Fall Convention
November 2-4, 2017
Holiday Inn Eau Claire South
4751 Owen Ayres Court
Eau Claire, WI
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Hotel Reservations:
(715) 830-9889
Keynote Speakers
Also featuring a young commercial beekeepers panel, honey show, Queen’s auction, Kids & Bees Expo, and more!
Ross Conrad
Author of Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches to Modern Beekeeping
David Tarpy
Associate Professor of Entomology and the Extension Apiculturist at North Carolina State University
Dr. Marla Spivak
University Minnesota Bee Lab
Schedule
Thursday, November 2, 2017
3:00 p.m. – Board of Managers meeting
6:00 p.m. – Board Dinner
7:00 p.m. – Budget committee
Kids N Bees Committee
8:00 p.m. – Honey Queen Committee
Poster Contest Committee
Other Committee Meeting if needed
Friday, November 3, 2017
7:30 a.m. – Registration opens
8:00 a.m. – Exhibits open
8:30 a.m. – Honey Show entries due & Baking contest entries due
8:30 a.m. – Call to order by WHPA President – Kent Pegorsch
MC – Vice President – Matt LaForge
8:45 a.m. – Introductions of Honey Queen and Candidates – Mary Kettlewell
9:00 a.m. – David Tarpy – The benefits of within-hive diversity
10:00 a.m. – Break
10:15 a.m. – Ross Conrad – The current state of beekeeping and organic/natural solutions
11:15 a.m. – ABF update – Tim May
11:30 a.m. – Wisconsin State Apiarist Update – Elizabeth Meils, DATCP
11:50 a.m. – Door Prizes
12:00 p.m. – Lunch (meal ticket required)
1:00 p.m. – Dr. Marla Spivak – UMN Bee Lab Research
2:00 p.m. – Door Prizes
2:05 p.m. – Lee Heine – Young Commercial Beekeepers Panel
3:05 p.m. – Break
3:20 p.m. – Business Meeting
Supper on your own
6:45 p.m. – Honey Queen Candidate presentations
7:10 p.m. – Entertainment – Chippewa Valley Youth Choir
7:30 p.m. – Honey Queen Fund Auction – Auctioneer Jerry Andrews
Saturday, November 4, 2017
7:00 a.m. – Registration opens
8:00 a.m. – Exhibits open
8:30 a.m. – Announcements
8:35 a.m. – WHPA Honey Queen – year in review
8:45 a.m. – David Tarpy – Quality of commercial queens: the good news and the bed news
9:45 a.m. – Break
10:00 a.m. – Ross Conrad – Overwintering and spring management
11:00 a.m. – Door Prizes
11:05 a.m. – Dr. Marla Spivak – Status of Bee Health: Untying a Messy Knot
12:00 p.m. – Lunch on your own
1:00 – 3:00 p.m. Kids-N-Bees
1:00 p.m. – Presentation by American Honey Queen
1:15 p.m. – Ross Conrad – topic TBA
2:15 p.m. – David Tarpy – topic TBA
3:15 p.m. – Break
3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Speaker Panel – David Tarpy, Marla Spivak, Ross Conrad
4:00 p.m. – Executive Committee Meeting
Social/Free Time
6:30 p.m. – Cocktail Hour
7:00 p.m. – Banquet (ticket required)
9:00 p.m. – Dance and Social
