Everyone,

Please consider attending the NCSBA fall meeting. The presenters are excellent with timely information on very relevant topics to all levels of beekeepers.

Registration information is located here: 2021 Fall Meeting – NCSBA (ncbeekeepers.org)

The tentative agenda is:

November 19/20 – 2021 – NCSBA Conference Schedule Hickory, North Carolina

STAGE EVENTS HELD IN Catawba 4

Registration in Lobby 8:30am until 4:00pm No Video/Photos/Recordings without expressed permission

Make Sure You Visit, Patronage, & Thank Vendors That Are Present

Friday, November 19, 2021

8:30am	Doors open, Registration is Open, & Vendor Area Open
10:00am	Call to order, Invocation and Message from the President
10:15-11:00	NCSBA Program Updates:
	MBP, GAP, CHP, 4H, BBP, & NC Zoo
11:10-12:00pm	NCDA&CS Apiary Inspectors – State of affairs & new OA labelling
12:00-1:30	Lunch on your own
1:30-2:30	Scott McArt – TBD
2:40 – 3:40	Eric Talley – Queen Supersedure Based on Pheromones
3:50-4:50	Scott McArt – TBD
5:00	Vendor area closed & conference adjourned for the day
6:00-8:00	NCSBA EC & BOD meeting

Registration closes shortly after 9:00am

Make Sure You Visit, Patronage, & Thank Vendors That Are Present

Saturday, November 20, 2021

Registration in Lobby 8:00am – 12:00pm

8:00am	Doors Open
8:15-8:45am	Opening & 2020 NCSBA Awards Ceremony
8:30am	Vendor Area Open
9:00-10:00am	Frank Rinkevich – Amitraz Resistance in Varroa
10:00-11:00am	Lexi Hoopman – how antibiotic use in hives could affect the honeybee’s microbiomes and reproductive health.
11:10-12:10pm	Frank Rinkevich – Colony Health in Migratory Beekeeping:
	What are the effects of varroa & pesticides?
12:10-1:15pm	Lunch on your own
1:15-2:15pm	Octavio Vazquez – Kutick’s Everything Bees: Commercial Nucs & Queens
2:30-3:30pm	Frank Rinkevich- The effects of propolis on colony survival and insecticide sensitivity
3:40-3:55pm	Closing Remarks
4:00pm	Conference Closed