Date: Tue, May 9, 2023 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Online on Zoom Description: Dorothey Morgan will discuss the reasons we mark our queens and which traits we want passed on to their offspring. She will also discuss re-queening and catching swarms in our own apiary. Speaker: Dorothey Morgan is president and founder of the Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders' Association, a board member of the Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Co-op, and the instrumental inseminator and founding member of ‘Chasing Feral Honey Bees’, where, selecting for the mite biting trait, she inseminates 100 queens yearly. She’s been a resident of Kentucky since 2001, having retired as Master Firefighter and EMT from the Anchorage, Alaska Fire Department that year. She has inseminated queens for the Purdue Bee Lab and the Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Co-op, who market their queens. With her group, ‘Chasing Feral Honey Bees’, she and her team collect feral swarms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and Central Ohio. She was chosen Kentucky’s Beekeeper of the Year in 2018. Date: Tue, April 11, 2023 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Online on Zoom William Hesbach will discuss less toxic and more natural alternatives for successful Varroa control. Bill will explain how manipulations using splits and based on knowledge of the mites life cycle can achieve successful Varroa control.
Please join us - our monthly meetings are always free and open to the public! Date: Tue, March 14, 2022 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Online on Zoom Bradley Galdstone will discuss what Urban Bee LLC does in Southeastern Michigan, what biodynamic beekeeping means, and areas of opportunities to grow as a vocation/avocation Speaker: Bradley Gladstone is a Biodynamic beekeeper who also works as an accountant. Bradley graduated Northwood University in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science, concentration in accounting, and received CPA certification in 2013. He has been a gardener since 2012 and a beekeeper since 2015. He started Urban Bee LLC in 2017,and currently has up to 11 clients across Southeastern Michigan. Please join us - our monthly meetings are always free and open to the public! Date: Tue, Feb 14, 2022 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Online on Zoom Hive Inspections with a Honey Bee Veterinarian: |
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The Joy of Mite Management
Dr. Mendel will teach us about their lifecycle, their mechanisms for spreading amongst bee colonies, and techniques for managing them at different times of the seasons. We will also get an update about the University of Minnesota Bee Lab and its breeding program, as it relates to mites.
Speaker: Bridget Mendel is the University of Minnesota Bee Squad's Program Director. She manages the incredible Bee Squad team, oversees program development, and works on Bee Lab outreach and communications. Bridget holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. from the University of Minnesota. She loves working with bees, beekeepers, and the public to make the world a more habitable place for all people and all pollinators. |
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Apiary Biosecurity Limits Diseases
We will discuss general biosecurity strategies in the following areas:
1. Best Management Practices (BMPs) by the beekeeper
2. Biosecurity related to climate, the macro- and micro-environment
3. Pests and Pathogens
4. Agrochemicals/the impact of toxins
5. Hygienic bees
Speaker: Terry Ryan Kane, DVM. Dr. Terry Ryan Kane earned a Master of Science degree in Ecology from the University of Illinois, Chicago, and took beekeeping while attending veterinary school at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. After decades of clinical practice, she pivoted to policy as an AAAS science advisor in the U.S. Senate working on the Farm Bill, emerging diseases, and antibiotic resistance. Following the FDA ruling on antibiotic stewardship in livestock animals, she has devoted her time to teaching veterinarians/students about honey bees and pollinator ecology. Dr. Kane is currently serving on the Executive Board of The Honey Bee Veterinary Consortium, an organization of honey bee veterinarians and students. She is co-editor of a textbook, Honey Bee Medicine for the Veterinary Practitioner (Wiley Press, 2021). |
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