NMBKA 2025 Winter Conference! (and Membership Drive) The 2025 NMBKA Virtual Winter Conference is approaching! Important: Your 2025 Membership must be paid in order to participate https://www.nmbeekeepers.org/pricing-plans/list <https://nmbeekeepers.us10.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ad273a1c86937b09e594d10af&id=c03129ccb6&e=996cb488c6>  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.