Pollen8 2020’s plenary, concurrent sessions and workshops offer more than 100 speeches and presentations. These will examine issues ranging from hive health, new technology and business.
07:00
Registration open
90 minutes
08:30
Opening Ceremony
Plenary session
2 hours / Plenary
10:30
Morning Tea
30 minutes
11:00
Morning breakout sessions – Hive technology
Concurrent session - Technology
30 minutes / Plenary
Morning breakout sessions – Marketing for wholesale
Concurrent session - Business
30 minutes / Meeting Room 2
Morning breakout sessions – Autumn nutrition and winter colony survival
Concurrent session - Hive Health
30 minutes / Meeting Room 1
11:30
Morning breakout sessions – Packaging basics
Concurrent session - Business
30 minutes / Meeting Room 2
Morning breakout sessions – Extraction techniques
Concurrent session - Technology
30 minutes / Meeting Room 1
11:40
Morning breakout sessions – Overstocking apiary sites, ethics. Should there be a code of practice?
Concurrent session - Hive Health
20 minutes / Meeting Room 1
12:00
Lunch
1 hour
13:20
Workshops – Assessing the potential activity of your hive
Workshop - Technology
2 hrs 40 mins / Plenary
Workshops – Trees for Bees Workshop
Workshop - Hive Health
2 hrs 40 mins / Meeting Room 1
Workshops – The latest software for running your small business
Workshop - Business
2 hrs 40 mins / Meeting Room 2
15:00
Afternoon Tea
30 minutes
15:30
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – The Giant Willow Aphid
Concurrent session - Hive Health
20 minutes / Meeting Room 1
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Working with the apiculture industry
Concurrent session - Business
20 minutes / Meeting Room 2
15:50
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Honey on tap, no disruption to bees
Concurrent session - Technology
20 minutes / Plenary
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Mites associated with honeybee
Concurrent session - Hive Health
20 minutes / Meeting Room 1
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Food safety and compliance
Business
20 minutes / Meeting Room 2
16:10
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Apiarists protective clothing
Concurrent session - Technology
20 minutes / Plenary
Afternoon Breakout Sessions – Hive Hygiene
Concurrent session - Hive Health
20 minutes / Meeting Room 1
18:00
Conference Dinner
Plenary session
5 hours