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  • From: "David Langham" <david_langham AT hotmail.com>
  • To: ocba AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ocba] Spring Meeting Announcement
  • Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:54:15 -0500

All,
Below is an announcement about the Spring Meeting that I just received. I am planning on going and would like to know if others are also going and would consider carpooling. If you plan on doing the on-line preregistration but don't know your userid and password, let me or Lanette know. Here is the annoucement:
David

Please encourage all your members to attend the Spring Meeting. The cheaper
price for advance registration ends March 28th.

A NCSBA member can register on-line and it is painless. It only took me
about two minutes -- less than the amount of time to lick a stamp and walk to
the mailbox. Check out _http://www.ncbeekeehttp://wwhttp://wwhtt_
(http://www.ncbeekeepers.org/meetings.htm) You will need the password from
the back of
your NCSBA card to register on-line.

Charles Heatherly wrote the following press release that was sent to the
media in the Charlotte Area:
For Immediate Release February 26, 2007
That buzz you may hear from Union County this week can be explained by the
arrival of some 350-400 of leading beekeepers from North and South Carolina
as they convene for their annual Spring Conference in Monroe.
During the two day session, which begins Friday, March 2 in the Union County
Agricultural Center, beekeepers will catch up on the latest research and
information pertaining to the honeybee.
In addition to hearing about the best practices for dealing with established
old pests, such as the trachea and varroa mites, the small hive beetle and
the wax moth, beekeepers are anxious to know more about the latest problem, a
mysterious disappearance of bees that is causing widespread loss of hives
from Maine to Florida. For lack of a better name, it has been labeled "Colony
Collapse Disorder."
"This will be a very important opportunity for our beekeepers update their
information on how best to care for their colonies," said Charles Heatherly,
President of the North Carolina State Beekeepers Association. The two state
beekeeping associations meet in joint sessions every other year to combine
their knowledge and resources.
Honeybees produce some $12 million worth of honey in North Carolina and
account for more than $1543 million worth of pollination for crops essential to
our food supply, according to Dr. David Tarpy, Professor of Entomology at
North Carolina State University and State Apiculturist. That’s the good news.
The bad news is that very survival of the American honeybees has been
seriously threatened by two mites introduced in the mid-1980s. More recently a
new
pest arrived within the past decade, the small hive beetle, which if not
controlled will also destroy entire colonies, as the mites once did. These and
other topics, including the latest information on the Colony Collapse Disorder
will highlight the meeting.
In addition there will be a special presentation on api-therapy, the use of
products from the hive, to treat medical maladies by Dr. Theodore Cherbuliez,
Past President of the American Api-Therapy Society. Dr. Cherbuliez and
Frederique Keller, Executive Director of the American Api Therapy Society, will
conduct a workshop Saturday demonstrating how to administer bee venom therapy.
Other speakers include Dr. Tarpy, Dr. Mike Hood, Professor of Entomology at
Clemson University and South Carolina State Apiculturist; Professor Tom
Webster, University of Kentucky, Professor Dewey Caron, University of Deleware,
David A. Westervelt, a Florida Environmental Specialist.
Workshops will include: api-therapy, small hive beetle traps, Africanized
Honeybees, Preparing honey for show, Russian Bees, and a Beginner’s Short
Course.
There will be door prizes and vendor equipment displays.
For additional information call; Michelle Barry (919-363-5458) Charles
Heatherly (919- 612-7338) or Jeff Knight (704-201-4357)

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