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Penn State will be offering a Pollinator Webinar Series, Wednesdays at 3 pm, starting on June 3! Registration required, but the webinars are free and open to all. To find out more information and register, please go to this website:

https://lopezuribelab.com/2020/05/23/pollinator-webinar-series-summer-2020/

Topics and dates are below! Hope to 'see' you there!

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June 3rd - Pollinator Health Challenges: A bee perspective

June 10th - The three most important steps to ensuring honey bee colony survival over the long term

June 17th - Queen rearing basics  

June 24th - Bee nutritional ecology: from flowers to landscapes

July 1st - Mason bee management for backyard and orchard pollination

July 8th - Bumble bee biology and management for pollination  

July 15th - Bee Biodiversity in Pennsylvania

July 22nd - Gardening for pollinators

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Christina M. Grozinger
Distinguished Professor of Entomology
Director, Center for Pollinator Research

Scholar-in-Residence, Sustainability Institute
Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences
Pennsylvania State University
W-209 Millennium Science Complex
University Park, PA 16802
Email: cmgrozinger@psu.edu
Webpage: http://grozingerlab.com/; https://www.facebook.com/thegrozingerlab
Center for Pollinator Research: http://ento.psu.edu/pollinators

With July here and August fast approaching it is time to think about what miticides can be used to suppress varroa populations.

Attached Link :

Treatments for Varroa - VDACS

is a summary of the miticides registered with VDACS for controlling varroa mites.

Welcome Honey Bee Friend! This survey is a national effort to collect mite infestation data and to visualize varroa infestations in honey bee colonies across North America. Mite Check is open year round for you to share your data.

THE SURVEY IS UNDERWAY

https://beeinformed.org/take-survey/

SWARM SIGHTING?