A Case For Local Honey
Held in Medina OH, Bee Culture Conference Center, 640 W Liberty St, 44256
Friday Night, October 21
5:00 – 7:00 p.m. – Appetizers and Get acquainted, Bee Culture Conference Room, 640 W. Liberty St., Medina
Saturday, October 22, same location
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Check-in, coffee, pastries
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Joann Dunlevy, Ohio Dept. Of Agriculture, Food Safety
The New Food Safety Laws and Beekeeping
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Break
10:30 – 11:45 a.m. – Roger Starks, Howlett McDowell Insurance, South Dakota
Insurance For Food Handlers, Risk Management
11:45 – 12:30 Lunch (provided for everybody)
12:30 – 1:45 – Margaret Lombard, CEO National Honey Board, Colorado
What Can The Honey Board Do For You?
1:45 – 3:00 p.m. – Steve and Ellie Conlon, ThistleDew Farm, West Virginia
Multiple Products, Multiple Jobs
3:00 – 3:30p.m. – Break
3:30 – 4:45 p.m. –Dan Conlon, Warm Colors Apiaries, Massachusetts
Packing Honey and Breeding Bees
4:45 – 5:30ish p.m. – Chat with the Speakers
Sunday, October 23, same location
8:00 – 8:30 a.m. – Coffee, pastries
8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Dave Shenefield, Clover Blossom Honey, Indiana
Indiana’s Biggest Honey Producer and Packer
10:00 – 10:30 a.m. – Break
10:30 – Noon – Bob Binnie, Blue Ridge Honey Company, Georgia
Producing, buying, and selling varietal honeys
Noon – 12:45 p.m. – Lunch
12:15 – 1:45 p.m. – Gene McCune, McCune Apiaries, Ohio
From A Hobby To A Business
1:45 – 2:15 p.m. – Break
2:15 – 3:15 – Collin Stone, International Honey, Canada
To A Commercial Operation at Light Speed
3:15 – 4:30 p.m. – Geoff Martinak, International Honey, Canada
Producing A Migratory Extraction Trailor
4:30 – ?? – Visit the truck
???? Chat with the Speakers
To register for this one-time event, go here
http://store.beeculture.com/a-case-for-honey-october-22nd-23rd-2016/
then click on ‘Add To Cart’ to register.
Pre-registration not required to attend, but please email Jerry@Beeculture.com if you will be a walk in so we have enough chairs, tables…and food. Lunches included in this registration.
Hotels In The Area –
Fairfield Inn & Suites
3125 Eastpointe Dr., Medina, OH
330.722.1722
Holiday Inn Express
5185 Gateway Dr., Medina, OH
330.722.6006
Hampton Inn
3073 Eastpointe Dr. Medina
330.721.8955
Spitzer House B&B
504 W. Libert St., Medina
330.952.2129
Super 8 Motel
5161 Montville Dr., Medina
330.723.8118
Quality Inn
1435 S. Carpenter, Brunswick, OH
330.225.1112
