WAS MONTHLY MINI CONFERENCES
October 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Queen Issues & Brood Factories
Speakers: Dr David Tarpy & Michael Palmer
Moderator: Melanie Kirby/Etienne Tardif
Wednesday October 19th , 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
September 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Nosema and Seaweed
Speakers: Dr Martin Porrini & Dara Scott
Moderator: Melanie Kirby/Etienne Tardif
Tuesday August 2nd, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
August 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: All About Varroa
Speakers: Dr Kelly Kulhanek & Dr Nuria Morfin
Moderator: Melanie Kirby
Tuesday August 2nd, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
July 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Queens and Drones
Speakers: Dr Juliana Rangel & Garrett Slater
Moderator: Melanie Kirby
Monday, July 18th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
June 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Honey Bee Pathogens (Viruses & Chalkbrood)
Speakers: Dr Marley Iredale & Dr Liz Walsh
Moderator: Melanie Kirby
Tuesday, June 14th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
May 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Honey as a Functional Food for Bees & Honey Origins Citizen Science Project
Speakers: Dr May Berenbaum & Etienne Tardif
Moderator: Melanie Kirby
Wednesday, May 25th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
April 2022 Mini-Conference
Urban Beekeeping Prospects and Challenges - North and South of the Border
Speakers: Dr Dewey Caron & Julia Common
Moderator: Etienne Tardif
Tuesday, April 19th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
March 2022 Mini-Conference
Sustainable Apiaries
Speakers: Ian Steppler & Kamon Reynolds
Moderator: Etienne Tardif
Tuesday, March 8th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
February 2022 Mini-Conference
Honeybee Nutrition Basics & Nutrition and feeding management
Speakers: Dr Dale Hill
Moderator: Melanie Kirby
Wednesday, February 16th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
January 2022 Mini-Conference
Communicating with Bees - New Insights into Bee and Colony Behaviors
Speakers: Rich Morris of Broodminder and Jerry Bromenshenk of the University of Montana and Bee Health Guru.
Moderator: Randy Oliver of Scientific Beekeeping
Wednesday, January 19th, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
December 2021 Mini-Conference and WAS Annual Membership Meeting
The Saskatraz Queen Bee and Hybrid Projects – The Search for Better Queens
Albert J. Robertson, Meadow Ridge Enterprises LTD.
Wednesday, December 15, 7 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 1 AM UTC
November Mini-Conference - American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) and
American Honey Producers Association (AHPA)
Thursday, November 11, 7 PM (Mountain Daylight Time), 1 AM UTC
September Mini-Conference - Oxalic Acid and Varroa Mites from the Experts
Wednesday, September 15, 7 PM (Mountain Daylight Time), 1 AM UTC
August Mini-Conference - Honey Bee Health
Wednesday, August 25, 7 PM (Mountain Daylight Time), 1 AM UTC
July Mini-Conference - Beekeeper Education and Communication
Wednesday, July 21, 7 PM (Mountain Daylight Time)
May Mini-Conference - History of Beekeeping in the US and Sociology
of Sustainable Beekeeping
Wednesday, May 19, 7 PM (MDT)
April Mini-Conference - Veterans, Soldiers and Bees RECORDING
Wednesday, April 28, 7 PM (MDT)
March Mini-Conference - Alternatives for Varroa Control and
Determinants of European Foul Brood RECORDINGS
Wednesday, March 24, 7 PM (MST)
February Mini-Conference - Zooming Down to the Bee Gut Microbiome
RECORDINGS
Held Wednesday, February 24, 2021
