Join us at this free event to learn about current trends in beekeeping with scientists, provincial apiarists, industry specialists, and guest speaker Dr. Kirsten Traynor, who will discuss German Hive Rotation: Intensive Management for Low Winter Losses.
This is your chance to get the latest apicultural research highlights.
All are welcome to join and a complimentary BBQ lunch will be served.
Invited Speakers:
-Dr. Shelley Hoover, Alberta Agriculture and Forestry
-Samantha Muirhead, Acting Provincial Apiculturist – Alberta
-Paul van Westendorp, Provincial Apiculturist – British Columbia
-Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, National Bee Diagnostic Centre
For further information contact:
Dr. Steve Pernal 780-354-5135 Steve.Pernal@canada.ca
Dr. Traynor manages an apiary producing top quality nucleus colonies, small honey bee colonies created from larger ones, and Maryland reared queens.
Using the biology of the bee against the biology of the varroa mite, she keeps her colonies healthy without synthetic chemicals. In 2006-2007, she received a German Chancellor Fellowship & drove over 50,000 miles throughout Western Europe to study the differences between European and American beekeeping. She reported her findings through 50+ articles. Fascinated with the social complexity of a honey bee hive, she earned her PhD in biology from Arizona State University with Dr. Robert Page.
While a graduate student, she spent almost a year in Avignon, France in the lab of Dr. Yves Le Conte as a Fulbright Fellow. She investigated how pesticides impact honey bee health as a postdoc and was editor of American Bee Journal. She is the author of Two Million Blossoms: Discovering the Medicinal Benefits of Honey and Simple, Smart Beekeeping.