What happened in 2019 when it came to Apiculture? We visit the Apiculture unit at Alberta Agriculture and Forestry in Lethbridge to find out. Hear about highlights from Apimonida, the introduction of an Asian giant hornet in Washington and BC and problems beekeepers have been having with European foulbrood. We are joined by Shelley Hoover, Jeff Kearns and Lynae Ovinge.

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Links:

• Apimondia 2019
• Gene Robinson Lab
• Varroa destructor feeds primarily on honey bee fat body tissue and not hemolymph (Ramsey et al., PNAS, 2019)
• Honey adulteration
• Giant Asian Hornet Alert (Washington State Department of Agriculture)