August Meeting with Cory Stevens (https://www.stevensbeeco.com/)
Tue, Aug 10
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6pm: Beginner Hour 7pm: Cory Stevens presents an overview of his breeding operation with selecting for mite resistant traits (VSH)
Time & Location
Aug 10, 2021, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM PDT
Zoom - See Newsletter or Contact Us
Guests
About the event
At 6pm join us for Beginner Hour, covering tips for beginners and reccomended activites based on seasonality and local weather patterns.
At 7pm Cory Stevens presents an overview of his breeding operation with selecting for mite resistant traits (VSH).
Cory resides on his rural 27 acre farm in Bloomfield, MO, which he manages for wildlife and pollinator habitat. Cory and his wife Jaime manage Stevens Bee Company, which is primarily focused on breeding honey bees for mite resistant traits. You can check out Stevens Bee Company online at stevensbeeco.com or on Facebook. Cory is currently serving as Past President of Missouri State Beekeepers Association. He was certified as a Master Beekeeper by EAS in 2013, and trained by Sue Cobey in 2014 to instrumentally inseminate queens. Cory is currently a graduate student at UNL working on a MS degree in entomology. He is terrible about slipping bees into random conversation with…