MSU Extension Beekeeping & Pollinators

September 2023 Michigan Beekeeping Office Hours Webinar

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September 20, 2023

• Ana Heck
• Meghan Milbrath
• Dan Wyns
• Zachary Huang

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

Acknowledgments

Thank you to the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for securing funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Michigan State University to implement strategies in the Michigan Managed Pollinator Protection Plan.

This work is supported by the Crop Protection and Pest Management Program [grant no 2021-70006-35450] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.