Honeybee Overwintering Thermodynamics
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025, 7:30 PM (Mountain Standard Time), 2:30 AM UTC
Agenda for this approximately one hour mini
Presentation: "Honeybee Overwintering Thermodynamics" by Dr. Scott Debnam, University of Montana
Summary: How naturally nesting bees design their cavity and utilize the three products, heat, CO2 & H2O, they produce over the winter. How can we emulate their cavity design in our managed hives to take advantage of these products.
Bios: The University of Montana's Organismal Biology, Ecology, & Evolution program awarded Dr. Scott Debnam his Master's degree in Pollination Ecology in 2016 and his Doctorate in Insect Physiology in 2022. Scott is an expert on honey bee problems and pests and specializes in nest thermoregulation and the economics associated with nest thermoregulation. For the past 10 years, he has co-instructed the University of Montana's Online Master Beekeeping program, which received the 2019 UPCEA award for outstanding online education. He has taught over 2000 students from 22 different countries. As well as being an instructor at Amherst College, he is a co-instructor of the new Commercial Beekeeping program at UM Online.
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