Background:
These
are not conventional times for bees, and the conventional wisdom about how to
keep honeybees and manage wild pollinators no longer ser es beekeepers, farmers
or the critical societal imperative for environmental sustainability. Now is
the time for bold new ideas that recognize beekeepers as stewards of both
managed and wild bees, promoters of healthy environments, managers of
economically sustainable apiaries and paragons of collaboration and
cooperation.
I’s
time for some Audacious thinking about the future of bees
and beekeeping.
With
an agenda developed by particiants indvance ten leers wil
facilate aproximaty 90 prticipas in ative diogues o devel bold,feasibl evidece-basesolutins forhe fuure heah of bes and e
proserity ofthose wh manage them.
The December 2016 conference
will be immediately followed by a panel discussion on December 14th
that will be live streamed and available for viewing at www.beeaudacious.com. Dr. Mark Winston
will write the Proceedings for future posting to the website.
Leaders include:
·
Dr.
Thomas Seeley, Professor of Biology,
Cornell University
·
Dr. Marla Spivak, Macarthur Fellow, Distinguished McKnight Professor, University of
Minnesota
·
Dr. Mark Winston, Professor
and Senior Fellow, Simon Fraser University Centre for Dialogue
·
Dr. Jim Frazier, Professor Emeritus of Entomology, Penn State University
·
William Klett, Commercial Beekeeper
·
Dr. Stephen Martin, Professor, School of Environment and Life
Sciences, University of Salford
·
Dr. Heather Mattila, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences,
Wellesley College
·
Chaz Mraz, Champlain
Valley Apiaries
·
Dr. Francis Ratniek, Professor of Apiculture, University of Sussex
·
Dr. Neal Williams, Professor of Pollination Ecology, University of California, Davis
These people were into bees, pollinators and environmental
sustainability long before it was popular. Help us put them in a room
together! We can all benefit from
the ideas their collective centuries of experience can generate. … and so can
our bees!
Make a
difference….BEE AUDACIOUS!
Supporters
Bee Audacious. It's a great concept in beekeeping and in life. Gratitude for being able to support in some small way.
Pennsylvania State Beekeeper
I love Bonnie bee and Company (my dad Gary). I know how hard they work for this and how important it is.
Humans need bees!
Any time beekeepers can get together, share and learn, is time valuable to the world. Those ideas flow out, like honey, and we all benefit. Being Audacious about it???? About Time!!
It's audacious.