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Hello Beekeepers! Good news: Dr. Marla Spivak, a MacArthur Fellow and world-renowned bee researcher at the University of Minnesota, will deliver a “Protecting Our Pollinators” keynote at this year’s WAS Healthy Bee, Bee Healthy conference in Boulder, CO.
Also on tap: Mark Winston, award-winning author of “Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive” (with a book signing, of course!); an update on leading honeybee research at UC Davis; and a readout on the effects of pesticides, pathogens and mites on colony health from the Pesticide Research Institute’s Susan Kegly.
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We’re also building two breakout tracks —Beginner and Intermediate — that will run concurrently on Thursday and Friday afternoons. Beginner track topics include a Winter Hive Workshop (where you’ll walk away with one re-usable hive jacket!), “Things I’d Wish I’d Known” as a beginner beekeeper; How to Keep Useful Beekeeping Records; and the Importance of Mentoring.
Intermediate tracks will cover “Raising Your Queen Bee Pedigree,” “Real Time Disease Load Monitoring,” and “Managing Media to Make More Money.”
Plus! A Bee Buzz Social on Wednesday evening; a Next Generation Beekeepers Summit, led by Bee Girl Sarah Red Laird on Thursday evening; the WAS Awards Banquet Friday evening; and Saturday night, a Farm-to-Table dinner (with a menu heavily influenced by local top chefs and honeybee products!) featuring Lauren Springer Ogden on “Creating a Habitat Garden.”
Read more about featured Speakers and see the conference schedule.
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