelph
IPM and Formic Acid Use in Bee Hives
MSBA Panel Discussion
Finding Profits in Beekeeping
2000, Bangor
Clarence Collison
Dynamics of Spring Buildup
Honey from Hive to Table
