[Pollinator] Fourth Annual UC Davis Bee Symposium Set March 3

[Kathy Keatley Garvey]

It's "bee" time!

Registration is underway for the fourth annual UC Davis Bee Symposium:
Keeping Bees Healthy <http://honey.ucdavis.edu/events/2018-bee-symposium>,
set Saturday, March 3 in the UC Davis Conference Room on Alumni Drive. It's
sponsored by the UC Davis Honey and Pollination Center,
<http://honey.ucdavis.edu/> Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and Food
Science, and the UC Davis Department of Entomology and
<http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/> Nematology.

 Keynote speaker is noted bee scientist/professor/author Tom Seeley
<http://pages.nbb.cornell.edu/seeley.shtml> of Cornell University, Ithaca,
N.Y., who will speak on "Darwinian Beekeeping" at 9:15 a.m.

Seeley is the Horace White Professor in Biology, Department of Neurobiology
and Behavior, where he teaches courses on animal behavior and researches
the behavior and social life of honey bees. He's the author of *Honeybee
Ecology: A Study of Adaptation in Social Life*
<https://press.princeton.edu/titles/2355.html>(1985), *The Wisdom of the
Hive: the Social Physiology of Honey Bee Colonies*
<https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9267.html> (1995), and *Honeybee
Democracy* <https://press.princeton.edu/titles/9267.html>(2010), all
published by Princeton University Press. His books will be available for
purchase and signing at the symposium.

The daylong event "is designed for beekeepers of all experience levels,
including gardeners, farmers and anyone interested in the world of
pollination and bees," said Amina Harris, director of the Honey and
Pollination Center. "In addition to our speakers, there will be lobby
displays featuring graduate student research posters, the latest in
beekeeping equipment, books, honey, plants, and much more."

Graduate students throughout the country are invited to submit their
research posters. The winners will share $1800 in cash prizes. Applications
must be submitted to Liz Luu at luu at caes.ucdavis.edu, by Feb. 12. For the
rules, see this web page
<http://honey.ucdavis.edu/events/2018-bee-symposium/#gradstudent>.

See more at http://ucanr.edu/blogs/blogcore/postdetail.cfm?postnum=26176

-- 
Kathy Keatley Garvey
UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
kegarvey at ucdavis.edu
Or
kathykeatleygarvey at gmail.com
Website: http://entomology.ucdavis.edu/
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