Wallowa County Beekeepers June Meeting

At our June meeting, Dr. Dewey Caron will be speaking via zoom about splitting colonies and introducing new queens into a an existing colony of honey bees. Dr. Caron is a entomologist who spent most of his career researching honey bees and teaching at the University of Delaware. He is the author of a fantastic textbook titled, "Honey Bee Biology." He is an excellent speaker with a very broad knowledge base regarding bees and other insects. Dr. Caron is active in Project Apis M, the Oregon Beekeepers Association, and the Western Apicultural Society.

Please join us for a lively discussion about honey bees, beekeeping, making hive splits, and introducing new queens. There will be plenty of time to get your questions beekeeping answered from this well-respected expert.

P.S. In the off season, Dr. Caron keeps stingless bees in Bolivia. On the topic of working with africanized bees, Dr. Caron quips "I give up after about a hundred stings."