Bees & Pollinators
The Alabama Extension beekeeping team presents the At Home Beekeeping Series. This online series promotes educational information for beekeepers. This gives beekeepers the chance to attend meetings from the comfort of one’s own home using a computer or mobile device. Each session includes updates on timely beekeeping topics as well as a question and answer session.
Join Online
When: The last Tuesday of each month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Central Time
Where: This series is presented through Zoom, an online video platform, and through Facebook Live on the Lawrence County Alabama Extension Office Facebook page.
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2024 Dates and Topics
- May 28 — Making Good Queens and Avoiding Bad Ones
- David Tarpy, North Carolina State University
- June 25 — Hangry Bees 2023: Pollen Deprivation Impacts Temperament and Disease Status
- Liz Walsh, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
- July 30 — Potion or Poison: Investigating the Effects of Stressors and Therapeutics on Honeybee Reproduction and Worker-Bee Behavior
- Julia Fine, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
- August 27 — Yellow-Legged Hornets
- Lewis Bartlett, University of Georgia
- September 24 — Bee Breeding in the Age of Genomics
- Garett Slater, Texas A&M University
- October 29 — Hot Topics in Beekeeping
- Amy Vu, University of Florida
- November 19 — Breeding for Varroa-Resistant Honeybees
- Frank Rinkevich, United States Department of Agriculture
- December 31 — No Session
2025 Dates and Topics
- January 28 — Coming Out of Winter
- David Tarpy, North Carolina State University
- February 25 — Honeybee Nutrition
- Priya Chakrabarti Basu, Mississippi State University
- March 25 — Colony Losses in the United States of America
- Geoff Williams, Auburn University
- April 29 — Honeybee Nest Architecture
- Michael Smith, Auburn University
- May 27 — TBD
- Melanie Kirby, Institute of American Indian Arts
- June 24 — TBD
- Liz Walsh, United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service
More Information
Recordings from this series are available for only two weeks after each session on the Lawrence County Alabama Extension Office Facebook page. For more information on the At Home Beekeeping Series, contact Allyson Shabel at ams0137@aces.edu.