Education Opportunities

Conversation with a Beekeeper

We have begun holding monthly webinars on different topics. Watch here for the latest posted webinars.

Honey Bee Nutrition and Supplemental Feeding

Dr. Dale Hill explores the nutritional needs of honey bees and how proper nutrition supports colony health and development. Learn about the roles of water, proteins and amino acids, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, and minerals, along with the importance of diverse pollen sources and supplemental feeding. Dr. Hill also shares practical guidance for evaluating supplements and choosing feeding strategies that work best for your bees and available forage.

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What you should know about bees and pesticide misuse investigations.

Cam Lay has a background in both beekeeping and pesticide issues. He has degrees in entomology and biology from Clemson University and the University of Alabama. He has served in both field and management positions in pesticide-regulatory agencies in SC and Maine, been an expert consultant in more court cases than he can recall, and was the Montana State Apiarist for almost 10 years. He has been a beekeeper since the late 1970s.

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Extending the Season for Making Comb

Do you want to know more about honey? Are you interested in learning how you can prepare your hive products for competition? This webinar will be a discussed preparing honey and beeswax entries for the American Honey Show held at the 2026 ABF Conference and Tradeshow. Several questions were answered as well.

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Preparing honey and beeswax entries for the 2026 American Honey Show

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How Environment Affects Honey Bee Queens

Lauren Rusett explains how environmental conditions, alongside gene interactions, and Varroa mite levels, can dictate how beekeepers make management decisions on the stocks best suited for their operational needs.

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Promote Beekeeping Success

Hear Dewey Caron as he tells what it takes to master population buildup, fall shutdown, and provide a possible solution to heavy annual losses. Click here to watch this webinar.

Lobbying 101 for Beekeepers: The Art of Advocacy

Listen as Fran teaches how to effectively engage with lawmakers, understand the legislative process, and advocate for bee-friendly policies. He’ll offer practical tips and insights tailored specifically for the beekeeping community.

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Pollinator Decline and the Managed Honey Bee

Join us as we take a deeper dive into the state of pollinator decline and the future of the industry with Jerry Hayes, the chief of the Apiary Inspection Section for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Division of Plant Industry.

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On-Demand Beekeeping Classes are below.

Blake Shook Educational Series

Click here to go to the following Blake Shook Educational Series:

Expanding from a Small Scale to Sideline Beekeeper
Building a Hobbyist, Sideline and Commercial Honey House
Beekeeping Websites
Markets and Marketing

EPA Educational Series

EPA representatives talk about pesticides for the American Beekeeping Federation “Conversation with a Beekeeper” Webinar Series

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* EPA – Ecological Risk Assessment Process for Pesticides

* EPA – EPA’s Framework for Assessing Risks to Bees from Pesticides

* EPA – Assessing Pesticide Exposure to Bees

* EPA – Incident Reporting

2016 Webinars

Click here to access the 2016 Webinars.