Schedule of events

Monday, November 13
1 PM - 4:30 PM

Exhibitor Move In

2 – 4 PM

CSBA Board of Directors Meeting

5 – 7 PM

President’s Opening Reception

Tuesday, November 14
8 AM

Registration and Exhibits Open

9 – 9:30 AM

Opening Ceremonies and Committee Reports

9:30 – 10:15 AM

Legislative Report – Jackie Park-Burris, Legislative Committee Chair and Holly Fraumeni, Lighthouse Public Affairs

10:15 – 10:45 AM

Refreshment Break

10:45 – 11:15 AM

CDFA Update – Jennifer Berger, California State Apiarist

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

11:15 – 11:45 AM

Apiary Inspectors of America Report

11:45 AM - 1:15 PM

Lunch on Your Own

1:15 - 1:45 PM

Industry Updates – American Honey Producers Association, American Beekeeping Federation

1:45 – 2:15 PM

Project Apis m. Update

2:15 - 2:30 PM

Refreshment Break

2:30 – 3:30 PM

Pollinator Pandemic: Updates on the Efforts to Track and Manage Tropi Mites – Dr. Sammy Ramsey

3:30 - 4:30 PM

Randy’s Recent Research – Randy Oliver, ScientificBeekeeping

5 – 6 PM

Welcome Reception – Get to Know Your Exhibitors | Light Hors d’oeuvres & No Host Bar

Located in Exhibit Hall 

Wednesday, November 15
7 - 9 AM

American Sioux Honey Association Member Breakfast

8 AM

Registration Continues & Exhibits Open

8 – 11 AM

Silent Auction – Located in Exhibit Hall

9 – 9:45 AM

Large Scale Field Testing of a Novel Nutritional Supplement – Brandon Hopkins, Washington State University

9:45 – 10:30 AM

Using Adjuvants to Improve Efficacy of Varroa Control Active Ingredients in Honey Bee Colonies – Brandon Shannon, Ohio State University

10 AM – 4 PM

A Day at The Master Beekeeper Program Opens

10:30 AM – Presentation on ‘An overview of the CAMBP’
11 AM – Kids Crafting, Nosema Sampling Examples, Pest and Disease ID table, “Ask a Master Beekeeper” Table
2 PM – Randy Oliver, Varroa Control with Natural Substances
3 PM – Jerry Hayes, Bee Culture Magazine
4 PM – Panel Discussion

10:30 – 11 AM

Refreshment Break

11 AM – 12 PM

Latest Research on Queens and the Drones that Mate with Them                          – David Tarpy, North Carolina State University

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

12 PM

Research Luncheon & Keynote Speaker

TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED

Keynote Speaker: Bee Genetics in the 21st Century – Brock Harpur, Purdue Lab,
Research Auction Immediately to Follow

4 PM

Resolutions Committee Meeting

5 PM

Research Committee Meeting

Thursday, November 16
8 AM

Registration Continues & Exhibits Open

8 – 9:15 AM

Member Breakfast & Keynote Speaker | Complimentary for Voting Members | TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED FOR NON-VOTING MEMBERS

Speaker TBD

9:15 – 10:15 AM

CSBA Annual Business Meeting

10:15 – 10:35 AM

Refreshment Break

10:35 – 11:15 AM

A New Network to Safeguard California’s Pollinators – Boris Baer, UC Riverside

Platinum Sponsor Presentation

11:15 AM – 12 PM

Hidden In Plain Sight: Varroa Aggregate on Adult Drones – Zachary Lamas, Bee Research Lab, Beltsville, MD

12 – 1:15 PM

Project Apis M. Lunch | TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED 

*Attendees will take home a scoop of Purple Sun, Project Apis m.’s seed mix designed specifically for California

*All ticket sales will be donated to PAm, thank you Barkman for the lunch sponsorship!

*We will be raffling off a George Hansen painting at this event and will donate proceeds to PAm

1:15 - 2 PM

Bee Informed Partnership: Recent Research Update – BIP’s Greatest Hits of the Year; from Nutrition to Viruses and Nosema – Anne Marie Fauvel, Bee Informed Partnership

2 – 2:45 PM

Developing Scalable and Sustainable Solutions to Honey Bee Pathogen Threats – Vincent Ricigliano, USDA ARS

2:45 – 3:30 PM

Almond Industry Update – Mel Machado, Blue Diamond Growers & Josette Lewis, Almond Board of CA

3 PM

Exhibitor Break Down

5:30 PM

Annual Banquet Dinner & Award Presentations | TICKET PURCHASE REQUIRED

Friday, November 17
8 AM - Noon

Exhibitor Break Down

8 AM

CSBA Board of Directors Meeting

Schedule subject to change.