Agenda
September 12th
meeting East Central Iowa Beekeepers Association
Hello! Below is the
agenda for our September 12th meeting. Hope you have had a
“bee-utiful” summer! Come tell us how your summer has gone with
your bees.
Hope to see you at the
meeting. We will again meet at the Urban Acres Realty facility in
Coralville (see map below)
Doors open at 6:00
Meeting will begin at 6:30,
ending by 8 pm
Introductions
Welcome New members
Treasurer’s report
Secretary's report
Honey Princess report
President's report
Guest Speaker—Atreya Manaswi
--11th grade student at Orlando Science High School in
Orlando, Florida. Atreya will give us an online presentation on small
hive beetles.
See below for more information about Atreya
--short
break (10 minutes)--
Late summer/fall varroa
treatment—Joseph Klingelhutz
Open discussion
http://eastcentraliowabeekeepers.blogspot.com
also on Facebook-- look for
the public group East Central Iowa Beekeepers
Atreya Manaswi
Atreya Manaswi is a 10th grade
student at Orlando Science High School in Orlando, FL. He has been
involved in university level laboratory academic research since the age
of twelve and has won regional, national, and international awards for
his extensive honey bee conservation research. In his four years of
honey bee conservation research, the USDA, and University of Florida
(UF) have funded his novel research projects. In 2021, he was recognized
as one of the nation’s leading top 30 youth scientific minds in the
prestigious Broadcom MASTERS STEM Competition amongst 10 million
students across the country each year. Amongst this pool of top 30, he
was recognized as the 1st place
national winner in the category of Scientific Research. In 2022, he was
selected as the winner of the At-Large BioGENEius Challenge (as one
student from across the entire US) and qualified for the 2022
International BioGENEius Challenge where he was named the highest honors
awardee. He is also a very active public speaker and actively uses STEM
as a catalyst to make positive reform in the community. Atreya is also
an enthusiastic actor and performing artist having been involved in
countless theatrical productions since the 3rd grade,
often starring as the lead antagonist role. Recently, Atreya played the
lead role in a play at his school which focused on mental
health/suicide awareness. He is also a practiced acoustic guitarist,
having played for 5+ years, and enjoys playing for his community. He
holds a 2nd degree
black belt in Taekwondo which he has pursued for the last 8 years. All
in all, Atreya is a high-energy, dedicated, motivated, and passionate
individual with a willingness to grow and share his experiences with
others. He takes pride in being a youth STEM leader with a fervent belief in the power of science and the youth’s ability to transform our globe.
Read an article about Atreya from Bee Culture Magazine here.
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