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Five Wondrous Behaviors Of Honey Bees With Dr. Thomas Seeley

Dr. Seeley discusses how worker bees provide directions, rouse each other to action, call for help, groom each other, and prevent...

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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