Houston Beekeepers Association’s April meeting will be offered again in a hybrid format!
Meeting Agenda
6:45 PM- Ask a beekeeper: Question & Answer Forum
7:00 PM- Meeting Begins
7:15 PM- Guest Speaker
8:25 PM- Door Prizes
8:30 PM- Adjourn
6:45 PM- Ask a beekeeper: Question & Answer Forum
7:00 PM- Meeting Begins
7:15 PM- Guest Speaker
8:25 PM- Door Prizes
8:30 PM- Adjourn
Please join us via Zoom or in person!
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Speaker: Susan Cobey
Topic: Queen Rearing
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Susan Cobey is an acknowledged international authority in the field of instrumental insemination and honey bee breeding. She has established and maintains the New World Carniolan Closed Population Breeding Program, now in its 39th generation, a recognized industry standard and a model pro-gram for teaching. Her specialized training classes, designed to teach the skills necessary for the selection and maintenance of honey bee stocks, attracts researchers and beekeepers worldwide. Sue’s experience includes management of Honey Bee Research Laboratories at the Ohio University State and the University of California, Davis. She developed an independent research program focused on post instrumental insemination care and survival of queens. Her extensive experience includes co-founding and operation of a commercial queen production business, Vaca Valley Apiaries in California.
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Speaker: Susan Cobey
Topic: Queen Rearing
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Susan Cobey is an acknowledged international authority in the field of instrumental insemination and honey bee breeding. She has established and maintains the New World Carniolan Closed Population Breeding Program, now in its 39th generation, a recognized industry standard and a model pro-gram for teaching. Her specialized training classes, designed to teach the skills necessary for the selection and maintenance of honey bee stocks, attracts researchers and beekeepers worldwide. Sue’s experience includes management of Honey Bee Research Laboratories at the Ohio University State and the University of California, Davis. She developed an independent research program focused on post instrumental insemination care and survival of queens. Her extensive experience includes co-founding and operation of a commercial queen production business, Vaca Valley Apiaries in California.
She also dispenses information in presentations, publications and instructional courses for both scientific and industry audiences, worldwide. Working with Washington State University and U.S. queen producers, Sue’s current focus is enhancement of U.S. honey bee breeding stocks. Honey bee germplasm of several European subspecies imported from their native homeland are being incorporated into US breeding stocks. The goal is to increase colony vitality and tolerance/resistance to pests and diseases. Numerous studies clearly show that genetic diversity enhances colony fitness and provides the raw material for stock improvement.
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This meeting is open to the public, but you must register in advance. Please mute yourself during the presentation, unless you are participating in the discussion. This meeting will be recorded and published on HBA’s YouTube channel – by registering you consent to be recorded.
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Joining by Zoom?
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/…/tZctdO2hrzkuE9GCAYkfU1rbcAWNC…
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Joining in person?
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonett
Houston, Texas 77074
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This meeting is open to the public, but you must register in advance. Please mute yourself during the presentation, unless you are participating in the discussion. This meeting will be recorded and published on HBA’s YouTube channel – by registering you consent to be recorded.
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Joining by Zoom?
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/…/tZctdO2hrzkuE9GCAYkfU1rbcAWNC…
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
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Joining in person?
Bayland Community Center
6400 Bissonett
Houston, Texas 77074