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Monthly Educational Meeting
Always free and open to the public!

In-Person Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens (1800 N. Dixboro Road, Ann Arbor, MI)
*Paid Parking Available*

Or via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88915086284?
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​​Date: Tue, February 10th, 2026
Time: 6:30pm EST

Beginner Q&A: 6:30-7:00 pm
Presentation: 7:00pm

Speaker: Dr. Zachary Huang
Topic: Why do bees swim and how do they crash onto a lake?

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88915086284...

Zachary Huang is an associate professor in entomology at Michigan State University. Zachary grew up in a small village in Hunan and attended an agricultural college in China (first batch of college students after the cultural revolution). During the early 80s, he obtained a national scholarship to study honey bees in Canada.

After obtaining his Ph.D. at the University of Guelph, he moved with his family to the University of Missouri at Columbia to work with plant mites, as a postdoc with Prof. Charles Knowles. One and a half years later he moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and returned to honey bee research. On November 1st, 1998, he came to Michigan State University as an assistant professor. He became tenured and was promoted to associate professor in October 2004.

At MSU, his main responsibilities include research, extension, and teaching. He is known for developing the social inhibition model (at UIUC) which explains how nurse to forager transition is regulated, the mite zapper (MSU) which is a non-chemical control for the infamous Varroa destructor, his cyberbee.net (started in 1997 but developed mainly at MSU) for extension, and award winning photographs. He was awarded the J. I. Hambleton Award for Outstanding Research by the Eastern Apicultural Society of North American Inc. August 2008 (one honey bee scientist per year is awarded).

His current research includes how stresses affect honey bee behavior, physiology and colony performance. Stresses studied include Nosema apis, Nosema ceranae, Varroa destructor, extreme temperatures, transportation and/or pollination, and pesticides. He writes regularly about honey bee flowers on his blog bees.msu.edu.

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