September 2023 Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinar
September 20, 2023
Not sure what to do with your honey bee colonies this month? Want to hear about seasonal beekeeping management in Michigan? Review the webinar recording from Michigan State University Apiculture Team's Beekeeping Office Hours!
Resources shared in webinar chat:
- Michigan State University Beekeeping YouTube channel
- August office hours webinar recording
- List of beekeeping clubs from Michigan Beekeepers Association
- Michigan Beekeepers Association’s cut-out removal list
- Is Beekeeping Right for Me? online course
- Michigan Pollinator Initiative website
- MSU Extension pollinator & pollination events
- Sign up for MSU Extension's "Pollinators and Pollination" news digest
- Ask Extension
- Blog post on pygmy shrews
- Feeding bees in the snow
- Varroa resources
- Honey Bee Health Coalition Tools for Varroa Management Guide
- Spanish version – La versión completa en español de las Herramientas para la Gestión de Varroa
- Winter management
- Oxalic acid video
- Research paper - Pupal cannibalism by worker honey bees contributes to the spread of deformed wing virus by Francisco Posada-Florez,corresponding author, Zachary S. Lamas, David J. Hawthorne, Yanping Chen, Jay D. Evans, and Eugene V. Ryabov:
- Top feeders
- Research paper that looked at robbing screens and varroa mites – Accelerated Varroa destructor population growth in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies is associated with visitation from non-natal bees by Kelly Kulhanek, Andrew Garavito, & Dennis vanEngelsdorp