BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:241@americanbeejournal.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20180302 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago;VALUE=DATE:20180304 DTSTAMP:20180108T145214Z URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/missouri-state-beekeepers-associ ation-spring-conference/ SUMMARY:Missouri State Beekeepers Association Spring Conference DESCRIPTION:Missouri State Beekeepers Association’s spring conference wil l be held March 2-3\, 2018 at Johnson County Fairgrounds in Warrensburg\, Missouri.\nRegistration for the conference is $60 including Saturday’s l unch. Cory Stevens queen-rearing session is an additional $35 per person. Registration is available online at www.mostatebeekeepers.org.\nMSBA is a 501©4 non-profit focused on assisting Missouri beekeepers\, farmers\, gar deners and consumers for over a century. The volunteer organization holds two conferences a year at locations around the state to make it easier for beekeepers to attend the sessions.\nAmong the speakers appearing at the 2 018 spring conference:\nDr. James Tew\, Auburn University Cooperative Exte nsion System beekeeping specialist. He will discuss swarm management\; the frustrating truth about modern queen management\; why beeswax is unapprec iated and foulbrood diseases.\nAlexandria Payne is in the second year of h er PhD program at Dr. Juliana Rangel’s Honey Bee Lab\, Texas A&\;M En tomology Department\, focusing on transmission of honeybee viruses. She wi ll discuss transmission routes of honeybee viruses and what happens when a honey bee gets sick.\nCory Stevens is certified as an Eastern Apicultural Society master beekeeper and has a Bloomfield\, Mo. honeybee breeding ope ration focused on selecting for mite and disease resistant traits. He will have a 3-hour class on queen-rearing including handouts on queen rearing\ , one queen cell fame\, 20 push-in plastic cell cups and grafting tool.\nC harlotte Ekker Wiggins is an advanced master gardener and beekeeper curren tly serving on University of Missouri’s Master Pollinator Steward workin g group. She will discuss honeybee friendly nectar plants.\nBill Allinder  is a Kansas City Culinary Center’s Professional Culinary Arts Program graduate and instructor. Bill has converted several acres of his Paradise\ , Mo. farm into pollinator habitat that includes honeybees. He will discus s cooking with honey.\nRay Shadow’s full time job is a systems analyst f or the Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Columbia College adjun ct professor. He will discuss how to build and maintain a club website for “little or no money” including general computer security\, blogging\, You Tube and Facebook sites.\nIf you have any conference questions\, plea se email Bruce Snavely\, conference chairman\, at brucesnavely@hotmail.com . LOCATION:Johnson County Fairground\, 386 NW 145 Rd\, Warrensburg\, MO\, Uni ted States GEO:38.7834717;-93.81632109999998 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=386 NW 145 Rd\, Warrensburg \, MO\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Johnson County Fairground :geo:38.7834717,-93.81632109999998 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Chicago BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20171105T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR