7:30 PM:  Critical Thinking Beekeeping with Rob Overton

Have you ever taken a step back and asked yourself, why am I doing this? Beekeepers tend to get into a rhythm of managing their bees based upon what they have been told or read in a book, often to the detriment of our bees. In this presentation I will share some thoughts on popular beekeeping myths and not so popular alternatives.  An key goal is working to convince all beekeepers to continually evaluate their methods in an effort to be the best beekeeper they can be.

Rob Overton is a second generation beekeeper, with 45+ years of beekeeping experience, who has spent the last couple of decades focusing on the study of feral bees and hive thermodynamics in an effort to promote self-sustaining northern beekeeping.  He was a founding partner of Beemaster.com and the creator of the Bushkill bee vac.  Rob also served as contributing beekeeping expert to  the Wildlife Pro Network to help nuisance wildlife professionals add honeybee removals to their business model and not refer them to exterminators.

In addition to his full-time employment as a computer engineer, he runs about 50 hives and manufactures bee vacs in his spare time.

 
Zoom meeting – WCBA Meeting November 8:
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Topic: WCBA Nov Monthly Mtg
Time: Nov 8, 2022 07:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
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