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The Challenges of Honey Bee Breeding with Dr. Susan Cobey
Dr. Cobey is a world-renowned expert on honey bee queen insemination, and shares knowledge on this vital aspect of modern beekeeping...
The Forgotten Sex: The Importance of Drones for Colony Health with Dr. Garett Slater
Dr. Slater highlights why drones deserve more recognition and understanding, offering a deeper appreciation of their essential functions...
Beekeeping for the Future with Dr. Erica Shelley
Dr. Erica Shelley talks on future beekeeping & crisis solutions with ProtectaBEE, addressing food security and environmental challenges.
Nutritional Ecology of Honey Bees in a Changing Landscape with Dr. Juliana Rangel
Dr. Rangel speaks about her work in the lab and in the field covering the building blocks of honey bee nutrition and the role of diet...
Learn From Beekeeping Experts
We welcome Guest Speakers from various backgrounds and experience - sharing beekeeping knowledge on a range of topics - free to Members...
Access Beekeeping Video Library
Watch Special Event videos featuring Guest Speakers from across the world of beekeeping, covering a wide range of topics for today's bee...
Mysteries and Management of Laying Workers with Dr. Jon Zawislak
Join us for a live online event as Dr. Zawislak discusses the effects of queen loss and development of laying workers...
The Mind of a Bee with Dr. Lars Chittka
Join us for a live online event with Dr. Lars Chittka as he examines bees' personality, problem-solving, emotional, and spatial memory...
Pollen Powers Colonies with Dr. Heather Mattila
Dr. Mattila delves into how pollen stress affects bees and colony productivity, emphasizing the role of supplements in resource-scarce times
All About Queens with Dr. David Peck
Dr. David Peck begins with the biology of what makes a queen bee a queen bee. Discover how to choose, evaluate and manage queen bees.
The Latest on Varroa with Dr. Cameron Jack
Dr. Cameron Jack covers three important research topics on varroa and gives the latest updates on the applied science of the research...
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...
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 >
Pollen: A Biological Giant in a Microscopic Grain
Learn more about pollen - its characteristics, contents, purpose, and how bees collect and digest this incredible grain.
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...
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...
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