Apiculture Specialist at Purdue University | honey bee research | honey bee breeding
West of the Wabash
Joined December 2010
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What an incredible week in FL!
Just wrapped up teaching 10 students @UFhoneybeelabl!
I was honored to be invited to UF bee lab to teach my advanced course in instrumental insemination!
Our 10 students were top notch!🔬✨
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Just finished a great interview with @PurdueExtension about my advanced honey bee courses! 🧪🐝 we talked queen quality, breeding & building healthier bees.
What’s buzzing in your backyard? 🐝 #PurdueExtension and @PurdueInsects have tips for helping pollinators thrive. Celebrate #NationalPollinatorMonth with ideas for your garden, beekeeping basics and more!
🔗 extension.purdue.edu/news/20…
Here is a great story @mtetrick_wx from @wrtv did with me!🐝
United States bee colonies in crisis: wrtv.com/news/local-news/uni…
Looking forward to sharing my story about honey bee breeding to the Western Apiculture Society. westernapiculturalsociety.or…
Thrilled to have one student all the way from Ethiopia attending my advanced course in Instrumental Insemination!🐝🐝@PurdueInsects @PurdueAg
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Internationally acclaimed honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr., #ucdavis alumnus, former entomology department chair, UC Davis Distinguished Emeritus Professor and longtime #ASU administrator, featured in Legends, American Entomologist. shorturl.at/QDmnZ
ALT Honey bee geneticist Robert E. Page Jr. checks out a swarm in Arizona
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The field of honey bee breeding is so crucial to improving honey bee health! The impact of bees on our world is immeasurable. I enjoyed my conversation with @PurdueAg about how we are breeding bees that are fighting back!🐝
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It's #NationalPollinatorsMonth, and beekeepers are focusing on enhancing bee colonies’ resilience in preparation for harsh winter months ahead. @kgiven in @PurdueInsects leads research to boost honeybees’ behavioral resistance to parasitic mites. ag.purdue.edu/news/2024/06/b…
Beekeepers from five states disseminated to the Purdue Bee Lab for our advanced course in the Art and Science of Queen Rearing this week!
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What a wonderful experience teaching our student Keith Quintanilla from Guam an advanced course in instrumental insemination of honey bee queens this weekend! He plans to help beekeepers by launching a honey bee breeding program in Guam soon!
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Always great speaking to Canadian researchers and beekeepers about the field of honey bee breeding!
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New bee-friendly restrictions on neonicotinoid insecticides in New York … and a barrier to further progress on this topic in the USA.
Some examples and thoughts on how disinformation is currently obscuring evidence-based pesticide policies.
blogs.cornell.edu/mcartlab/f…
Looking forward to speaking at the Nebraska Beekeepers Association Conference this weekend!
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Such a great honor to be appointed to serve on the #NAREEE Pollinator Subcommittee this year to ensure
@USDA pollinator policy and programs are informed by the best available science.
@AgSciResearch @PSU_Entomology
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Today is Give to the Max Day! Join us in raising money for an endowed chair in honey bee research. Learn more and donate today by visiting this link - crowdfund.umn.edu/index.cfm?…
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Nice to see our latest paper!
Common #honey #bee stocks in the US show differences in intracolony variation of viruses such as DWV, IAPV, and LXV2. New paper in #JournalOfApiculturalResearch. Send me a PM if you'd like to have the pdf
@lopezuribelab @Harpur
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Beekeepers lose 30-40% of colonies annually due to parasites and pathogens. Thanks to @USDA_NIFA, @PurdueInsects' Brock Harpur, @PurdueANSC's Luiz @brito_lf & @roslininstitute's Gregor Gorjanc are using genomics to breed resilience in bees. #NIFAImpacts ag.purdue.edu/news/2023/12/r…
Working with @PurdueFoodSci is always a great experience. We are bottling up 12 hundred pounds of Boiler Bee Honey this week, just in time for the holidays!
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Enjoyed the conversation and visit from Brazilian honey bee researcher Dr. Samir Maura Kadri! He has done extensive work on the infamous “killer bees” and manages about 500 colonies himself!
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