Beekeeping Today Podcast15 Jun 2020

The BeeMD and More with Dr. Jamie Ellis (S2, E34)

This week, we talk with Dr. Jamie Ellis, from the University of Florida about The BEEMD website, the UoF Bee Lab, Coloss, research, teaching and his extension work! All his work is centered on honey bees, is beekeeper driven and embraces collaboration.

Dr. Ellis has a brand-new bee lab with over 50 grad, undergrad and volunteer students conducting research. In addition, he is working on the U of F Master Beekeeper Program, is teaching 5 levels of honey bee classes, speaking to beekeeper groups, hosting his own podcast and more (if you can believe it!). Get set to sit on the edge of you chair for some of the most exciting information on honey bees you've heard in a long time – well, at least since our last podcast!

Find out more by listening today!

Links and websites mentioned in this episode:

The BeeMD: http://www.thebeemd.com
The University of Florida Bee Lab: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/
The COLOSS Honey Bee Research Organization: https://coloss.org
Two Bees in a Podcast: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/honey-bee/podcast/

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