Beekeeping Webinars

Live and recorded online presentations by the NC State Apiculture Program

Unless otherwise noted, these webinars are posted on the NC State Apiculture Program's YouTube Channel at: https://tinyurl.com/ycxy5mlm


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09/29/21 Timely topic: Moving hives to improve overwintering Special guest: Brock Harpur (Purdue University) Recording
08/25/21 Timely topic: Round table on varroa control Special guest: Gloria DeGrandi-Hoffman (Research Leader, USDA-ARS Tucson, AZ) Recording
07/28/21 Timely topic: Hive products Special guest: Kaira Wagoner (UNC Greensboro) Recording
 06/30/21 Timely topic: Counting mites (Erin McDermott) Special guest: Britteny Kyle (President, HBVC) Recording
 05/26/21 Timely topic: Planting a pollinator garden with bee plants Special guest: Anne Spafford & Danesha Seth Carley (NC State, Horticulture) Recording
 04/28/21 Topic: Making splits and queens Special Guest: Katie Lee (University of Minnesota) Recording
 03/31/21 Topic: Swarm prevention—walking that fine line Special Guest: Ramesh Sagili (Oregon State University) Recording
 02/24/21  Timely topic: Problems to avoid during the winter-spring transition Special Guest: Mohammed Alburaki (USDA ARS, Beltsville MD) Recording

01/27/21

Checking your hives during winter; Jennifer Keller Special Guest: Don Hopkins (NCDA&CS) Recording

11/04/20

Primer on pheromones; Brad Metz Special Guest: Mark Carroll (USDA-ARS) Recording

10/21/20

Feeding for and through the winter; John Harris (NCDA&CS) Special Guest: Kasie Raymann (UNCG) Recording

10/07/20

Backyard mosquito spraying: what beekeepers need to know; Mike Waldvogel (NCSU) Special Guest: Sydney Ross (NCDA&CS) Recording

09/23/20

Timely Topic: Small Hive Beetles (SHB) and how to keep them from becoming a problem (Jennifer Keller) Special Guest: James Wilkes, Appalachain State University & Founder of HiveTracks Recording

08/26/20

Timely Topic: Varroa control products—what you can use, and what you can’t Special Guest: Liz Driscoll, NC State University 4H Specialist; Chris Apple and Robert Smith, NCSBA 4H committee Recording

08/12/20

Timely Topic: Sampling for varroa mites Special Guest: Dr. Mike Simone-Finstrom, USDA-ARS, Baton Rouge LA Recording

07/29/20

Timely Topic: The importance of honey bee eggs Special Guest: Dr. Olav Rueppell, University of Alberta and UNC Greensboro Recording

07/15/20

Timely Topic: The NC State Queen & Disease Clinic Special Guest: Patrick Wilbanks, commercial queen producer, Wilbanks Apiaries, Claxton GA Recording

07/01/20

Timely Topic: Pesticides and honey bees: recent research at NC State Special Guest: Dr. Frank Rinkevich, Honey bee toxicology, USDA-ARS Recording

06/17/20

Timely Topic: The non-honey bees: native bees active this time of year Special Guest: Dr. Elsa Youngsteadt, Applied Ecology, NC State University Recording

06/03/20

Timely Topic: Different types of bees and their characteristics Special Guest: Dr. Debbie Delaney, Extension Apiculturist, University of Delaware Recording

05/20/20

Timely Topic: Getting ready for the honey harvest Special Guest: Ed Speer, Chairman of the NCSBA Certified Honey Producer Program  Recording

05/06/20

Timely Topic: Queen rearing for beekeepers at all levels Special Guests: Adolphus Leonard & Lewis Cauble, NCDA&CS Apiary Inspectors Recording

04/22/20

Timely Topic: 5 things you can do with beekeeping while social distancing Special Guest: Paul Newbold, NCSBA President Recording
11/14/19 Getting Your Bees Ready for Winter (Hosted by the Stanly County Beekeepers Association Recording
01/12/16 Potential threats to beekeeping in the US (Hosted by the Guilford County Beekeepers Association) Recording
 09/14/14 Feral and managed bees in rural and urban habitats (Hosted by the Surry County Beekeepers Association)  Recording
06/15/15 The re-labeling of Pesticides: what beekeepers really need to know (Hosted by the Johnson County Beekeepers Association) Recording
01/15/15 What aspiring beekeepers really need to know: discussions among beekeepers (Hosted by the Chatham County Beekeepers Association) Recording
09/15/14 What I did this summer: ongoing research in the NC State Apiculture Program (Hosted by the Durham County Beekeepers Association) [NA]
06/19/14 The NCSU Swarm Collective: taking part in a citizen science beekeeping project (Hosted by the Mecklenburg County Beekeepers Association) [NA]
01/14/14 Resources for beekeepers, new and experienced: the Bee Informed Partnership, the BEES network, and the NC State Apiculture Program (Hosted by Wake County Beekeepers Assn.) Recording
09/05/13 What beekeepers should know about viruses and their effects on colony health (Hosted by Rockingham County Beekeepers Association) Recording
06/13/13 The importance of bees as pollinators (Hosted by Sampson County Beekeepers Association) Recording
01/31/13 Impromptu Q&A session (Hosted by Hoke County Beekeepers Association) [Not recorded]
09/04/12 Research update of the NC State Apiculture Program (Hosted by Haywood County Beekeepers Association) [Not recorded]
06/14/12 Making summer splits that can overwinter (Hosted by Montgomery County Beekeepers Association) [NA]
01/19/12 Coming out of winter (Hosted by Mecklenburg County Beekeepers Association) Recording
09/12/11 How to manage varroa mites (Hosted by Rowan County Beekeepers Association) [now posted on the BEES network]