Schedule of Events
Monday, November 17
9 AM – 12:30 PM
CSBA Board of Directors Meeting
1 PM – 5 PM
Exhibitor Move In
1 PM – 5 PM
Taste of Temecula Wine Tour
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of wine tasting in Temecula! Buses will pick participants up at Pechanga and take the group to Miramonte Winery and Leoness Cellars for tastings at both locations, accompanied by cheese & charcuterie.
Ticket purchase is required and includes transportation, two tastings, and cheese & charcuterie.
6 PM – 8 PM
President’s Opening Reception
Tuesday, November 18
8 AM
Registration & Exhibits Open
9 – 9:30 AM
Opening Ceremonies & CSBA Report
9:30 – 10:30 AM
Recent Findings in the Boulder Bee Lab
Dr. Sammy Ramsey, University of Colorado Boulder, Ramsey Research Foundation
10:30 – 11:00 AM
Refreshment break
11 – 11:15 AM
CDFA Update – Apiary Board & Border Stations
Jennifer Berger, Senior Environmental Scientist Specialist and Adriaan Gilis, Plant Quarantine Supervisor
11:15 – 11:30 AM
California Apiary Regulatory Update
Marcie Skelton, Glenn County Agricultural Commissioner
11:30 AM – 11:45 AM
ABF and Our Industry
Debbie Seib, ABF Vice-President & Legislative Chair
11:45 AM – 12 PM
American Honey Producers Association Update
Anne Marie Fauvel, Program Director
12 PM – 1:30 PM
Lunch on Your Own
1:30 – 2:15 PM
UC Davis Bee Lab Updates
Dr. Elina Nino, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
2:15 – 3 PM
Legislative Report
Jackie Park-Burris, Legislative Committee Chair and Holly Fraumeni, Lighthouse Public Affairs
3 – 3:15 PM
Refreshment break
3:15 – 4 PM
Requeening Based on Colony Health
Dr. Katie Lee, University of Minnesota Apiculture Extension Educator
4:30 – 6 PM
Welcome Reception – Get to Know Your Exhibitors | Light Hors d’oeuvres & No Host Bar
Wednesday, November 19
7 – 9 AM
American Sioux Honey Association Member Breakfast
8 AM
Registration Continues and Exhibits Open
8 AM – Noon
Tropilaelaps Demonstrations with Auburn University
&
A Day at The Master Beekeeper Program
Auburn University will be offering multiple opportunities for convention attendees to participate in live demonstrations of common monitoring methods for Tropi and sticky board presentations illustrating the difficulty of detecting these mites. Specific timing of demonstrations to be announced.
The California Master Beekeeper Program will also be offering opportunities for hands on learning about science-based beekeeping and honey bee health.
9 – 9:45 AM
Pathogen Impacts on Honey Bees and Other Bee Species
Dr. Diana Cox-Foster, Research Leader and Entomologist, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insects Research Unit, Logan, Utah
9:45 – 10:30 AM
Updates from the USDA Davis Bee Lab: Developing New Tools to Combat Mites and Viruses
Dr. Vincent Ricigliano, USDA-ARS, Davis
10:30 – 11 AM
Refreshment Break
11 – 11:45 AM
Overcoming Amitraz Resistance in Varroa
Dr. Frank Rinkevich, USDA-ARS, Baton Rouge
Noon
Research Lunch and Keynote Speaker
Brandon Hopkins, Washington State University
Ticket Purchase Required
2 – 3:30 PM
Let’s Talk Colony Losses
2025 Losses: Emergency Survey Input from Beekeepers | 2 – 2:30 PM
Danielle Downey, Executive Director
Hazards in Dying Bees: What Can We Learn From Sampling at a Loss Event? | 2:30 – 3 PM
Zachary Lamas, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Did Pesticide Exposure Play a Role in the Record 2024-2025 Colony Losses? | 3 – 3:30 PM
Dr. Scott McArt, Cornell University
4:30 – 5:00 PM
Resolutions Committee Meeting
5:00 PM
Research Committee Meeting
Thursday, November 20
8 AM
Registration Continues & Exhibits Open
8 – 9:15 AM
Member Breakfast & Keynote Speaker
H2A: Where It’s At and Where It’s Headed
Mark Martens, Director at Agri Placements International
Complimentary for Voting Members, ticket purchase required for Non-Voting Members, must be a member to attend.
9:15 – 10:30 AM
CSBA Annual Business Meeting
10:30- 11 AM
Refreshment Break
11 – 11:30 AM
Piecing Together CARB’s Emissions Strategy
Nick Chiappe, CA Trucking Association, Director of Government & Regulatory Affairs
11:30 – Noon
State of California Farm Economy
Matt Woolf, Ph.D., Terrain / American AgCredit
Noon – 1:30 PM
Legislative Lunch & Keynote Speaker
District Attorney Tim Ward, County of Tulare & Rocky Pipkin, Pipkin Detective Agency
Ticket Purchase Required
1:30 – 2 PM
Introduction to IR-4 – Facilitation of Regulatory Approval for Sustainable Pest Management Technology
Kari Arnold, IR-4 Western Region
2 – 2:30 PM
Speaker To Be Announced
2:30 – 3:30 PM
Almond Industry Update
Mel Machado, Blue Diamond Growers
3 PM
Exhibitor Breakdown
Must be cleared by 11 PM, no breakdown allowed Friday morning.
3:30 – 4:00 PM
Speaker To Be Announced
5:00 – 10 PM
Annual Banquet Dinner
Award Presentations & Research/Legislative Auction
Ticket Purchase Required
Friday, November 21
8 AM
CSBA Board of Directors Meeting
Schedule is subject to changes.