OCT Meeting – Dr. Samuel Ramsey – New Mite Threats – ANNUAL club business meeting/elections

 Guest Speaker: Dr. Samuel Ramsey

 

Samuel Ramsey’s fascination with entomology started 25 years ago and still shows no signs of waning. Prior to his 2nd-grade paradigm shift, Ramsey suffered from a debilitating fear of insects that he conquered by educating himself about them at his local library. Now the Endowed Professor of Entomology at CU Boulder’s BioFrontiers Institute, Ramsey seeks to apply his fascination with invertebrates to understanding and preserving the ecosystems that they make possible. His research on honey bee health decline has taken him around the globe in search of a better understanding of how pollinator pandemics start and how they can be stopped. His work has been recognized nationally and internationally winning first place in both categories of the International Three-Minute Thesis Competition, receiving the American Bee Research Conference’s Award for Distinguished Research, and the Alumni Excellence Award from the University of Maryland College Park. His nonprofit, The Ramsey Research Foundation, works to remove barriers that slow the progress of and decrease access to science by developing novel pathways for scientific funding and by removing paywalls that keep the public from engaging with published scientific work.

We will be opening this program to CO beekeeping associations
and pollinator research groups in CO and WY.

In -person seating is limited. (100 seats)

Members wanting to attend in person need to register online (button) by August 30th.

We will open up seating to non-members for a $5 fee. 

We will offer zoom, but this is one in-person session you don’t want to miss!

 

Social Mixer

Presentation of 2023 Officers

NEW! Rewards for Outstanding Volunteers – (could be you!). Education, Swarm Hotline, Events, and more.

Dr. Ramsey’s presentation