Intermediate
Beekeepers Class
Honeybee Pest and Pathogen Workshop
with Samantha Alger
and Alex Burnham, University of Vermont
When? June 16, 2016
from 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Where? Crispe
Room in the Vermont Veterans Home
Cost? $6 (payable in
cash or check) Fees will support Samantha and Alex’s research on honeybee
and bumblebee health.
This program will focus on identifying honeybee pests and
pathogens using microscopes. We will be looking at samples of nosema, wax
worms, small hive beetles, and hopefully foulbrood. There will be a
presentation, as well as hands-on activities looking at pest and pathogen
samples. We will also discuss and practice a technique for standardized
mite counts. If you have samples of bee diseases from your own apiary,
please contact club president Jeanne Davis, so that we can plan on including
them in the day’s program.
To sign up, please contact Julie Cassiday at jcassida@williams.edu
or 802/447-1194 or Jeanne Davis at jdavisbwheat@comcast.net or
802/823-7955 by June 9th. Class size will be limited to 30. Those
with at least a few years beekeeping experience are most likely to benefit from
this workshop.
Our presenters will be:
- Samantha
Alger (PhD candidate) is researching bee viral diseases in Vermont,
the role of plants in virus transmission, and the effects of pesticides on
bee health and behavior. She leads Vermont’s involvement in the U.S.
National Honey Bee Survey, gathering baseline data on diseases and
pathogens, and she works closely with Vermont beekeepers, providing
educational workshops on bee health and disease management
practices.
- Alex
Burnham, a junior in the University of Vermont’s Graduate College’s
Accelerated Masters program, studies bee viruses and parasites with Samantha
Alger and serves as hive inspector and sample collector for the National
Honey Bee Survey.
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