Schedule of Events
Friday Evening (February 23, 2017):
6:00 - 6:25 p.m. Check-in & Registration
6:25 - 6:30 p.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks - Dane Strickland
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. Keith Delaplane – The Honey Bee Superorganism and Why It Matters to Beekeeping.
15 minute break
7:30 - 8:15 p.m. You Pick:
Beginner – Clarence Collison – Swarm Management – Are You Winning?
Advanced – Adrian Quiney – Honey Then Bees: Overwintered Nuc to Honey Producers And Back With Biotechnical Mite Control Methods
15 minute break
8:30 - 9:15 p.m. You Pick:
Beginner – Ed Levi – Small Hive Beetles
Intermediate – Grant Gillard – How To Raise A Few Queens
Saturday (February 24, 2018):
8:15 - 8:45 a.m Donuts, Check-in and Registration
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Oklahoma Beekeeping Update
9:00 - 9:45 a.m Dr. Clarence Collision – Examining Combs- What Do They Tell You?
15 Minute Break
10:00 - 10:45 a.m. You Pick:
Beginners – Grant Gillard – Hindsight: What I'd do differently if I had to start over again.
Advanced – Keith Delaplane – What the Superorganism Means for Honey Bee Breeding
15 Minute Break
11:00 - 11:45 a.m. You Pick:
Beginners – Adrian Quiney – Lifecycle of the Honeybee - Sex, Violence, and Getting through the Winter.
Advanced – Ed Levi – How I Keep Bees Without Treatments
11:45 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 - 1:45 p.m. You Pick:
Keith Delaplane – Honey Bee Epidemiology in an Age of Bee Decline
Nancy Gillard – Marketing Honey at Farmers Markets
15 Minute Break
2:00 - 2:45 p.m. You Pick:
Beginner/Intermediate – Grant Gillard “Seven Habits of Highly Successful Beekeepers”
Intermediate – Clarence Collison – Applying The Basics Of Honey Bee Biology
15 minute break
3:00 – 3:45 p.m. You Pick:
All Levels – Ed Levi – Beekeeping Travels with Ed Levi
Advanced – Adrian Quiney – It's a Cluster... One Man's Foray into Treatment-Free Beekeeping with Nucs.
15 Minute Break
4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Joint Session: Q&A Panel with All Speakers
4:30 – 4:45 p.m. Close Silent Auction & Wrap Up