April 2021 LBA Meeting (Virtual on Zoom)

Speaker: Jamie Ellis, PhD

Topic: Managing Queen Honey Bees: Jamie Ellis is the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. He has a BS degree in Biology from the University of Georgia (USA) and a PhD in Entomology from Rhodes University in South Africa. At the University of Florida, Jamie has responsibilities in Extension, instruction, and research. Regarding his Extension work, Jamie created the UF/IFAS Bee College and the UF/IFAS Master Beekeeper Program. As an instructor, Jamie supervises PhD and masters students. Currently, Jamie and his team have over 30 active research projects in the fields of honey bee husbandry, conservation and ecology, and integrated crop pollination.

Meeting Location: VIRTUAL (details below)

We will be using Zoom for this virtual meeting.  If you have not used Zoom before, we strongly encourage you to download the Zoom app ahead of time by visiting the Zoom Download Center: https://zoom.us/download.  If you click on the meeting link below and do not have Zoom installed, you will be prompted to install it (please allow extra time before the meeting if you need to install the Zoom app).  For more information on joining a Zoom meeting OR to try Zoom out by joining a Test Meeting, please visit this page: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/201362193-Joining-a-Meeting.

(Zoom link and login instructions will be posted later in November)

Hope to see you there!
Mike

Mike Kropotkin
Vice President, Loudoun Beekeepers Association (LBA) 
Email: Mike.Kropotkin@loudounbee.org