The Annual Eastern Apicultural Society Summer Conference is a five-day event held in early August. It includes lectures, workshops, vendor displays, short courses for beginning and advanced beekeepers, and the annual business meeting.
Each year it is hosted by a member state or province and offers opportunities for both beekeeping education and social activities.
It presents a who’s who of hobbyists, professional beekeepers, educators and scientists, as all gather to learn and celebrate the honey bee and beekeeping.

This year the conference will be August 4-8, 2008, at Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky.

The 2008 Short course will have two concurrent tracks, one for newer beekeepers (up to 5 years experience), and one for more advanced beekeepers (greater than 5 years experience). Attendees are free to move back and forth between sessions. And of course we’ll have an apiary, with plenty of “hands on classes.” These sessions are led by EAS Master Beekeepers, and beekeeping inspectors.

Some of the presenters for the short course will be Dr. Clarence Collison of Mississippi State University, Dr. Tom Webster of Kentucky State University, and Dr. Sean Clark of Berea College.

The conference will consist of more technical talks by university and USDA researchers, and a mix of workshops on a variety of topics.

And with EAS traveling west to Kentucky, the conference will have a bit of Southern-Midwest flair. This will include the partaking of some Western Kentucky barbecue, along with the evening entertainment.

For more information visit the EAS website at: http://www.easternapiculture.org/programs/2008/