[Pollinator] Orchard Bee Association Annual Meeting (hybrid, Oregon State University, Dec 10-11, 2021)

[Melathopoulos, Andony]

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2021 Annual Meeting!
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The 2021 Orchard Bee Association Annual Meeting will be held on Friday, December 10th and Saturday, December 11th in Corvallis, Oregon. We hope you will join us to hear about all the latest Osmia research and meet fellow mason bee enthusiasts.

  *   Dates: December 10th and 11th

  *   Location: Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon

  *   In person and virtual options: We encourage everyone who can to join us in person. Please review the COVID-19 safety protocols below to make sure you meet the requirements. If you cannot attend in person, you can join us virtually! Prior to the meeting, we will send you a Zoom link so that you can watch all the speakers present their latest Osmia research and join in on the discussions.

  *   Registration: $75 registration fee to attend the annual meeting, online or in person for members and students. $125 registration fee for non-members. A link for registration and membership can be found below. There are limited seats in our conference room, so please register ASAP to guarantee your spot. If you are purchasing registration for more than one person, make a separate purchase for each person.

  *   Accommodations: We have 15 double rooms reserved at the Hilton Garden Inn for out-of-town folks who are attending in person. Below are details and a link for booking online.

Hilton Garden Inn Corvallis
2500 SW Western Blvd, Corvallis, OR 97333
Check In: 12/09/21
Check out: 12/11/21

Last day to book at group rate: Friday, Nov. 26, 2021
Group rate: $129 per room plus tax
Book online: Orchard Bee Association- Booking Link<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forchardbee.us11.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D7ce337b03e250c4346ff84d51%26id%3Db226cf3390%26e%3D0b746bdb05&data=04%7C01%7CAndony.Melathopoulos%40oregonstate.edu%7Cabec500e00014b460b8f08d9a9d27d97%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C637727543787424570%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=kkAX4vwRWpy%2Bs9n8XTCxPy9Lg8szi7i8m41HIiIhg6I%3D&reserved=0>
Book by phone: Call 541-752-5000 and ask for a room under the Orchard Bee Association group block. Group code is OBA.

  *   COVID-19 safety protocol:

Face masks are required while indoors at all times. All attendees, 12 years old and older, must provide one of the following:

A) Proof of being fully vaccinated - CDC vaccination record card, or a photocopy, photo, or mobile photo of the card. Cardholders must be at least two weeks past receiving their second dose in a two-dose series (Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna, or other World Health Organization-approved vaccines), or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. A valid driver’s license or another government-issued form of identification, such as a passport must be presented with the vaccination record.

B) Negative COVID-19 test administered in the previous three days. A test result must be in the form of written medical documentation (paper or electronic copy). The documentation must include test result; type of test; entity issuing the result; and specimen collection date. A valid driver’s license or another government-issued form of identification, such as a passport must be presented with the negative test record.

Registration and Membership<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Forchardbee.us11.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D7ce337b03e250c4346ff84d51%26id%3D1f0daa6fa9%26e%3D0b746bdb05&data=04%7C01%7CAndony.Melathopoulos%40oregonstate.edu%7Cabec500e00014b460b8f08d9a9d27d97%7Cce6d05e13c5e4d6287a84c4a2713c113%7C0%7C0%7C637727543787434528%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=PKxyaPmB%2BB9ctKMxXsxAnSEKTkoIchQsmsqrH%2BECeIg%3D&reserved=0>


Agenda (Tentative)

Friday, December 10, 2021
8:30 am – Coffee and Registration

9:00 am – President’s Welcome, The Year in Review
Glen Trostle, OBA Certification program
Neelendra Joshi, University of Arkansas

10:00 am – Coffee Break
(V) Diana Cox-Foster, Logan Bee Lab
(V) Lindsie McCabe, Logan Bee Lab, Utilizing hive top incubators to disperse blue orchard bees in cherry orchards

12:00 – 1:00 pm – Lunch (provided)

1:00 pm – Lauren Ponisio, University of Oregon, Osmia lignaria parasitism and reproduction in clearcuts

Award: Outstanding Contribution to Orchard Bees

Jim Watts, OBA Visions for the year ahead
                  (V) Kathryn LeCroy, Cornell University, Consequential co-introductions: Associations of bee-specialist fungi (Ascosphaera spp.) from Asia with native and non-native mason bees in North America

OBA Business: Treasurer’s report, Lindsie McCabe

Andony Melathopoulos, OSU, Oregon cocoon health survey

OBA Business:  Election of officers

Networking

2021 Group Photo

5:30 pm – Dinner, on own in Corvallis


Saturday, December 11, 2021
9:00 am – Welcome

Quinn McFrederick, UC Riverside, Vampire Bees of Costa Rica

Ramesh Sagili, OSU, Honey bees

10:00 am – Coffee Break

(V) Theresa Pitts-Singer, Logan Bee Lab

(V) Christine Cairns Fortuin, Univ. of Georgia, Effects of Imidacloprid Residue in Soil on Nest Productivity and Survival of Blue Orchard Mason Bees

Jim Watts, Watts Solitary Bees, Osmia and Boron

(V) Prarthana Dharampal, Univ. of Wisconsin, How exosymbiotic microbes help bees be

12:00 – 1:00 pm – Lunch (provided)

(V) Miles Dakin, Pollinator Partnership, California Pollinator Coalition

Networking

2:30 pm – End



Best,

Andony


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Andony Melathopoulos, Assistant Professor Pollinator Health Extension
Department of Horticulture | Oregon State University
4017 Agricultural and Life Science Building | Corvallis, OR 97331-7304
cell: (541) 452-3038 | Andony.Melathopoulos at oregonstate.edu<mailto:%20Andony.Melathopoulos at oregonstate.edu>

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