The BeeGroup at VT

08/05/2026

Open rank position at UF!

04/07/2026

Herbicides, which are used to treat weeds, also impact the brains and behavior of foraging honey bees. VT did a cool write-up on a study that was published in 2025 from Dr. Laura McHenry out of the lab of Dr. Margaret Jane Couvillon.

03/23/2026

VSBA October Mtg News!

🐝 Fresh news from Florida!

We’re excited to officially confirm that Dr. Jamie Ellis will be joining us as our Keynote Speaker for the VSBA Fall Conference – October 17–18, 2026.

And that’s not all…

We’ll also be welcoming:
✨ Dr. Maggie Couvillon
✨ Kaylee Richardson
✨ Dr. Hollee Freeman

This is shaping up to be an incredible weekend of education, collaboration, and real-world beekeeping knowledge from some of the best in the field.

And we’re not done yet—more speakers will be announced soon.

Stay tuned for registration details 👀

03/10/2026

Our own Dr. James Wilson is being honored for his commitment to teaching, mentoring, and pedagogy. Woot!

Congratulations to James Wilson on being awarded the Virginia Tech College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Certificate of Teaching Excellence for 2026! 🎊

Dr. Wilson is a Collegiate Assistant Professor of Apiculture in our department, and he teaches several classes including our popular Bees and Beekeeping class. 🐝

03/09/2026

Sometimes it's really fun to write about someone else's work.

Check out "A New Toy for Serious Science Allows for Individual Honey Bee Forager Tracking"!

02/06/2026

Come join us on February 22nd, 2026 for a relaunching of our webinar series in collaboration with Virginia State Beekeepers Association (VSBA)!

12/22/2025

Do you like getting data from your hives? Join us and our ongoing effort the US Capped Brood Monitoring Program!

Citizen science request! We are expanding our US Capped Brood Monitoring Program (https://aub.ie/winterbrood) to beekeepers for three time periods this winter: Dec 19-21, Jan 2-4, and Jan 16-18.

Each beekeeper inspection should take 2-3 minutes per colony, with minimal disturbance; we are looking for a Yes or No for presence of Capped Brood.

Please help us get to our target of 10 beekeeper participants per state!

For a demonstration video and to submit your information, go to: https://aub.ie/broodcsi

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