Honeybee health Honeybee specialists and native pollinator experts from around the country will discuss bee health and disease research during the Western Apicultural Society’s annual conference in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, ­California, August 17-20. Other topics will include: beekeeping with minimal chemical input, cooperative rearing of local honeybee stocks, identifying pollinators other than honeybees, impacts of native bees on commercial crop production, and the biology and management of honeybees. A wine and honey tasting is scheduled following registration on August 17. The conference will take place in the Dry Creek Inn and Krug Event Center. For more information, check the Web […]