BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:52@americanbeejournal.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20160311 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20160313 DTSTAMP:20160128T172619Z URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/michigan-beekeepers-association- annual-spring-conference/ SUMMARY:Michigan Beekeepers Association - Annual Spring Conference DESCRIPTION:\n\nFriday 03/11/2016 - 03/12/2016\nMICHIGAN\nThe Michigan Beek eepers Association will hold their Annual Spring Conference on March 11th- 12th\, 2016 at the Kellogg Hotel &\; Conference Center at Michigan Stat e University in East Lansing\, MI. The Michigan Beekeepers Association is the oldest continually operating honey bee organization in the country\, s tarting in 1865. Our missions are to promote the honey bees to the general public\, to help one another in maintaining healthy honey bees\, and to e ncourage more research on honey bees.\n\nOur keynote speaker will be Gary Reuter Scientist\, a.k.a. Gary-of-all-trades. A long time hobby beekeeper and trained in technology education\, Gary began working with Marla when s he moved to Minnesota in 1993. Without his hard work\, the program would n ot be what it is today. He maintains the research colonies\, helps train a nd work with students in the field\, designs and builds specialty equipmen t and speaks to beekeeping\, student and civic groups. He plans the Extens ion short courses and together with Marla teaches beginning as well as exp erienced beekeepers. His humorous style of teaching helps the classes stay interested and enthusiastic about a sometimes challenging subject. He is a past president of both Minnesota Hobby Beekeepers Association and Wiscon sin Honey Producers Association and director of the American Beekeeping Fe deration\, and remains active in these groups. He still finds time to mana ge his own colonies\, while learning to blacksmith\, maintaining an orchar d\, and helping his wife raise sheep.\nMBA will host Jean-Francois Faloppa \, culinary educator at the Macomb Culinary Institute in Clinton Township\ , MI. Jean-Francois is a fabulous cook and will provide a cooking demo inc luding honey in the recipes. He will focus on recipes where honey will sta y ?raw? as to keep all its natural properties and that are easy to duplica te at home. Recipes and samples will be handed out to the participants\nBr eakout sessions will include a track with beginner classes\, a microscope class by Zachary Huang\, Phd\, and a variety of topics by our own excellen t state speakers like Meghan Milbrath\, PhD\, MPH as well as contributions by other MSU researchers. We will also have children's activities and app roximately 35 vendor tables with beekeeping supplies and bee related gifts .\nCost to attend the conference is $30 for one day and $50 for both. Volu nteers are welcome. Register at http://www.michiganbees.org/ The rooms at the Kellogg Center are held until Feb 4th for $102/night\, use code 1603MI BEEE when reserving yours. See you there!\n\n LOCATION:Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center - Michigan State University\, 2 19 S Harrison Rd\, East Lansing\, MI\, 48824\, United States GEO:42.7317521;-84.49365799999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS= 219 S Harrison Rd\, East L ansing\, MI\, 48824\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Kellogg Hot el & Conference Center - Michigan State University:geo:42.7317521,-84.4936 5799999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR