join us Tuesday March 11th at 7 pm at the Manassas Church of the Brethren for Bee Club. LIVE with special guest Eric Malcolm of the UMD Bee Lab
Performing Colony Health Inspections and Recording the Details that Matter
We inspect our colonies for different reasons and in different frequencies throughout the season. But regular and intentional colony health inspections can make or break a year’s worth of effort for a beekeeper. In this talk Eric Malcolm will review the important components of a colony health inspection and how keeping records of our observations can inform timely management and help avoid potential consequences.
Eric is the Apicultural Extension Educator and Apiary Manager at the University of Maryland Bee Lab. His work focuses on apiary management, outreach, education, and helping beekeepers make informed decisions using their own observations, monitoring techniques, and scientifically proven best management practices. He is a sideline beekeeper and owner of his own apiary management business. In years past, he helped coordinate the Bee Informed Partnership’s Sentinel Apiary Program, a national citizen science program designed to help improve monitoring practices and establishing essential skills for beekeepers of all levels. He is passionate about beekeeping, helping beekeepers, wild edible and medicinal plants and mushrooms, enjoying time with his family, traveling, camping, and backpacking.