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SUMMARY:Illinois Queen Initiative - Fall meeting
DESCRIPTION:The 7th annual fall meeting of the Illinois Queen Initiative (I
 QI) will be held Saturday\, October 29\, 2016 from 9 am to 4 pm at the Asm
 ark Institute Agricenter\, 14171 Carole Drive\, Bloomington\, Illinois\; D
 oors open at 8:30.  The IQI is an organization of volunteers dedicated to
  educating Illinois beekeepers on rearing queens\, with an emphasis on loc
 ally-adapted\, disease and mite resistant stocks.  Our featured speaker i
 s Dr. Meghan Milbrath\, a researcher at Michigan State University and coor
 dinator of the Michigan Pollinator Initiative who also runs 200 of her own
  colonies.  She will be presenting her study comparing different nuc box 
 designs and methods for overwintering nucs.  Additional presentations inc
 lude Dr. Stu Jacobson’s on “Honey bee breeding as if varroa mattered
 ” and Jim Landau’s on his comparison study of different methods of int
 roducing virgin queens.  This is the 2nd year the IQI has brought Indiana
  mite biter queens into Illinois and Scott Martin will report on the progr
 ess of this project.  Beekeepers are invited to bring and show gadgets of
  their own making that are used in raising queens or producing nucs.  The
 re also will be as honey bee plant and seed swap.\n\nCost of reservation i
 s $30 for paid IQI members and $45 for non-members\; registration includes
  lunch.  Non-members may register and join at the same time for $55.  Du
 es for 2017 are payable at the meeting.  Paid members receive discounts o
 n classes and future meetings.  Make checks payable to the IQI and send 
  to:   Tim Lindley\, 1222 Airport Ave.\, Greenville\, IL  62246.  Dire
 ct questions about reservations to Tim at (618) 780-3772\; for questions a
 bout the program contact Stu Jacobson at (217) 498-7223.
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