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July 18-20, 2002 Summer Meeting of the NCSBA Thomasville, Davidson Co., NC

• T. Austin Finch Auditorium
  400 Unity Street
  Thomasville, NC
• Accommodations:
  Days Inn
  895 Lake Road
  Thomasville, NC 27360
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Special Events

Reception hosted by Davidson County Bee Chapter
Banquet
Bee Bowl:   Davidson Co. (winners!) vs. Brunswick Co.
Entertainment
Door Prizes

Presentations

NCDA&CS Bee Inspector Reports – Don Hopkins and Inspectors
“Africanized Honey Bees in Brazil” – Dr. David DeJong, Brazil
“NCSU Research Update” – Dr. Mike Stanghellini, NCSU
“Bees and the Public” – Don Moore, NCSBA President
“Varroa Control: The Brazilian Approach” – Dr. David DeJong
“Master Beekeeper Program” – Dr. Mike Stanghellini, NCSU
“Buckfast and Africanized Honey Bees in Texas”– Roy Weaver, R. Weaver Apiaries, TX
“Teaching Non-Beekeepers about Honey Bees” – John Brittle, Craven-Pamlico Beekeeper
“Cooperative Extension Efforts in North Carolina” – Dr. Joe Zublena, NCSU

Workshops and Activities

• Selling Honey: How to Find Your Market (Jack Tapp)
• Successful Queen Rearing (Roy Weaver)
• Photography in the Bee Yard (Norman Faircloth)
• Making Meads and Melomels (Lowell Perry)
• Medicinal Uses of Hive Products in Brazil (David DeJong)
• Beekeeping Short Course (Dan Kirby, Will Hicks, Josh Rubinstein)
• Written Tests for the Master Beekeeper Program
• Practical Tests for Certified & Journeyman Levels

Awards

Person of the Year
Extension Worker of the Year
4-H Beekeeping Essay contest
Honey
Cooking With Honey
New NC Master Beekeepers
New or re-certified Master Craftsman Beekeepers