BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:402@americanbeejournal.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20191102 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20191103 DTSTAMP:20190701T125011Z URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/23nd-annual-field-day-at-the-usd a-honey-bee-lab-in-baton-rouge/ SUMMARY:23nd Annual Field Day at the USDA Honey Bee Lab in Baton Rouge DESCRIPTION:The USDA Honey Bee Breeding\, Genetics and Physiology Laborator y and the Louisiana State Beekeepers Association will hold the 23nd Annual Field Day on Saturday\, November 2\, 2019. The event will be held at the laboratory\, located at 1157 Ben Hur Rd\, Baton Rouge LA 70820. This is ne ar the intersection of Nicholson Drive (Hwy 30) and Brightside Dr.\, which is about two miles south of the LSU football stadium.  A rain-out date o n Saturday\, November 9 has been set for that possibility.\n\nGates will o pen at 9:00 a.m. with presentations and activities scheduled from 10:00 a. m. to 3:30 p.m. The Field Day will include a series of talks in the mornin g from members of the Louisiana Beekeepers Association and the USDA-ARS st aff about Louisiana beekeeping and research being conducted at USDA-ARS la b. Afternoon sessions and demonstrations on various beekeeping topics will be offered for beginning\, intermediate and advanced-level beekeepers.\n\ nThe Fall Field Day offers beekeepers and attendees a chance to meet estab lished USDA-ARS scientists working at the Baton Rouge Lab as well as well as six new or more recent staff members.  These include three scientists and three postdoctoral associates.  Kate Ihle is a molecular biologist wh o is studying the mechanisms of disease and parasite resistance in honey b ees. Vincent Ricigliano is an entomologist investigating aspects of honey bee nutrition\, especially the efficiencies of food use by different stock s of bees.  Arián Avalos is a geneticist using genomic analyses and comp utational biology to improve bee stocks and bee breeding methods.  Hannah Penn is an entomologist who is evaluating honey bee stocks for their resp onse to deformed wing virus. Perot Sealau uses genomics to assess genetic diversity in honey bees and to study host-pathogen interactions. Thomas O ’Shea Wheller is a biologist who came from England to study stress facto rs that lead to colony losses in the commercial pollination industry.\n\nA nonrefundable\, pre-registration fee of $35.00 is required for attendees 12 years of age and above.  Children 11 and under must stay with their pa rents at all times. Children and volunteers will be charged $15 for the ca tered lunch at the event. Pre-registration will be from October 2 through October 16.  You may pre-register (and submit payment) at labeekeepers.or g with the option to pay by credit card or PayPal. A printable pre-registr ation form will be located at labeekeepers.org that may be mailed along wi th a check made payable to Louisiana Beekeepers Association to LBA Treasur er\, Beth Derr\, 210 Meadowlark Dr\, Jefferson\, TX 75657 and must be post marked by October 16.  Registration will be available at the door for the increased fee of $40 per person.\n\nFor additional information please vis it labeekeepers.org or contact Dr. Frank Rinkevich (225-276-3998 or frank. rinkevich@ars.usda.gov) or Joe Sanroma (318-346-2805). For questions regar ding online registration\, please contact Jennifer Brown (601-493-3447). LOCATION:The USDA Honey Bee Breeding\, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory\, 1157 Ben Hur Rd.\, Baton Rouge\, United States GEO:30.3795721;-91.16664550000002 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1157 Ben Hur Rd.\, Baton Ro uge\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The USDA Honey Bee Breeding \, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory:geo:30.3795721,-91.16664550000002 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR