The Ann Arbor Backyard Beekeepers meet on the second Tuesday of the month from 7-9 PM.
This month's featured speaker is Dorothey Morgan, who will delve into the theme of "The 48-Hour Cell Program" via Zoom.
The 48 hour cell program is a great way to share robust genetics, as well as produce income for queen producers. Dorothey will explain the method, and outline the responsibilities of the producer and the buyer.
Dorothey is president and founder of the Kentucky Queen Bee Breeders' Association, a board member of the Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Co-op, and the instrumental inseminator and founding member of ‘Chasing Feral Honey Bees’, where, selecting for the mite biting trait, she inseminates 100 queens yearly. She’s been a resident of Kentucky since 2001, having retired as Master Firefighter and EMT from the Anchorage, Alaska Fire Department that year. She has inseminated queens for the Purdue Bee Lab and the Heartland Honey Bee Breeders Co-op, who market their queens. With her group, ‘Chasing Feral Honey Bees’, she and her team collect feral swarms in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky and Central Ohio. She was chosen Kentucky’s Beekeeper of the Year in 2018.
