WAS MONTHLY MINI CONFERENCES

July 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: Detroit Is The Place To Bee!
Speakers: Timothy Jackson and Nicole Lindsey of Detroit Hives
Moderator: Melanie Kirby

June 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: Queen Banking and Rearing
Speakers: Ellen Topitzhofer & Eric and Joy McEwen
Moderator: Dr. Dewey Caron

May 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: Enhancing your Beekeeping Club Organization, Cooperation and Activities
Speakers: Michele Colopy & Debbie Seib
Moderator: Dr. Medhat Nasr

April 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: Bee Diversity & Cultivating Engaged Keepers
Speakers: Dr. Deborah Delaney & Carolyn Breece
Moderator: Dr. Dewey Caron

March 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: European Black Bee Conservation​
Speakers: Roderick Wheatley & John Thorp
Moderator: Melanie Kirby

February 2023 Mini-Conference
Topic: Talking with Pheromones
Speakers: Dr. Jon Zawislak
Moderator: Dr. Dewey Caron

October 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Queen Issues & Brood Factories
Speakers: Dr David Tarpy & Michael Palmer
Moderator: Melanie Kirby/Etienne Tardif 

September 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Nosema and Seaweed
Speakers: Dr Martin Porrini & Dara Scott
Moderator: Melanie Kirby/Etienne Tardif 

August 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: All About Varroa
Speakers: Dr Kelly Kulhanek & Dr Nuria Morfin
Moderator: Melanie Kirby 

July 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Queens and Drones
Speakers: Dr Juliana Rangel & Garrett Slater
Moderator: Melanie Kirby 

June 2022 Mini-Conference
Topic: Honey Bee Pathogens (Viruses & Chalkbrood) 
Speakers: Dr Marley Iredale & Dr Liz Walsh
Moderator: Melanie Kirby

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

April 2022 Mini-Conference
Urban Beekeeping Prospects and Challenges - North and South of the Border
Speakers: Dr Dewey Caron & Julia Common
Moderator: Etienne Tardif

March 2022 Mini-Conference
Sustainable Apiaries
Speakers: Ian Steppler & Kamon Reynolds
Moderator: Etienne Tardif

February 2022 Mini-Conference

Honeybee Nutrition Basics & Nutrition and feeding management

Speakers: Dr Dale Hill
Moderator: Melanie Kirby

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

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.

November Mini-Conference - American Beekeeping Federation (ABF) and
American Honey Producers Association (AHPA)

September Mini-Conference - Oxalic Acid and Varroa Mites from the Experts

August Mini-Conference - Honey Bee Health

July Mini-Conference - Beekeeper Education and Communication

June Mini-Conference - Honey Varietals and Marketing 

May Mini-Conference - History of Beekeeping in the US and Sociology

of Sustainable Beekeeping

April Mini-Conference - Veterans, Soldiers and Bees RECORDING

March Mini-Conference - Alternatives for Varroa Control and

Determinants of European Foul Brood RECORDINGS

February Mini-Conference - Zooming Down to the Bee Gut Microbiome

RECORDINGS

January Mini-Conference - Queens and Drones - RECORDINGS

December 2020 Mini-Conference - Heating Beehives - RECORDINGS