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Delaware is hosting the Eastern Apiculture Society's annual beekeeping conference at the University of Delaware on July 31 thru August 4 2017.

They are going to need about 75 volunteers to make it happen successfully. Please see attached volunteer list below and select activities that your members or you would like to help us with.  Please see benefits for volunteering below.

2017 EAS DE Volunteer Guidelines.

You must be a EAS member to attend the conference even if volunteering. Annual membership is $25. Can do this later this year.

If you volunteer for 4 hours, you can attend the conference for the remainder of the day for free.

If you volunteer for 8 hours, you can attend a second day of the conference for free and get a volunteer t-shirt, or you can split the 8 hours of volunteering and 8 hours of attending talks between two days.

If you volunteer for 16 hours, with 8 during (Mon,Tue) and 8 during (Wed,Thu,Fri) then you get free registration for either the Short Course (Mon,Tue,Wed) or the Main Conference (Wed,Thu,Fri). You also get a volunteer t-shirt.

If you volunteer for more than 16 hours at the conference, or if you are a 'super volunteer' that volunteers many countless hours during the year to support EAS 2017, then additional benefits may apply on a case by case basis.

All volunteers will be signing in each day during the conference week to log their volunteer hours and be given their assignment, hopefully one that is similar to your requested activity.  You will also be noting what times that day you will be spending as a 'conference attendee'  so that can be tracked as well.

Conference costs are as follows for those NOT volunteering:

One day conference fee $65
Short Course (Mon/Tue/Wed) $175
Main Conference (Wed/Thu/Fri) $175
Combined 5 days (Mon - Fri) $250

Please see attached volunteers list.  Note that some activities occur only during conference week and some require pre-conference work.  Please see column called DURATION with Conf-week or on-going as their entries.

If you choose to volunteer for an item, please provide me with category and volunteer description. In most cases, you will have to volunteer for a few items to get the number of hours you need for conference benefits.  First come first served.

Please see a few activities noted as 'need super volunteer'. Please consider these as well.  These will require a bit extra time, but need to be filled.  I cannot perform all of these duties, but I'm sure you can perform one challenging task.

There will be 'volunteer' conference calls in a month of so to further clarify tasks. We will need a lot of floaters during conference week to fill various activities.  If you are interested in just being a floater that week, please let me know as well.

I know that each item may not be clearly defined as its duties or even time it involves, but that will solidify as time goes on.

Let me know if you have any questions.

Volunteer List EAS 2017 version 1

Thank you

Bob Bauer
President EAS 2017

rjb.bauer@gmail.com

(302) 824-9090

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Kirsten & Michael Trynor of Flickerwood Apairy will be our guest speakers on January 5th.

Kirsten received the prestigious German Chancellor Scholarship from the Humboldt Foundation in 2006-2007, annually awarded to ten American leaders in their field. She and her husband drove over 50,000 miles throughout Western Europe to study the differences between European and American beekeeping, reporting their findings through 50+ published articles in national and international magazines. At the same time she interviewed scientists and medical doctors, gathering information for her book: Two Million Blossoms: Discovering the Medicinal Benefits of Honey.

Fascinated with the social complexity of a honey bee hive, Kirsten earned her PhD in biology from Arizona State University. While a grad student, she spent almost a year in Avignon, France in the lab of Dr. Yves Le Conte as a Fulbright Fellow. She currently investigates how pesticides impact honey bee health for the University of Maryland in the lab of Dr. vanEngelsdorp and is the editor of Bee World, published by the International Bee Research Association.

Michael is a commercial and fine art photographer, whose work has appeared in national and international magazines. The head of National Geographic asked him to teach their photographers his photographic knowledge. His incredible macro images of bees and flowers bring the world of beekeeping to life. Combining his skills in beekeeping with photography, he has documented the life of bee breeders, beekeepers and bee scientists around the world. A selection of his work is available online at www.flowerslovebees.com and www.idfineart.com. He is an avid speaker and a great teacher, able to communicate complex ideas in simple steps. He has taught professional photographers around the world. His photography classes are informative, entertaining and always well attended.

Kirsten and Michael will be presenting "Smart, Simple Beekeeping"  and "Over the Atlantic : European Intensive Hive Management"

In German, there is a popular saying “Wieso einfach, wenn auch umstandig”, which means why take the simple route, when there is a complicated one. As humans, we gravitate toward complicated answers. Maybe we’re drawn to complex solutions, because if it’s difficult and we fail, it’s understandable and we don’t feel bad. But beekeeping need not be complicated, difficult or complex. Learn to keep healthy hives in an easy, carefree way so you enjoy your hives and feel confident working your bees.

Commercial beekeepers in Europe often manage only 200 to 500 hives, yet make a comfortable living. We worked at the Professional Bee Institute in Celle, Germany, learning how to manage hives. The institute loses just 4% of their colonies annually. Discover how they intensely manage their hives to keep them healthy and productive.

Their awesome books: "Simple Smart Beekeeping" & "Two Million Blossoms" will be available for purchase and autographs.