Today, we just got back from EAS 2011 which was held at the Crown Plaza, Warwick, RI. It spanned 5 days – with Monday and Tuesday devoted to Short Course/Master Beekeeper programs and Wednesday through Friday devoted to Conference/Workshop programs. We met attendees from New Zealand, New Jersey, Vermont, Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, New York, New Hampshire, Virginia, Connecticut and Delaware. The speakers came from as far away as California and the UK. Next year EAS 2012 will be held in Vermont.
We attended the following presentations:
Mike Palmer– Winter Thoughts
Randy Oliver– Varroa & Virus Management
Elina Lastro Nino– Queens & Queen/ Worker Interaction
Jeff Pettis– Honey Bee Health (The USDA Area- Wide Program Overview)
Jeff Pettis– Beltsville Bee Lab Update
David Tarpy – Who’s Related to who? ( Relationships among queens & drones in managed populations)
Maryann Frasier -Thinking Inside & Outside of the [Bee] Box
John Miller – Industrial Nucing
Ann Harmon– Creamed Honey
Diana Sammataro– Beneficial Microbes
Jeremy Wagnitz– VHS and Russian Bees in Migratory Operations
Jim Tew– Honey Bee Biology
Laurence Cutts– Small Hive Beetle
