Controlling Parasites in the Hive with Dr. Lewis Bartlett
Dr. Bartlett covers some of the frontiers in Varroa control research, spanning novel chemical treatments to bee breeding and colony...
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Imperfect Comb and the Architectural Abilities of Honey Bees with Dr. Michael Smith
Dr. Michael Smith explores how honey bees adapt their building behavior when "perfect" cells are impossible to construct. Sign in to watch >
The Dynamics of Honey Bee Flight and Sexual Reproduction with Bill Hesbach
This in-person event explores the beauty and mystery of honey bee flight, then shows a queen's mating flight ...
A Healing for Mankind: Honey, with Dr. Ferhat Ozturk
Dr. Ozturk outlines the use of honey as a longstanding therapeutic agent, and provides evidence-based information about the bioactivity...
What You Can Do to Improve Pollinator Health with Dr. Scott McArt
Dr. McArt speaks about all the stressors currently experienced by pollinators and what every one of us can do to help the situation...
Giant Hornets and Honeybee Defenses with Dr. Heather Mattila
Dr. Mattila discusses her fieldwork in southeast Asia with collaborators that investigates the unique ways that Asian honeybees defend...
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We welcome Guest Speakers from various backgrounds and experience - sharing beekeeping knowledge on a range of topics - free to Members...
Beekeeping with Impact, with Dr. Noah Wilson-Rich
Noah discusses how his passion for bee health, research, and data-based solutions drove The Best Bees Company forward...
Pheromones and Cooperation & Conflict in Honey Bees with Dr. Christina M. Grozinger
Dr. Grozinger speaks about the important role Queen pheromones play in regulating honey bee colony function and survival...
Native Pollinators with Dr. Kimberly Stoner
CBA welcomes Dr. Stoner, Associate Agricultural Scientist, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, sharing facts about native bees...
Beneficial Bee Habitats and Reducing Pesticide Risks with Aaron Anderson
Get tickets - Aaron speaks about providing habitat for bees, the risk pesticides pose to bees and how to mitigate those risks.
Tackling Honey Bee Disease with Dr. Jay Evans
CBA welcomes Dr. Jay Evans, discussing his work in the federal bee lab which is focused on bee disease, chemical stress and the tools to...
Beekeeping in Kenya with Maryann Frazier
CBA welcomes Maryann Frazier, speaking about beekeeping in Kenya and the outreach program she and other US beekeepers have established...
Honey Bee Chemical Communication & Hygienic Behavior with Dr. Kaira Wagoner
Register to atttend - Dr. Wagoner speaks about her work using chemical signals to develop a tool for measuring colony Varroa resistance...
Nature’s Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation with Doug Tallamy
Register to attend - Doug discusses steps we must take to reverse declining biodiversity, and why we must change our relationship...
USDA Programs for Pollinators with Izzy Hill
Register to attend - Izzy Hill of the USDA will discuss current pollinator priorities, research projects, and resources for beekeepers...
The Bombus Among Us - Bumble Bee Basics with Heather Holm
Register to attend - Heather illustrates the bumble bee life cycle through the growing season; the importance of selecting the right...
Reading the Health of Your Colony with Dr. Dewey Caron
Dr. Dewey Caron discusses how to read frames and hives with emphasis on how to do a necropsy on dead hives.
Vacant Land as Bee Habitats with Mary Gardiner
Mary examines how the design, management, contamination legacy, and landcape context of urban greenspaces influence their conservation...
Bee Time: Lessons from the Hive with Mark Winston
Mark talks about his experiences over 40 years of walking into apiaries, and the lessons learned from a life spent among bees...
Four Ways to Harvest Honey Without an Extractor with Linda Tillman
Linda Tillman teaches how to harvest honey without using an extractor.
Principles of Good Beekeeping and the Thermodynamics of the Hive with Etienne Tardif
CBA welcomes special guest Etienne Tardiff for "Principles of Good Beekeeping and the Thermodynamics of the Hive"
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CBA welcomes special guest speakers from across the world of beekeeping, covering a wide range of modern scientific beekeeping topics...