Tuesday December 2, 2025

8 am – Executive Committee Meeting

11 am – Meet at Roger Park Golf Course

12 pm – Registration

1 pm – Golf Tournament

6:30 pm – Welcome Reception (Exhibitor Hall)

Wednesday December 3, 2025

8am – Registration & Exhibitor Hall Opens

8:30-8:45am – Opening Address & Committee Assignment – Steven Coy (AHPA President)

8:45-9:00am – Seating of the Directors – Scott Hamilton (AHPA Vice-President)

9:00-9:30am – AHPA Policy Agenda – Eric Silva, North South Government Strategies

9:30-9:45am – American Honey Institute – Brian McCornack, Kansas State University

9:45-10:00am – Whole Farm Revenue Protection – Drew Smythe, WSR

10:00-10:30am – Break

10:30-11:15am – Day 1 Keynote Address: Culprits in dying bees… – Dr. Zac Lamas, USDA MD

11:15-11:45am – Emergency Sampling for Beekeepers – Dr. Michael Simone-Finstrom, USDA LA

11:45am-12:00pm – Project Apis m. Updates – Dave Mendes & Ryan Lamb

12:00-2:00pm – Lunch (on your own)

12:00-2:00pm – American Honey PAC Lunch

2:00-2:30pm – What’s in the Box?… – Zack Bateson, Center for Genotyping

2:30pm-3:15pm – ELAP Panel (Eric Silva, Moderator)

3:15-3:45pm – Break

3:45-4:00pm – Betting on Colony Losses  – Geoff Williams, Auburn University

4:00-4:30pm – Unprecedented Losses… – Bret Adee, Adee Honey Farm

4:30-6pm – Nectar Client Roundtable: Product Updates, Industry Insights & Peer Exchange – Exclusive to Nectar Users

6pm – Hive Alive Night Entertainment

Thursday December 4, 2025

8am – Registration & Exhibitor Hall Opens

8:30-9:15am – Day 2 Keynote Address – …European Foulbrood… – Dr. Peter Fowler, MSU

9:15-9:45am – Impact of a nutritionally complete pollen replacing feed… – Dr. Brandon Hopkins, WSU & Dr. Thierry Bogaert (APIX Bioscience)

9:45-10:15am – Honey as a bioindicator… – Dr. Pierre Lau, USDA MS

10:15-11:00am – Break 

11:00-11:30am – Developing novel interventions… – Dr. Julia Fine

11:30am-12:00pm – Influence of Varroa destructor… – Agostina Giacobino, Auburn University

12:00-1:30pm – Lunch (on your own)

General Session

1:30-2:00pm – FDACS Updates, Erin Jenkins & James Fulton

2:00-2:30pm – Honey Bees are Native Bees? Diana Cox-Foster, USDA UT

2:30-3:00pm – Nutrition in Carrot Seed, Riley Reed, WSU

3:00-3:30pm – Break

3:30-4:15pm – Bee Health & Inspections Panel Discussion – Brooke Decker (Moderator)

Industry Sidetrack

1:30-2:00pm – Short Hive Audio Recording Predictor, Nico Coallier, Nectar Technologies

2:00-2:30pm – Benefits of algae nutrition and agrochemical inhibiting probiotics in blueberry pollination – John Turpin, Strong Microbials, 

2:30-3:00pm – ELAP, Taxes, and the Future of Beekeeping – Donovan Gonzalez, Arizona Apiaries, LLC

3:00-3:30pm – Break

3:30-4:15pm–Miticide Panel -Apiary Alliance

6:00-10:00pm – Banquet & Live Auction 

Friday December 5, 2025

8am – Registration & Exhibitor Hall Opens

8am – Board of Director Meeting & Breakfast

9:00-9:45am – Day 3 Keynote Address – Improvements… – Dr. Frank Rinkevich, USDA LA

9:45-10:15am – Tallow tree contributions…- Jennifer Standley, Auburn University

10:15-10:45am – Break 

10:45-11:15am – Varroa vs Tropi – Dr. Judy Chen, USDA MD

11:15-12:00pm – Industry Panel – Moving Forward Together – Matt Mulica, Honey Bee Health Coalition (Moderator)

12:00-1:30pm – Lunch (on you own)

1:30-3:30pm – Queen Workshop – Dr. Esmaeil Amiri, MSU (Facilitator) et al.

1:30-3:30pm – Nutrition Workshop – Dr. Priya Chakrabarti-Basu (Facilitator) et al.

1:30-4pm – Executive Board Meeting