Mailing list for the Person County Beekeepers Association, Roxboro, NC

[Todd Walker <mtwalker AT imageray.net>]

From Dr Tarpy:

Hi everyone,

Greetings from the NC State Apiculture Program! You can now access our

latest issue of the our program's newsletter, the Wolfpack's Waggle,

which can also be found as usual through:

https://www.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Waggle_2016-2.pdf

It’s been a busy spring thus far, and things are only just beginning!

Carl successfully passed his oral exams and has now advanced to

candidacy, which means he is now down the home stretch in writing up his

three thesis chapters. James has launched into a new research project on

queen reproductive quality and the shipping of packaged queens. Hongmei

continues to makes strides in her research projects on the

bioinformatics of IAPV and new genomic tools. Parry, who only joined our

program in November, has been making great headway into the BIP virus

project by re-running all ~2,400 colony samples for better genetic

information as well as analyzing the complex dataset. Hannah has done a

fantastic job in coordinating all of the 18 different research stations

across the state in their planting of pollinator habitats and is just

now starting to collect samples from the field. Jennifer has been

keeping busy in colony splits to keep ahead of the swarming season, and

in doing so has already doubled our overwintered population. That means

we’re ready for summer!

I hope everyone is doing great during this busiest of bee seasons!

Sincerely, David