MEET OUR PRESENTERS
Keynote Speaker: Reading the Comb
Feature: Spring Meeting
Randy Oliver
A biologist turned commercial beekeeper, Randy combines hands-on experience with beekeeper-funded research to share practical, science-based insights with beekeepers worldwide.
Keynote Speaker: Reading the Comb
Feature: Spring Meeting
Randy Oliver
A biologist turned commercial beekeeper, Randy combines hands-on experience with beekeeper-funded research to share practical, science-based insights with beekeepers worldwide.
Breakout Session
James Lee
TOPIC: Raising Queens in a Northern Climate
President of the Sustainable Beekeepers Guild of Michigan and founder of the Northern Queen Initiative, is dedicated to sustainable beekeeping and raising hardy, mite-resistant Northern climate bees.
Breakout Session
David Burns
TOPIC: How to inspect a hive in 12 minutes.
An Eastern Apicultural Society Certified Master Beekeeper, David shares his expertise worldwide through his popular YouTube channel, podcast, courses, books, and hands-on training programs.
Breakout Session
Dr. Dale Hill TOPIC: Winter Feeding for Survival An animal nutrition consultant and past president of the Illinois State Beekeepers Association, Dr. Hil is best known for developing AP-23 and teaching bee nutrition and management to beekeepers across the country. |
Breakout Session Fred Dunn TOPIC: The Amazing Honey Bee UP CLOSE A Cornell Master Beekeeper, Fred educates backyard beekeepers with science-based insights on bee biology, hive management, and innovations through his YouTube channel, podcast, and hands-on research. |
Breakout Session
Dr. Angelina Perrotti TOPIC: Melissopalynology – The history of pollen analysis in honey Founder of Mellifloral and a Texas A&M–trained melissopalynologist, Dr. Perrotti provides expert pollen analysis to support beekeepers and the honey industry. |
Zoom: Breakout Session
Dr. Patrick Fratellone TOPIC: Bee Venom Treatment and Lyme Disease A cardiologist and integrative medicine physician, Dr. Fratellone blends conventional and botanical medicine with apitherapy to promote whole-person healing and currently serves as President of the American Apitherapy Society. |
Breakout Session
Mike & Laurie Lawrence TOPIC: Beginning Beekeeping. Mike and Laurie, Hamburg Honey, Master Beekeepers and leaders of the CWBA, inspire others through hands-on teaching, outreach, and their @hamburghoney YouTube channel. |
Co-presenters:
Brooke Nikkila-Sommerfeldt and Carla Prahl, DVM TOPIC: Hive diseases and actions to take. Brooke, Wisconsin’s State Apiarist, and Dr. Carla Prahl, veterinarian and beekeeper from Athens, WI, team up to share insights on honeybee health and best practices. |
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