Well known author, editor and speaker Larry Connor operates Wicwas Press, the largest North American press focused on quality beekeeping books. He conducted pollination studies at Michigan State University, served as Extension Entomologist at The Ohio State University, and was president of Genetic Systems Inc., a venture that mass-produced instrumentally inseminated queen bees. He is …
Read More Dr. Lawrence ConnorBecky Masterman Is currently serving as UMN Bee Squad Associate Program Director. She first worked for the UMN Bee Lab as an undergraduate in 1992, and returned in 2012 as the Bee Squad’s Associate Program Director and Coordinator. Becky graduated from UMN Twin Cities with a BA (major in history, minor in biology) and then …
Read More Dr. Rebecca MastermanJay Evans is Research Leader at the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Bee Research Lab in Beltsville, MD, where he has worked for nearly 20 years. The BRL is focused on the development of management strategies to help honey bees thrive in the face of disease, chemical stress, and inadequate forage. Lab members are …
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Larry Connor was born in Kalamzoo and graduated from Richland High School in 1963. He earned three degrees in entomology from Michigan State University and was hired as Extension Entomologist in Apiculture at The Ohio State University in 1972. In 1976 he was hired by Chuck Dadant of Dadant and Sons to run a new …
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Judy Wu-Smart received her BS in Zoology at Humboldt State University, Arcata, California. She received her MS in Entomology at Washington State University under the advisement of Dr. Walter “Steve” Sheppard. Her MS research examined the effects of pesticide residue accumulation in brood comb on honey bee health. She then continued onto a PhD program …
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Thomas D. Seeley, biologist and writer, is a professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at Cornell University. He teaches courses on animal behavior and does research on the behavior, social life, and ecology of honey bees. Tom is an avid beekeeper and began keeping bees while a high school student, when he shook …
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