The Board of Directors of the Utah Beekeepers' Association has confirmed the next Association Convention will be 24-25 February 2017 at the Hyatt Place Hotel at 3700 Outlet Parkway, Lehi, Utah. Contact the hotel directly at [login to see] to reserve your room. Ask for the $120 Utah Beekeepers Association discount (use discount code g-ubka).
Speakers will include Dr. Keith Delaplane of the University of Georgia; Stephen Coy, Russian Bee Breeders Association; Diana Cox Foster, USDA-ARS Pollinating Insect Research Unit; Ed Irvine, USDA; Bob Newswander, Utah Commercial Beekeeper; and Roger Stephenson, Utah Commercial Beekeeper.
Vendor tables are $200. Space is limited, but if you have a desire to be a vendor please email Jerry Stoddard (No Email address provided). The hotel will reserve some rooms for us for $120 a night if they are reserved under the Utah Beekeepers' Association (The hotel has agreed to honor a hotel-website price of $95 for Friday night only).