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Three Queen Bees and a Drone
Kansas’ Honey Producers Association & Missouri State Beekeepers Association
Spring 2006 Meeting Friday & Saturday, March 3 & 4
Overland Park Marriott
10800 Metcalf, (I-435 & exit 169 Highway--Metcalf)
Room rate $75.00 plus tax ($85.14), Make reservations by February 9th,
Call 800-228-9290, group code: mkbmkba

Thursday night, March 2nd:
Board meeting for the Missouri State Beekeepers, 8:00 p.m., Sunflower Room
Board meeting for the Kansas State Beekeepers, 8:30 p.m., Boulevard Suite, 922

Friday, March 3rd
7:30-8:30 Registration & coffee & tea (Silent Auction Set-up)
8:30-8:45 Welcome & announcements, President Monte Richardson
8:45-9:30 “Accurately Sample Colonies for Mites—A New Method” Dr. Marla Spivak
9:30-10:15 “House Hunting by Honey Bees” Dr. Tom Seeley
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-11:30 “Mite Management” research update from the USDA Bee Labs Dr. Diana Sammataro
11:30-12:15 “Organic Certified Honey: Can it be done?” Dr. Nancy Ostiguy
12:15-1:15 Lunch on your own
1:15-2:00 To be announced
Workshops – choose 3:
“How Viruses Change Beekeeping,” Nancy Ostiguy
“Plastic Foundation: Good for the beekeeper. Good for the Bees?” Tom Seeley
“Drone Selection” Marla Spivak
“Pollination” Diana Sammataro
“Nutritional Analysis of Honey & Honey Products” Jackie Rowan
“Dealing with Small Hive Beetles”
“Installing Package Bees”
“Making Nucs” Chris Gibbons
“Making Mead” Robert Burns
“Putting Together Gift Bags & Gift Baskets”
“Soaps & Salves”
2:05-2:45 Workshop 1
2:45-3:15 Break, visit vendors & bid on silent auction
3:15-4:00 Workshop 2
4:05-4:50 Workshop 3

6:30 Banquet & Entertainment
Presentation of Missouri Beekeeper of the Year Award
Coronation of the Kansas Honey Queen

Program and speakers subject to change
Saturday, March 4th
7:45-8:15 Registration, coffee
8:15-8:30 Welcome & announcements, Tim Tucker
8:30-9:15 “The Beehive as a Honey Factory” Tom Seeley
9:15-10:00 “Breeding Bees—News from the Minnesota Ivory Tower” Marla Spivak
10:00-10:30 Break
10:30-11:15 Diana Sammataro (topic to be announced)
11:15-12:00 “Pesticide Residues in Honey and Beeswax” Nancy Ostiguy
12:00-1:00 Lunch on your own or Deli Luncheon (paid with registration)
Vendors will be packing up at this time
1:00-1:45 TBA
Workshops, choose 3:
“How Viruses Change Beekeeping,” Nancy Ostiguy
“Plastic Foundation: Good for the beekeeper. Good for the Bees?” Tom Seeley
“Drone Selection” Marla Spivak
“Pollination” Diana Sammataro
“Pollen Collecting”
“Preparing Honey for Shows” Kristi Sanderson
“Insect Photography” Betsy Betros

1:50-2:30 Workshop 1
2:35-3:15 Workshop 2
3:20-4:00 Workshop 3
4:00- Door Prizes & Drawings,

Program and speakers subject to change

Our guest speakers are excellent—Three Queens and a Drone!

Dr. Marla Spivak is at the University of Minnesota, Department of Entomology. She is part of the Minnesota Extension Service. She has been instrumental in developing bees with hygienic traits so that we can use fewer chemicals in our hives. She has written several books “Successful Queen Rearing” and “Beekeeping in the Upper Midwest”

Dr. Diana Sammatara is with the USDA Bee Lab in Tucson AZ. She has written the book “The Beekeeper’s Handbook.”

Dr. Nancy Ostiguy is at Pennsylvania State University. Her interests are in the area of sustainable and organic agriculture. The current focus of my research is in the area of environmental consequences of pest control strategies, including non-pesticidal approaches to pest control (IPM), pesticide residues in foods and other products.

Dr. Tom Seeley is a professor of Biology in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. He teaches courses in animal behavior and does research on honey bee behavior. He recently has had articles in Bee Culture magazine.

The two slots for “to be announced” we have asked speakers but have not gotten the ok yet.
The dinner entertainment will also be fun –but we haven’t nailed that down yet!