Utah Beekeepers Association

2009 Annual Convention Information

The 2009 convention will be held on December 3rd and 4th in Salt Lake City at the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food building located at 350 North and Redwood Road. Click on a Link below for more information.

If you missed the convention - you can hear the audio files HERE.

Registration Fees: fees can be paid in advance or at the convention.

UBA Members - $5.00

Visitors - $10.00

Membership Dues:

• Hobbyist (0-49 colonies) - $10.00 per year
• Sideliner (50-299 colonies) - $20.00 per year
• Commercial (300 or more colonies) - $30.00 per year

Please visit our Membership Page.

 

Banquet Dinner Information:

The Utah Beekeepers Association will have its annual banquet dinner at the Lion House (located at 63 East South Temple, Salt Lake City) on December 3rd at 7PM. Doors open at 6:45PM.

Cost: $29.00 per plate. This can be paid with registration prior to the convention or at registration on the first day.

RSVP By: dinner is by reservation ONLY - please RSVP to Debbie Amundsen at 801.444.3505 (or damundsen@umnh.utah.edu) no later than November 30th, 2009.

Dress: Business Casual

Menu: Roast Beef, a long time Lion House favorite. Tender beef, slow roasted and served with mashed potatoes and gravy as well as a tossed green salad, fresh vegetables, Lion House rolls, beverage and a desert.

Special Dietary Needs: Vegetarian Entree/Sugar Free Desserts can be accomodated upon request at the time of RSVP. These requests cannot be accomodated without prior notification.

Parking:The Lion House will provide parking validations for the following locations in the vicinity. Please note that parking tends to fill up quickly at this time of year and that that parking at the ZCMI and Crossroads Malls is no longer available. Please leave yourself plenty of time to get there. We will have additional parking and public transportation information available at the convention.

            The Joseph Smith Building, underground parking just west of The Lion House

The Plaza Hotel parking terrace on the Northwest corner of West Temple and South Temple

Eagle Gate Terrace covered parking on Social Hall Avenue which is off of 100 East between South Temple and 100 South.

Public transportation is another option. There is a TRAX station (City Central) at 55 South Main Street which is a ½ block South and ½ block west of The Lion House.

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Utah Beekeepers Association Annual Convention 2009 Agenda:(more details forthcoming)

Convention Schedule
Day	Time	Event
December 3rd, 2009
	9:00am	Check in and Registration
	9:30am	UBA Business – Stephen Stoddard   Financial Report – Kathy Jones   Nominations Committee –
	10:00am	Utah County Beekeepers Association Report – Neil Shelley
	10:05am	Wasatch Beekeepers Association Report – Byron Anderson
	10:10am	Cache Valley Beekeepers Report – Martin James?
	10:15am	Ed Bianco – State Entomologist, Utah Department of Agriculture – Utah Bee Program, items of concern
	11:00am	Danielle Downey – Africanized Honey Bees in Utah update
	11:30am	Honoring Honey Users in Utah
	12:00pm	Honey Tasting with scones/lunch break
	1:00pm	Maryann Frazier - African Bees: Threat or Opportunity?
	2:30pm	Danielle Downey – Compliance Specialist, Utah Department of Agriculture – Nosema Workshop
	3:15pm	Darren Cox – National Honey Bee Advisory Board
	4:00pm	Director's meeting
	4:45pm	Adjourn until Banquet
December 4th, 2009
	9:00am	Check in and Registration
	9:30am	Martin James – Feeding Pollen Substitutes
	10:00am	Jim Frazier - The Evolving Story of Pesticides Impacting Pollinator Health
	11:45am	Lunch Break to 12:45pm
	12:45pm	Stephen Stoddard – South Dakota Beekeeping
	1:30pm	Neil Shelley - What is Honey and How do we Defend it?
	2:00pm	Panel Discussions - Utah Bee Law, Standard of Identity for Honey in Utah
	3:30pm	Evaluations and Ideas for 2010
	4:00pm	Final Remarks – Stephen Stoddard, general meeting adjourns
		* schedule may change slightly from this publication

 

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Key Speakers:

This years key speakers are:

• Jim Frazier - Dr. Frazier is Professor of Entomology at the Pennsylvania State University where he is involved in teaching and research in insect chemical ecology. He conducts research on insect chemical senses and their control of behavior, the effects of pesticides on bees, and teaches graduate level courses in Professional Development for Scientists, and co teaches the Insect Natural History Field course. He served as Head of Entomology at Penn State for 10 years from 1989-99, was a Kellogg Fellow at the National Center for Food and Ag Policy in Wasington DC, and is currently a member of the University Faculty Senate. Dr. Frazier is one of a very few scientists whose career has taken them from Land Grant University to the AgChem Industry and then back to Academia. This has given him a broad perspective on the functioning of multiple kinds of organizations, the national level policy making process, and in dealing with broad stakeholder consortia. Dr. Frazier has done consulting on strategic planning for numerous nonprofit organizations, and is listed in Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century, International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, UK, in 2003.
• Maryann Frazier - Maryann received her B. S. in Agriculture Education from Penn State University in 1980. In 1983 she completed a Masters of Agriculture in Entomology, specializing in apiculture. She has worked as the assistant state apiary inspector in Maryland and for two years as a beekeeping specialist in Africa and Central America. For the past 20 years she has held the position of Senior Extension Associate in the Department of Entomology at Penn State and is responsible for honey bee extension throughout the state and cooperatively across the Mid-Atlantic region. She is a member of the CDD working team and is working collaboratively with other members of PSU Department of Entomology on the impacts of pesticides on honey bees and other pollinators. She teaches courses in beekeeping, general entomology and teacher education and is involved in the department’s innovative public outreach program.
• Danielle Downey - Danielle Downey is the current Salt Lake County bee inspector and she also works for the Department of Agriculture and Food. She currently attends the Wasatch Beekeepers Association meetings and helps out the Utah County Beekeepers Association on occasion. Danielle has a B.S. in Biology from the University of Minnesota and an M.S. in Biology from Simon Fraser University, British Columbia. Danielle has been a research scientist in France and education coordinator in British Columbia, where she designed and taught beekeeping classes.

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Honey Tasting:

This year we will have a honey tasting on Thursday, December 3rd. Please bring a sample (or more than one if you like) of your honey to share. Please remember to put your name on your sample(s) so that they can be returned. Don't be shy!

 

Newsletter:

A copy of the current newsletter can be found HERE in pdf format; you will need an adobe reader to view (click here for a free viewer).

 

Convention Registration Form:

Please take a moment to fill out a registration form prior to the convention. Doing so allows us to have a nicely printed name sticker/tag for you. This form also helps us keep you informed about upcoming conventions and events. The form can be printed and can be mailed with dues included to:

Kathy Jones, Treasurer, 115 West 200 North, Centerville, Utah 84014

Checks and money orders should be made out to Utah Beekeepers Association. Please do not send cash.

Registration Form

 

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