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 will be held August 3-7, 2009 at Holiday Valley Resort, Ellicottville, NY.
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Monday, Tuesday, August 3 and 4
Level ONE Short Course
For Beekeepers Just Starting Or Who Want a Refresher Course
Topics include: Harvesting, Fall Treatments, Winter Prep, Spring Management and Taking Care Of The Honey Flow Next Season, Varietal Honey

Monday, Tuesday, August 3 and 4
Level TWO Short Course, Advanced Topics
For Beekeepers With A Bit Of Experience, and Want More
Topics include: Integrated Pest Management, Grafting Queens, Wintering, Marketing, Evaluating Queens, Mating Nucs, Honey House Planning, Summer Splits

Wednesday, Thursday and Friday August 5, 6 and 7
Towards Nonchemical Beekeeping
Special Events include a visit to a Russian Bee Queen Breeding Yard, Andy Card’s Commercial Extracting Facility, A Pig Roast on Wednesday night, a 20 Colony On-Site Beeyard, Queen Grafting Workshops, Local Flavor BBQ on Thursday and a Friday Night Banquet.
Workshops on Thursday and Friday Afternoons
Beeswax Demos of candles, waxes, polishes and more, Marketing, Cooking w/Honey, Honey Judging, Making Splits and Nucs, Swarm Management, Kids ‘n Bees, Honey Plants, Woodworking, Swarm Biology, Queen Rearing and Queen Evaluation, honey bee health, and beekeeper health, finding mites,and Lots and lots on Russian Bees, plus lots more.

For More Information...
Short Course and Conference Registration, Master Beekeeper Exam Information, Travel, Places to Stay, Things To Do:
http://www.easternapiculture.org/programs/2009/