0:00 Introductions & Agenda
0:45 Announcements & Communication Channels
07:50 Entrances
18:40 Condensing & Ventilating Hives
28:55 Winter Feeding
33:36 Varroa
38:35 Q&A
Resources shared in webinar chat:
Michigan State University Beekeeping KZfaq channel: / @michiganstateuniversi...
August office hours webinar recording: • August 2023 Michigan B...
List of beekeeping clubs from Michigan Beekeepers Association: www.michiganbe...
Michigan Beekeepers Association’s cut-out removal list: www.michiganbe...
Is Beekeeping Right for Me? online course: www.canr.msu.e...
Michigan Pollinator Initiative website: pollinators.ms...
MSU Extension pollinator & pollination events: bit.ly/MSUpolli...
Sign up for MSU Extension's "Pollinators and Pollination" news digests: bit.ly/MSUENews
Ask Extension: pollinators.ms...
Varroa resources: pollinators.ms...
Blog post on pygmy shrews: beeinformed.or...
Feeding bees in the snow: bees.msu.edu/f...
Varroa resources: pollinators.ms...
Honey Bee Health Coalition Tools for Varroa Management: honeybeehealth...
Spanish version - La versión completa en español de las Herramientas para la Gestión de Varroa: honeybeehealth...
Winter management : www.beeculture...
Oxalic acid video: • How to Use Oxalic Acid...
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: www.ncbi.nlm.n...
Top feeders: beeinformed.or...
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: www.nature.com...
Michigan State University Extension Pollinator Resources:
Sign up for MSU Extension's "Pollinators and Pollination" news digests: bit.ly/MSUENews
Michigan Pollinator Initiative website: pollinators.ms...
MSU Extension Pollinators & Pollination website: www.canr.msu.e...
MSU Beekeeping KZfaq channel: / @michiganstateuniversi...
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.