Mark Your Calendars for September 30 – October 1, 2022
Go to www.Store.BeeCulture.com/Events/ to register today!
Meeting Address:
Bee Culture Conference Room
640 West Liberty Street
Medina, OH 44256
Speakers:

Nina Bagley
Urban Master Beekeeper

Kim Skyrm
Chief Apiary Inspector of the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture Resources

Tracy Farone
Professor of Biology at Grove City College in Pennsylvania

Maggie Lamothe Boudreau
Commercial Canadian Beekeeper, owner of Rayons de Miel, a 350 colony operating raising 4000 Queens a year

Geraldine Wright
Hope Professor of Entomology in the Department of Zoology at University of Oxford, UK

Jackie Park Burris
Jackie Park-Burris Queens, Inc.

Tammy Horn Potter
Kentucky State Apiarist, author of multiple books

Susan Cobey
Internationally known Found of New World Carniolan program

Dorothy Pelanda
Director of the Ohio Department of Agriculture
Each speaker will speak on their journey in beekeeping and what they are doing now within the bee field.

Julianne Grose
Associate Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Biology at BYU

Anne Marie Fauvel
Bee Informed Partnership (BIP)
She is speaking to represent the women of BIP who are all pictured

Barbara Bloetscher
Ohio Department of Agriculture State Entomologist/Apiarist
Ticket Options:
In Person Only – $100
In Person and Link to Recording – $125
Virtual Event Only – $50
Virtual Event and Link to Recording – $75
Visit https://store.beeculture.com/events/ to purchase your ticket. In person will be limited to 100 individuals. This event will be recorded and is available as part of some ticket options. It will also be available after the event.
Sponsors:
American Honey Producers Association
Schedule:
Friday, Sept. 30
8:00 a.m.: Registration starts
8:30 a.m.: Opening remarks and a short history of the A. I. Root Company
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Speakers
12:00 p.m.: Provided lunch
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Speakers
3:30 p.m.: Q&A panel with speakers
4:25 p.m.: Tours of the A. I. Root Candle Factory
6:00 p.m.: Optional dinner, meet the speakers
Saturday, Oct. 1
8:00 a.m.: Registration starts
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Speakers
12:00 p.m.: Provided lunch
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.: Speakers
5:00 p.m.: Q&A panel with speakers
Local Hotels:
Hampton Inn:
3073 Eastpointe Drive
Medina, OH 44256
330-721-8955
Fairfield Inn & Suites:
3125 Eastpointe Drive
Medina, OH 44256
330-722-1722
Super 8 Motel:
5161 Montville Drive
Medina, OH 44256
330-723-8118
Quality Inn:
1435 South Carpenter Road
Brunswick, OH 44212
330-25-1112
Holiday Inn – Akron West:
4073 Medina Road
Akron OH, 44333
330-666-4131
Hilton:
3180 W. Market Street
Akron OH, 44333
330-867-5000
Flights:
Cleveland Hopkins or Akron-Canton Airport
Local Food:
Please visit this link https://www.mainstreetmedina.com/eat–drink.html for a list of local restaurants near the meeting location.
There are also many other chain restaurants around town.
Questions:
Please email info@beeculture.com with any questions you have. And please visit this link as we add more details moving forward!