Tuesday, May 7th, 7pm EDT on Zoom
Dr. Millet leads cross-disciplinary collaborations in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Tennessee Knoxville to innovate and apply technology to understand and solve challenges that impact honey bee ecology and agricultural beekeeping.
Honey bees are critical to a balanced ecosystem and the agricultural economy. Honey production and crop pollination are the primary benefits of beekeeping. In a global trade economy, large-scale agricultural production and international transport have significantly pressured the ability to maintain honey bees. In this presentation, Dr. Millet will address chemicals used in hives to control infestations and infections and considerations for keeping pesticides out of honey, wax, and propolis products, and derivative products. This talk will also bring awareness to the industrial production of hive hardware with petroleum-derived compounds that are now for sale in the beekeeping industry and induce new challenges to beekeeping. We also present evidence for how honey bees move sugar feed throughout the hive, including into honey stores. To promote high-quality honey production that brings appreciation to what honey bees do for agriculture and ecosystems, we deliver new data for pollen mapping the honey stores of honey bee hives; an emphasis will be given to local craft and artisanal honey production and keeping honey as the bees make it.
The program is free but registration is required to receive your Zoom link and the recording. The recording will be sent to everyone who registers. Closed captions are available. Please contact Michelle Campanis, UT Arboretum Education Coordinator, for any questions or registration issues.
Thursday, May 9th, 7pm EDT on ZOOM
The Southeast is rich in turtle diversity. The Volunteer State has 15 species. Of those, the Eastern Box Turtle is the sole terrestrial one we most often encounter.
The rest of the shell-covered reptiles are primarily aquatic and live in rivers, creeks, ponds, bogs and other wetlands. But all have to leave their watery homes to dig holes and lay their eggs. Typically, that happens May through July when the warm ground can incubate the nursery.
Join education coordinator Michelle Campanis and naturalist, author Stephen Lyn Bales via Zoom for “Turtle-ology,” on Thursday May 9th – the UT Arboretum Society’s May edition of the First Thursday Nature Super Club. This class is free but you must register to receive your Zoom link and the recording. Everyone who registers will receive the recording as well to watch at your convenience.
Contact UT Arboretum Education Coordinator, Michelle Campanis, for any registration issues or questions.
