Preliminary Program

This is a draft program only. The final program will be handed out on-site at the start of the course. All sessions, including the Monday buffet reception, and the exam will take place in the Halpern Centre at Simon Fraser University.

Monday, February 28

8:30 am	Registration, Opening and Administrative Details
9:00 am	Queen Pheromones: TBA
10:15 am	Refreshment Break
10:45 am	Queen Rearing: Heather Higo
12:00 pm	Lunch (on own)
1:00 pm	Worker Production in Honey Bee Colonies: Shelley Hoover
2:00 pm	Success with Mason Bees: Margriet Dogterom
3:00 pm	Refreshment Break
3:30 pm	Legislation and the Beekeeper: Paul van Westendorp
4:30 pm	Campus Tour
5:15 pm	Buffet Reception

Tuesday, March 1

8:30 am	Swarming Prevention and Management: Tanya Pankiw
9:30 am	Package and Nuc Production and Installation: Heather Higo
10:30 am	Refreshment Break
11:00 am	Bee Anatomy (Demonstration Lab): Daniela Bates, Jaquie Bunse, Shelley Hoover
12:30 pm	Lunch (on own)
1:30 pm	Honey Quality and Marketing: Paul van Westendorp
2:30 pm	Honey: Keeping It Wholesome
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break
4:00 pm	Genetically Modified Crops: What Are They Doing to Our Wild Bees? Lora Morandin

Wednesday, March 2

8:30 am	Bee Diversity and Abundance in Berry Agriculture: Claudia Ratti
9:30 am	Management of Honey Bees for Pollination: Stephen Pernal
10:30 am	Refreshment Break
11:00 am	Commercial Honey Production: Rob Currie
12:00 pm	Lunch (on own)
1:30 pm	Bee Diseases and Parasites: Tanya Pankiw
2:30 pm	Imprisoning Behaviour of the Small Hive Beetle: Fact or Fiction?: Keith Delaplane
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break
4:00 pm	Sting Reactions: TBA

Thursday, March 3

8:30 am	Non-infectious Honey Bee Disorders: Keith Delaplane
9:30 am	Ressitant AFB Detection and Control: Stephen Pernal
10:30 am	Refreshment Break
11:00 am	Bee Diseases: Demonstration Lab: Daniela Bates, Jaquie Bunse
12:30 pm	Lunch (on own)
1:30 pm	An Integrated Approach to Varroa Management: Rob Currie
2:30 pm	Writing About Bees: Mark Winston
3:30 pm	Refreshment Break
4:00 pm	Pheromone Regulation of Foraging Behaviour: Tanya Pankiw
7:00 pm	Banquet

Friday, March 4

8:30 am	Nutrition and Supplemental Feeding: Stephen Pernal
9:30 am	Fall and Winter Management of Honey Bee Colonies: Rob Currie
10:30 am	Refreshment Break
11:00 am	Honey Bee Races: Keith Delaplane
12:00 pm	Lunch (on own)
1:15 pm	Course Summary and Windup, Study Session
2:30 pm	Optional Final Exam: Daniela Bates