![]() Description: Bill Hesbach will explain how honeybees control internal hive temperature using thermoregulation, and what effect this has on the colony. He will then discuss convection flows inside a colony to better understand ventilation. Finally, the concept of condensing a colony, versus the more common practice of adding ventilation, will be explained. Participants will better understand the role ventilation plays in a natural hive environment and in overwintering measures. Speaker: Bill Hesbach is an Eastern Apicultural Society Certified Master Beekeeper, a graduate of the University of Montana's master beekeeping program, and the President of the Connecticut Beekeepers Association. He operates a sideline bee business, Wing Dance Apiary in Cheshire, CT., producing artisanal raw honey and other natural hive products. Bill is an active member of the Eastern Apicultural Society, where he is part of the Master Beekeeper Certification program. Bill is a regular guest speaker at national beekeeping seminars and was presented with the Distinguished Speaker Award at the 2019 EAS conference. His special interests in beekeeping include bee biology, flight, and the connection between local flora and bee behavior. He's a published author, and his articles on beekeeping appear in The American Bee Journal and Bee Culture magazines. In addition, Bill’s YouTube videos are praised for both content and accessibility.
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Date: Tuesday, August 8, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm (Beginner Q&A at 6:30pm) Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens auditorium or Online ![]() Description: What we do now, in August, - including queen replacement, colony splitting, mite control, feeding in preparation for winter- is anticipatory beekeeping. Anticipatory beekeeping, versus reaction beekeeping, is the better approach toward successful beekeeping. . Speaker: Dr. Dewey M. Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, at the University of Delaware, & Affiliate Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He enjoyed professional appointments at Cornell University (1968-70), and acted as entomology chair at the University of Maryland (1970-81) and the University of Delaware (1981-2009). He moved to Portland, Oregon, in retirement, to be closer to his grandchildren. Dr. Caron remains active in bee education at state, local and regional levels, and in master beekeeping programs. He is the author of Honey Bee Biology & Beekeeping, a main textbook used in university and bee association courses. His newest bee book (his 10th), The Complete Bee Handbook, was published by Rockridge Press in 2020. He is a major author of several Honey Bee Health Coalition publications, including Tools for Varroa Management, and is finishing a USDA APHIS Bee MD web program. His books will be available for purchase at the meeting. Date: Tuesday, July 11, 2023 Time: 7:00 pm (Beginner Q&A at 6:30pm) Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens auditorium or Online ![]() Description: With years of beekeeping experience under his belt, Andy will openly and humorously expound on the litany of mistakes, missteps and miscalculations he has made during his beekeeping adventures. Speaker: Andy Hemken has been a successful beekeeper since 1995, tending as many as 400 hives, selling honey at multiple markets, teaching beekeeping, ergonomics, and farm market classes, and mentoring many beekeepers and mead makers. Andy served as president of the Milwaukee Waukesha Beekeeping Association for 17 years and did a two-year term as the President of the Wisconsin Honey Producers. He is a member of the Beer Barons of Milwaukee, one of the largest beer and mead clubs in the Midwest, and has won 25 awards for mead making. His article Secrets of Beekeeping published in the May 2023 edition of the American Bee Journal. Please join us - our monthly meetings are always free and open to the public! Date: Tue, June 13, 2023 | Time: 7 pm | Location: Auditorium at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens & Online on Zoom ![]() Description: Learn to distinguish between healthy and sick brood and to recognize signs of European Foulbrood, American Foulbrood, chalkbrood, and varroa parasitic mite brood syndrome. Speaker: Ana Heck is Michigan State University's apiculture extension educator. She learned beekeeping in Nicaragua while working with a nonprofit organization that led rural development projects. She later worked with the University of Minnesota Bee Squad and Michigan State University's Department of Entomology before joining Extension. Her role engages beekeepers, growers, pesticide applicators, and home gardeners to improve the health of pollinators. Ana holds a master’s degree in public policy and a graduate minor in entomology from the University of Minnesota. Please join us - our monthly meetings are always free and open to the public! 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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