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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Want to be added to our email list? Email us to let us know!| Date | Title | Link |
| 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 |
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01/27/21 |
Checking your hives during winter; Jennifer Keller Special Guest: Don Hopkins (NCDA&CS) | Recording |
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11/04/20 |
Primer on pheromones; Brad Metz Special Guest: Mark Carroll (USDA-ARS) | Recording |
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10/21/20 |
Feeding for and through the winter; John Harris (NCDA&CS) Special Guest: Kasie Raymann (UNCG) | Recording |
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10/07/20 |
Backyard mosquito spraying: what beekeepers need to know; Mike Waldvogel (NCSU) Special Guest: Sydney Ross (NCDA&CS) | Recording |
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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 |
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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 |
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08/12/20 |
Timely Topic: Sampling for varroa mites Special Guest: Dr. Mike Simone-Finstrom, USDA-ARS, Baton Rouge LA | Recording |
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07/29/20 |
Timely Topic: The importance of honey bee eggs Special Guest: Dr. Olav Rueppell, University of Alberta and UNC Greensboro | Recording |
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07/15/20 |
Timely Topic: The NC State Queen & Disease Clinic Special Guest: Patrick Wilbanks, commercial queen producer, Wilbanks Apiaries, Claxton GA | Recording |
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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 |
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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 |
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06/03/20 |
Timely Topic: Different types of bees and their characteristics Special Guest: Dr. Debbie Delaney, Extension Apiculturist, University of Delaware | Recording |
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05/20/20 |
Timely Topic: Getting ready for the honey harvest Special Guest: Ed Speer, Chairman of the NCSBA Certified Honey Producer Program | Recording |
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05/06/20 |
Timely Topic: Queen rearing for beekeepers at all levels Special Guests: Adolphus Leonard & Lewis Cauble, NCDA&CS Apiary Inspectors | Recording |
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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] |