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Bees and Vine Crop Pollination Workshop
Tuesday, January 8, 2008 1:00 p.m. – 4:00p.m. Dover Building
Pre-Registration Requested, call Bonnie MacCulloch, 302-353-6243 or bmacculloch@gmail.com
1:00 p.m. - 1:05 p.m.
Introduction
Faith Kuehn, Plant Industries Administrator, Delaware Department of Agriculture
1:05 p.m. - 1:25 p.m.
Bumblebees, Digger Bees, and Carpenter Bees
Dewey Caron, Extension Entomologist, University of Delaware
Michael Embrey, Extension Apiculturalist, Wye Research and Education Center
1:25 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Squash Bee
Roberta Glatz, New York Master Beekeeper
1:45 p.m. - 2:05 p.m.
Honey Bees in Vine Crop Pollination
Bill Troup, Maryland Master Beekeeper
2:05 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Native Bees as Watermelon Pollinators
Rachael Winfree, Department of Environmental Science, Policy and Management, University of California, Berkeley and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University
2:25 p.m.—2:45 p.m.
Summary of 2006-07 Native Bee Sampling
Heather Harmon, Entomologist, Delaware Department of Agriculture
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Pesticide Management and Bee Conservation
Robert Mitchell, Delaware State Apiarist
3:00 p.m. BREAK
3:10 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Farm Conservation Management for Bees
Matt Sarver, Sarver Ecological Consultants
3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Trap Nesting Demonstrations
Nancy Troup, Maryland Master Beekeeper
3:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sign-Up for Interest in Conservation Management Practices
Faith Kuehn, Plant Industries Administrator, Delaware Department of
Agriculture
4:00 p.m. ADJOURN
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Session Summary: DE Pesticide Certification Credits: 3 MD Pesticide Certification Credits: 0 DE Nutrient Management Credits: 0 Certified Crop Consultant Credits: 2
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