ABC Bees

Michael Bush and How to Know if Your Queenless: Master Academy 2021

Michael Bush is an internationally recognized author and speaker on natural beekeeping. In this webinar, Michael shares how you don't always have to rely on spotting the queen when looking to see if your hive is queenright and all about queens.

Les Crowder, Natural Beekeeping and Varroa: Master Academy 2021

Les Crowder is the author the book “Top-Bar Beekeeping” and teaches how to recognize problems with disease, parasites, queen fertility etc. early. In this webinar, Les shares all about varroa; natural and balanced approaches to disease.

Melanie Kirby, Management Amidst A Changing Climate: Master Academy 2021

Melanie Kirby co-founded Zia Queenbees Farm & Field Institute in 2005, breeding longevity-based queens at high elevation. In this webinar, we inspect colonies together and talk about managing bees in a changing climate: dry summers, intense ...

Dr. Renata Borba, Social Immunity and Propolis: Master Academy 2021

Dr. Renata Borba is the Alberta Beekeepers Commission Tech Transfer Team lead. We review how hive health is connected to bees' individual immune system, how propolis mitigates infection, and how beekeepers can increase propolis production.

Dr. Steve Pernal and Wintering Success: Master Academy 2021

Dr. Steve Pernal leads Canada’s federal apiculture research program. This session is all about wintering bees in the North. How to stablish large populations of physiologically-adapted (winter) bees, ventilation, protection from the elements.

Kirk Anderson and The Beekeeping Experience: Master Academy 2021

Kirk Anderson is ABC Bees mentor and championed the largest beekeeping club in America: Los Angeles. This uplifting webinar shares how sometimes make the wrong decisions, but so do the bees. We must learn to enjoy that experience with them.