FREE VIRTUAL EVENT

The 42nd Annual Tocal Beekeepers Field Day will be held on Saturday 16th October, 2021, streaming on our YouTube page from 9am: www.youtube.com/user/NSWTocalCollege

Program 9am-4pm

• 9:00 AM Welcome to country
  Cool burn/ local information
• Welcome – Tocal Principal Julie White
• AHBIC importance and impact – Trevor Weatherhead
• NSW Apiarists Association: executive message – Steve Cunial
• Honey qualities – Soumi Paul Mukopadhyay, NSW DPI
• Bee disease diagnostics –  Khushbu Ghandi, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute NSW DPI
• Plan Bee – Elizabeth Frost, NSW DPI
• PNG, gender equity and products of the hive – Anneliese Austin, ACIAR/SCU
• Australian native bees – Dr Tobias Smith, Bee Aware
• Netting and pollination – Ashley Zamek, Horticulture Innovation Australia
• Noon Q&A session
• Planting guides and Pollinator friendly crops – Anna Carracan and Fiona Chambers, Wheen Bee Foundation
• Thermal impact on beehives – Dan Cook, QUT
• Prebiotic honey – Dr Nural Cokcetin, ithree institute UTS
• 5 Pillars of beekeeping in PNG – Dr Cooper Schouten, ACIAR/SCU
• Small hive beetle – Rod Bourke, NSW DPI
• Journey to commercial beekeeping – Melanie Parker, Happy Honey
• Final Q&A session

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