“Honeybees and Beekeepers: Surviving in a Life-Threatening World”
The 88th Annual Florida State Beekeepers Association Convention
Thursday, October 30-Saturday, November 1, 2008

University of Florida Master Beekeeper Apprentice Level Training & Examination
(Separate fee course) - MORE INFORMATION ON THIS COURSE

Contact: Mike O’Malley, Honey Bee Research Extension Lab (HBREL)
Phone: 352/392-1901 x189 E-mail: omalleym@ufl.edu

7:30 – 8:00 Registration
8:00 – 8:45 Honey Bee Biology
8:45 – 9:30 Beekeeping Equipment
9:30 – 9:45 Break
9:45 – 10:30 Honey Production/Products of the Hive/Pollination
10:30 – 11:00 Keeping Honey Bees in Florida
11:00 – 12:00 Honey Bee Diseases/Pests/Disorders
12:00 – 2:00 Lunch (on your own) and Study Time
2:00 – 4:00 Practical Examination
4:00 – 7:00 Supper (on your own) and Study Time
7:00 – 9:00 Written Examination


General Standards (Core) and Private Applicator License Short Reviews and Exams

Presented by Barton Wilder, Agriculture & Natural Resources Agent
Alachua County Extension

11:30 AM -Registration
12:00-2:00 PM -Short Reviews (These are not full courses)
2:00 PM -Administration of examinations

CEU’s are available for Thursday sessions and Friday convention
sessions IF YOU ALREADY POSSESS LICENSE

NOTE: You should not sit for these examinations unless you have prepared in advance by
reading the following two manuals:

Applying Pesticides Correctly

Private Applicator Agricultural Pest Control

These manuals can also be ordered by phone from the IFAS bookstore, 1-800-226-1764.

FSBA Cookout & Business Meeting

6:30 PM -Traditional Cookout

Immediately Following Cookout -FSBA Businness Meeting <---VERY IMPORTANT MEETING!

7:30 AM Registration
8:00 AM Opening of state convention

“Bad News: Urbanization threatening Florida Agriculture: Beekeepers Continue to Lose Apiary Sites”
–representative from Florida Farm Bureau

“Good News: State Agencies and Water Management Districts Open More Land for Apiary Sites”
–FSBA president

“Recent Advances in Developing Non Pesticide Control Approaches for Honeybee Pests”
–Dr. Peter Teal, Research Leader for the Chemistry Research Unit (USDA-ARS)

“Florida’s Division of Food Safety and its Role in Honey Packing”
–Paul M. Raynes, Senior Management Analyst II, Division of Food Safety

“Florida’s Honey Standard—The Gold Standard for the Nation”
–Nancy Gentry

“Coping with the Africanized Bee Now That They Are in the Bee Yard”
–Dr. Bill Kern, University of Florida Entomology & Nematology

“Pest Control Operators—Protecting the Public from the Africanized Bee”
–Richard Martyniak and Jonathan Simkins All Florida Bee Removal

“The Beekeeping Industry verses The Citrus Industry: Seeking Mutual Cooperation”
–speaker not yet determined

“The Subject of Pollination from the Grower’s Point of View”
–Panel Discussion (representatives from blueberry, strawberry, melon, citrus growers)

“Research on the Home Front”
–UF Honey Bee Research & Extension Laboratory: reports from Dr. Ellis’s students

“The Work of IFAS/Apiary”
–Dr. Jamie Ellis, UF Extension Apiarist

“Florida Research for the Florida Beekeeper”
–Jerry Hayes, Chief Apiarist, Division of Plant Industry

“CCD: What If We Never Find the Cause?”
–speaker not yet determined

“How to Export Honey”
–representative from Florida Farm Bureau

“Beekeeping in Haiti”
–DPI/State Apiary Inspectors Dave Westervelt, Todd Jameson, and Doug Corbin

Even more sessions are still in the planning!

6:30 PM Friday Awards Banquet & Auction
Guest speaker, Joanne Brown, Deputy Commissioner
Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services

Discounted Hotel Reservations at
Quality Inn, 3455 S.W. Williston Road, Gainesville - (352) 378-2405
Rodeway Inn (make reservations through Quality Inn)

Register Now! For more information, contact
Nancy Gentry, 2008 Convention program chairman
386-684-3433, farmbees@gmail.com

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