Dr. Ellis is the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. At the University of Florida, Dr. Ellis has responsibilities in extension, instruction and research related to honey bees. Regarding his extension work, Dr. Ellis created the UF, South Florida, and Caribbean Bee Colleges, and […]
Three Legged Stool
The Three Legged Stool event scheduled for Saturday, May 7th, and Sunday, May 8th, 2022 has been canceled. The current COVID climate frustrates us all. Stay tuned for 2023.
Kelly Kulhanek PhD
Kelly joined the Hopkins lab as a postdoctoral researcher in the summer of 2020. She completed her doctorate studying honey bee health and management practices in the vanEngelsdorp Bee lab at University of Maryland. Her doctoral work focused on identifying beekeeping management practices to improve colony health and survival. She also addressed obstacles to best […]
Dave Tarpy PhD
Dr. Dave Tarpy of North Carolina State University, is a widely recognized authority on queen behavior and honey bee genetics, and is the only individual every to receive both of EAS’ highest awards: the 2016 Roger Morse Outstanding Teaching/Extension Service/Regulatory Award and the Hambleton. Dr. Tarpy is a full professor and North Carolina Extension specialist […]
Ramesh Sagili PhD
Dr. Sagili is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Horticulture at Oregon State University. He obtained his PhD in Entomology from Texas A&M University in 2007. He has a bachelors and a Masters degree in Agriculture from A.P. Agricultural University, India. His primary research focus is honey bee health, nutrition and pollination. His research […]
Alison McAfee PhD
Alison studies honey bee reproductive health, focusing on factors affecting sperm viability. Honey bee queens mate several times early in life, then maintain the sperm for years in a specialized storage organ until they die. Colony health directly depends on the queen’s ability to keep these sperm alive so that she can lay an abundance […]
Samuel Ramsey PhD
Samuel Ramsey’s enduring interest in insect biology started 23 years ago and shows no signs of waning. Having earned his doctorate from Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp’s lab at the University of Maryland; Dr. Ramsey maintains a focus on how insect research can benefit the public through the development of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies and STEM-based […]
Adam Dolezal PhD
Evolution & Behavior Honey bees are extremely important pollinators. Understanding the way bees manage infections can help us protect them. Honey bees are important pollinators. However, like us, they can become hosts to many pathogens. As a social species living in enormous colonies, honey bees have evolved many behavioral defenses to deal with disease, for […]
Natures Symbiotic Relationships
When the snow begins to fall from the sky the child in us shrieks in delight, yet as the days wane onward we become fatigued from the joy. The honey bee’s emergence into the outdoors in early spring brings renewal of life. As the Worker Bee, female, flitters from plant to plant, tree to tree, […]
Breaking News
OSU’s own Dr. Andony Melathopoulos has just garnered a most prestigious award. Andony will be in the U.S. Botantical Gardens, Washington, DC next week to receive the 2018 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate award 2018 NAPPC Pollinator Advocate award (NAPPC = North American Pollination Protection Campaign). The award recognizes Andony as an entomologist with a passion for […]