Data-Driven Best Beekeeping Management Practices
This meeting is a Coronavirus Safe WEBINAR.
You'll be able to ASK QUESTIONS live using the Zoom app's text chat function.
AGENDA:
| 7:00 PM - 7:30 PM | GENERAL BEEKEEPING Q&A (Scroll down to see how to submit questions) |
| 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM | GUEST SPEAKER |
GUEST SPEAKER: Kelly Kulhanek
GUEST SPEAKER TOPIC: This talk is full of tips and tweaks to help your bees be healthy and productive. We will present results from a 3 year test of best management practices, as gleaned from Bee Informed Partnership surveys.
DAY: Wednesday, June 10, 2020
TIME: 7:00pm - 9:00pm (link will work starting a 15-minutes early so you can set up your computer)
WHERE: Online ONLY. Use the Zoom Link Below
WHY: Participate to learn...
- The top 4 data-driven best management practices associated with improved colony survival.
- What to expect when trying a new management approach.
- What to realistically expect from Varroa treatments, and which ones may work better than others.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
Kelly Kulhanek recently completed her doctorate studying honey bee health and management practices. She earned a B.S. in Molecular Environmental Biology from UC Berkeley, then spent a field season with the USGS in North Dakota studying honey bee health and landscape change. Her doctoral work focused on identifying beekeeping management practices to improve colony health and survival. She also addressed obstacles to best management, including Varroa treatment effectiveness and transmission of mites between apiaries
WHAT is a WEBINAR and HOW DO I WATCH IT???
This webinar presents MCBA's meeting (7pm) directly on your computer. To 'attend' requires just three clicks:
- 10 minutes before the meeting starts, click the ZOOM LINK listed above
- When your computer asks, click "open zoom.us.app"
- When your computer asks, click "join with computer audio"
You can join using a computer, phone or tablet, but to use a phone or tablet you must first download and install the free Zoom MEETING app from the app store, or by clicking HERE.
Connecting to ZOOM before the meeting starts will give you time to work through potential glitches.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE and ASK QUESTIONS:
To ASK General Beekeeping questions for the 7:00 PM to 7:30 Q&A you have two options: a) submit them in advance by typing them in the 'Comments" section at the bottom of this page, or TYPE them into the Q&A chat dialog during our Q&A session.
To ASK the Guest Speaker QUESTIONS during the meeting, TYPE them into the Q&A chat dialog during her talk. A club volunteer will monitor questions, then read them aloud so everyone can hear. Please don't 'unmute' your microphone during the meeting.
This year my queens are laying eggs everywhere, even up into the 5th boxes, where they would usually put just nectar and honey. Is this because of the warm winter? I keep moving the brood frames down and adding space down below, but my queens still lay downstairs and upstairs. What can I do to discourage this behavior?