Tuesday, March 15, 2022
6:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Dewey Caron will present on Deadouts: (dead colonies have tales to tell) and Caring for Smaller, Weaker Colonies (to make them stronger)
6:30 Opening questions and answers moderated by President Ryan Smith
7:00 Club Announcements
7:05 Dr. Dewey Caron
Dr. Dewey Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, Univ of Delaware, & Affiliate Professor, Dept Horticulture, Oregon State University. He had professional appointments at Cornell (1968-70), Univ of Maryland (1970-81) and U Delaware 1981-2009, serving as entomology chair at the last 2. A sabbatical year was spent at the USDA Tucson lab 1977-78 and he had 2 Fulbright awards for projects in Panama and Bolivia with Africanized bees. Following retirement from Univ of Delaware in 2009 he moved to Portland, OR to be closer to grandkids.
Dewey has been active with Eastern Apicultural Society, serving in many positions, including President and Chairman of the Board and Master Beekeeper Program developer and advisor. Since being in the west, he has served as organizer of the Western Apicultural (WAS) Society annual meeting and President of WAS in Salem OR in 2010, and is currently member-at-large to the WAS Board. Dewey represents WAS on the Honey Bee Health Coalition.
In retirement he remains active in bee education, writing for newsletters, giving Bee Short Courses, assisting in several Master beekeeper programs, and giving presentations to local, state and regional bee clubs. He is author of Honey Bee Biology & Beekeeping, a major textbook used in university and bee association bee courses. He has a new bee book, The Complete Bee Handbook published by Rockridge Press in 2020. Each April he does Pacific Northwest bee survey of losses and management and a pollination economics survey of PNW beekeepers.
Dr. Dewey Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, Univ of Delaware, & Affiliate Professor, Dept Horticulture, Oregon State University. He had professional appointments at Cornell (1968-70), Univ of Maryland (1970-81) and U Delaware 1981-2009, serving as entomology chair at the last 2. A sabbatical year was spent at the USDA Tucson lab 1977-78 and he had 2 Fulbright awards for projects in Panama and Bolivia with Africanized bees. Following retirement from Univ of Delaware in 2009 he moved to Portland, OR to be closer to grandkids.
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Topic: AABA March Meeting
Time: Mar 15, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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