2025 Schedule
Schedules for the three speaking rooms are below:
Thursday - Jan 2
12:30p Registration/Doors Open
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Kamon Reynolds 2:00-2:30p Room B-103
Opening Ceremony
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Kamon Reynolds 2:30-3:30p Room B-103
Splitting is FUN-damental
Eugene Makovec 2:30-3:30p Room B-101
Not a cottage food: How to deregulate honey in your state
Randy Oliver 2:30-3:30p Room B-105
Concepts in Varroa Management
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Randy Oliver, Dr. Frank Rinkevich, Cory Stevens & Richard Coy 4:00-5:00p Room B-103
Mite Resistant Bees - Panel Discussion
Michael Young 4:00-5:00p Room B-101
Seeing the Light - A discussion and hands-on “The History and How to Prepare Beeswax Candles”
Charlie Koenen 4:00-5:00p Room B-105
HoneyBees vs Native Pollinators - Why Both Matter Today
6:00p END OF DAY - Doors/Tradeshow Close
Friday - Jan 3
8:30a Registration/Doors Open
Charlie Linder 9:00-10:30a Room B-101
Commercial - State of the Industry
Dr. Lewis Bartlett 9:30-10:30a Room B-103
Advancements in Small Hive Beetle Control
Dr. Priya Basu 9:30-10:30a Room B-105
What we understand about bee nutrition through research
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Blake Shook 11:00a-12:00p Room B-103
Building and Selling Nucs
Everett and Pheobe 11:00a-12:00p Room B-101
New Research: The Cost of Deformed Wing Virus and New Data on Potential Solutions
Sarah Stern 11:00a-12:00p Room B-105
Sustainable beekeeping in a northern climate
- 2 HOUR BREAK -
Dr. Frank Rinkevich 2:00-3:00p Room B-103
Using Genetic and Genomics to Combat Amitraz Resistance in Varroa
Kiara Wagoner 2:00-3:00p Room B-101
UBeeO 2.0 - Updates, Upgrades, and the Science of Selection Success
Charlie Koenen 2:00-3:00p Room B-105
Beyond the Stacked Box — Alternative Hive Designs
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Randy McCaffery 3:30-4:30p Room B-103
Beekeeping strategies based on field research within feral colonies
Cory Stevens 3:30-4:30p Room B-101
A deep dive into instrumental insemination of honey bee queens.
Randy Oliver 3:30-4:30p Room B-105
A Deep Dive into Oxalic Acid
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Dr. David Peck 5:00-6:00p Room B-103
Varroa, Tropilaelaps, and Hornets, oh my! Why do invasive species keep bothering our bees?
Charlie Koenen 5:00-6:00p Room B-101
Q&A Session - Horizontal Hives -Turning Beekeeping Sideways
Bob Binnie 5:00-6:00p Room B-105
Understanding Queen Acceptance and Supersedure!
6:00p END OF DAY - Doors/Tradeshow Close
Saturday - Jan 4
8:30a Registration/Doors Open
Honey Show Awards Ceremony 8:45-9:15a Room B-103
Everyone is welcome!
Commercial Q/A Panel With Richard Coy, Paul Landsberg, Charlie Linder & Blake Shook 9:00-10:30a Room B-101
Commercial Beekeeping in 2025
Dr. Lewis Bartlett 9:30-10:30a Room B-103
How do honey bees wash their hands?
Dr. Priya Basu 9:30-10:30a Room B-105
How poor nutrition can interact with other stressors
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Dr. Frank Rinkevich 11:00a-12:00p Room B-103
Breeding and Distribution of Varroa Resistant Honey Bees on a Countrywide Scale
Dr. David Peck 11:00a-12:00p Room B-101
Death to knotweed, clover, and tallow trees! (And honey bees?!)
How should we feel about working with “invasive species”?
Randy Oliver 11:00a-12:00p Room B-105
Randy's Current Research
- 2 HOUR BREAK -
Sarah Stern 2:00-3:00p Room B-103
Get out of your head and into the hive- fundamentals of re-queening and splitting
Fred Dunn 2:00-3:00p Room B-101
"The Amazing Honey Bee" ... Hair It Is
Bob Binnie 2:00-3:00p Room B-105
8 Hives to 800 Tips and Tricks for your Journey
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Greg Rogers 3:30-4:30p Room B-103
Designing a 3 treatment Annual Varroa management plan
Dr. Priya Basu, Sarah Stern, Kiara Wagoner 3:30-4:30p Room B-101
Q/A Session - Open beekeeping topics
Blake Shook 3:30-4:30p Room B-105
The Business of Beekeeping Hobby to Sideline
- 30 MINUTE BREAK -
Bob Binnie & Kamon Reynolds 5:00-6:00p Room B-103
Q/A and Closing Remarks
6:00p END OF CONFERENCE - Doors/Tradeshow Close