Eric Malcolm is the Apicultural Extension Educator and Apiary Manager at the University of Maryland Bee Lab. His work focuses on keeping healthy bees, outreach, education, and helping beekeepers make informed decisions using their own observations, monitoring techniques, and scientifically proven best management practices. He is also a sideline beekeeper and owner of his own apiary management business, Backyard Apiaries. In years past, he co-coordinated the Bee Informed Partnership Sentinel Apiary Program, a national citizen science program designed to help improve monitoring practices and establishing essential skills for beekeepers of all levels. He is passionate about honey bee health, beekeeping, and working with beekeepers. In his free time, he enjoys learning about wild edibles, medicinal plants, and mushrooms, and enjoying time with his family, traveling, camping, and backpacking.