2004 Western Apicultural Society Conference

July 13, 14, 15th

Holiday Inn Parkside, Missoula, MT

Tuesday: UM West Campus Pre-Conference Activities

Morning (9:00 AM - Noon)

Refresher Beekeeping Short Course (UM COT,

West Campus): Jerry Bromenshenk, Patty Denke

Hive Inspections for Pollinators, Growers and

Apiary Inspectors (UM COT, West Campus): Jerry

Bromenshenk, Jim Bach

Demonstrations of Electronic Hives, Bee Mazes,

Theft Recovery and Bee-Based Produce Sampling

Systems (UM COT): Robert Seccomb, Steve Rice

Tour of Native Plants Garden & Greenhouse (UM

COT, West Campus): Marilyn Marler & Students

MiteGone Formic Acid Workshop (Holiday Inn

Parkside): Bill Ruzicka

Afternoon (1:00 – 6:00): Holiday Inn Parkside

Symposium on Pesticides & Pollinators: State of

the Nation: Gabe Patrick, EPA - Feature Speaker

Pesticides & Bees, Current Problems, New

Solutions: Dan Mayer, Jerry Bromenshenk

Improved Methods for Evaluating Pesticide Effects

on Solitary & Social Bees: Edith Ladurner (Italy)

States and Honey Producers Trends: Eric Mussen, Jeff Anderson

Are Labels Guidelines or Enforceable? Patty Denke

International Apis Health Assessment Committee: Mandate &

Activities: Dick Rogers (Canada)

How To Recognize Pesticide Problems: Jim Bach

North American Pollinator Campaign, Pollinator

Conservation: Kimberley Winter (or designee)

Panel: Open Discussion on State of the Nation

Evening (8:00 - 9:30)

WAS Directors - Pre-Conference meeting

Reception at Holiday Inn Parkside

(Evening Program - Photographing Pollinators )

Wednesday: WAS Conference (Holiday Inn Parkside)

8:30-8:45: Welcome and Introductions

Morning Session (8:45-Noon)

EPA s Perspective on Pesticide Registration: Gabe

Patrick, EPA Office of Pesticides Programs

State & Federal Regulations: Beekeeping & Honey

Marketing: Patty Denke, MT State Entomologist

Practical Issues in Current Day Beekeeping: Kim

Flottum, Editor, Bee Culture

Bees and the Fossil Record - MT Examples:

George Stanley, UM Paleotologist

Bees in Zero and 2x Gravity: Robert Madsen,

Science Instructor, Dull Knife College

Is Death Camus Toxic to Bees? Marilyn Marler,

UM Program Specialist, Native Plants

Afternoon Session (1:30 - 5:00)

Bees in Uganda:Dan Mayer, Bee Consultant,

formerly at WSU, Prosser

Bee Behavior (U.S. and Australian Bees): Penny

Kukuk, UM Division of Biological Sciences

Problems Facing North American Beekeeping,

What s New? Eric Mussen, CA Extension Specialist

Commercial Bee Attractants: Gerry Bohfalk,

Scentry Biologicals

Bear-proof Fences: James Jonkel, MT Fish & Wildlife

Microbial Pesticides - Bee Friendly Products:

Mycotech, Inc.

Thursday: Tours and Lakeside Banquet

8:30 - 9:45:

Guided Walking Tour, U of MT Public Gardens

Buses Leave at 9:45 from University Fieldhouse, 10:00

from Holiday Inn, Parkside

11:00: Tour of Montana Naturals, Arlee

Noon: Box Lunch

1:00 - 2:30: Tour of National Bison Range and Visitor Center

3:00-5:00: Tour of Western Bee Manufacturing Plant, Polson

5:00: WAS Directors - End of Conference meeting

6:00-8:00: Barbecue on South Shore of Flathead Lake

9:30 P.M Return to Parkside

Accommodations:

Holiday Inn, 200 S. Pattee, Missoula MT 59802

406-721-8550, Fax 406-721-7427 Room Rate $89/night.

Make reservations by July 1 and tell them you are attending

the conference. Request hotel shuttle if you are flying in.

RV campers: Jellystone RV Park 406-543-9400

Missoula KOA Kampground 406-549-0881