Two of the nearly 80 workshops scheduled for the upcoming Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (OEFFA) annual conference will help you help bees and their friends.
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Reasons to protect pollinators
Learn about the importance of pollinators and about threats to them in a workshop at the Mahoning County office of OSU Extension, CFAES’s outreach arm. It’s tomorrow, Tuesday, Oct. 23, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Registration is $10. Find out more. (Photo: Getty Images.)
Home improvement for pollinators
The next Pollinator School workshop, presented by the Mahoning County office of CFAES’s outreach arm, OSU Extension, runs from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in Canfield in northeast Ohio. The program’s title is “Habitats.” It’s about seeing, understanding and improving where pollinators live and feed. Registration is $10. Learn more. (Photo: Getty Images.)
Webinar on bees ’n’ beans
Kelly Tilmon, associate professor in CFAES’s Department of Entomology, presents “Pollinator Diversity in Ohio Soybeans” at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in a webinar series hosted by CFAES’s Bee Lab.
Gather further details. It’s free to watch; use the “Guest Login” at 8:55 a.m. (Photo: Getty Images.)
Bee Culture editor to speak Wednesday
The 2018 webinar series by CFAES’s Bee Lab continues at 9 a.m. Wednesday, June 20, with a talk called “Ethics in Beekeeping.” Speaking will be Kim Flottum, the editor of Medina-based Bee Culture magazine and the author of The Backyard Beekeeper and Better Beekeeping, among others.
It’s free to watch; use the “Guest Login” at 8:55 a.m.
Learn more. (Photo: iStock.)
Meet the bees in your own backyard
CFAES’s Bee Lab is co-sponsoring three upcoming Bees in Your Backyard workshops by author and bee expert Olivia Carril, and a lecture and book signing, too. Nota bee-ne: The deadline to register for the workshops is May 18; for the lecture and book signing, June 4. Continue reading Meet the bees in your own backyard
Where do bees do what they do?
CFAES scientist Reed Johnson presents “Where Are Honey Bees Foraging in Ohio?” from 9-10 a.m. May 16 as part of a webinar series hosted by the college’s Bee Lab. Watching the webinar is free; use the “Guest Login” at 8:55 a.m. Gather more information (scroll down). (Photo: iStock.)
Waiter, there’s a bee on my screen
CFAES’s 2018 Bee Lab Webinar Series kicks off when biologist-author Olivia Carril presents “Identifying Common Bees of the Great Lakes Region” from 9-10 a.m., April 18. Carril is the co-author of The Bees in Your Backyard: A Guide to North America’s Bees (Princeton University Press, 2015), which the Bookseller Buyer’s Guide calls “The ultimate bee book for bee enthusiasts and experts alike.”
Honey, we’re growing more bee-friendly plants
CFAES researchers Reed Johnson and Sharon Treaster give you four tips for helping honey bees, and why, on Ohio State’s Insights website. (Photo: iStock.)
The case of the disappearing bee
Elizabeth Long, assistant professor in CFAES’s Department of Entomology, presents “Death by Dust? The Case of the Disappearing Bee” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in the Wooster Science Café series. Long was a co-author of a 2017 Journal of Applied Ecology study that reported that neonicotinoid insectides, when used to protect corn seeds after planting, pose risks for honey bees.