Cornell Offers Master Beekeeping Certificate

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Cornell University is offering a Master Beekeeper Program certificate through eCornell, the university’s online-learning subsidiary.

This is an advanced program targeted at beekeepers with at least three years of experience. The program’s total duration is 15 months and it comprises four online classes along with three final exams, the latter to take place in person—extenuating circumstances, like COVID-19, permitting—at Cornell’s Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies.

Topics include honey bee evolution, biology, and behavior, in addition to management of pests and diseases. Faculty authors include noted beekeeping experts from Cornell and the Ontario Finger Lakes Beekeepers Association.

Visit the Pollinator Network @ Cornell website at pollinator.cals.cornell.edu/master-beekeeper-program/ to learn more, watch a brief overview video, or register for the program.

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Integrated Pest Management Insights

In this issue:

December 2020

Center-Funded Project Promotes IPM among New England Beekeepers: A Northeastern IPM Center-funded project has given New England beekeepers better tools and resources for combating a parasite causing significant bee losses.

Cornell Offers Master Beekeeping Certificate: Cornell University is offering a Master Beekeeper Program certificate through eCornell, the university’s online-learning subsidiary.

Our Indispensable Pollinating Bees: There are 20,000 bee species in the world—4,000 of them in the United States and an estimated 420 in New York. Amongst all the bees out there, who is really doing the pollinating?

Asian Giant Hornet Threat, in Context: This invasive hornet’s threat to humans may be overhyped, but the danger to pollinators is very real.

Beneficial Pollinators and the Plants That Attract Them: SLELO PRISM has developed an illustrated guide that provides an overview of some of the pollinators you may want to attract to your garden.

New York Commissions Study Supporting Pollinator Conservation, Management: In 2015, New York’s state government assembled a pollinator task force to address declines in native pollinator populations.

December 2020 Download: The December 2020 issue of IPM Insights is now available as a downloadable PDF.

Spotted Lanternfly, an Invasive Pest Threatening Grapes and Other Crops, Found in Ithaca, NY: A population of spotted lanternfly (SLF) has been found in Ithaca, NY, just off the Cornell University campus.

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