This year you do not have to specifically register for the conference itself. However you do need to make sure your 2025 dues ($30) have been paid*.
The conference will run from 10:00 AM-4:00 PM.
Schedule of Presentations
Time: 10am – 11am
Speaker: Melanie R. Kazenel, Ph.D
Title: The Effects of Climate Change on Bee Populations
Time: 11am – 12pm
Speaker: Kaira Wagoner, Ph.D
Title: The Biology of Honey Bee Hygiene - Selecting for Pest and Disease Resistance
Time: 12:00pm – 12:10pm BREAK
Time: 12:10 – 1:10pm
Speaker: Dr. Zachary S. Lamas
Title: Two convos, one goal (How do we breed for mite resistance while also managing the disease ecology of this complex system
Time: 1:10pm – 1: 20pm BREAK
Time: 1:20pm – 2:20pm
Speaker: William Hesbach
Title: Thermoregulation and Ventilation in a Bee Colony
Time: 2:20 – 2:30 pm BREAK
Time: 2:30pm – 3:30pm
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Buchmann
Title: What a Bee Knows: Quite a Lot!
Time: 3:30pm – 4:00pm CLOSING
All paid NMBKA members will be getting an email with the Zoom link for the conference sometime during the week of February 3-7.
The entire conference will be recorded and available to all paid NMBKA members in the weeks following the event, so even if you are unavailable to attend on February 7, please make sure to update your membership for 2025!
* If you paid your NMBKA membership between September 1, 2024 and December 31, 2024, you are paid up for all of 2025. |