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Please join us for the June General Meeting. Our guest speaker, Dr. Elina L. Niño, will be sharing updates on research being conducted at UC Davis’s E. L. Niño Bee Lab and answering questions during at Q & A session.

As director of the E. L. Niño Research and Extension Program, Dr. Niño oversees the California Master Beekeepers Program (CAMBP), the Bee Health Hub, and the UC Davis Bee Haven.

Elina L. Niño is an Extension Specialist for Apiculture with UC ANR UCCE located in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at UC Davis. Dr. Niño’s team supports a number of stakeholder groups through educational activities and by offering laboratory and field services. Dr. Niño’s team utilizes basic and applied approaches to understanding and improving honey bee health. Ongoing projects include stock and miticide evaluation, benefits of nutritional supplements such as probiotics and phytochemicals, and evaluating pollination management practices to support honey bee health. To learn more about the research and extension/outreach efforts please visit https://elninobeelab.ucdavis.edu/ , https://cambp.ucdavis.edu/ and https://beehealthhub.ucdavis.edu/

As a bonus, we’ll be raffling off two PSU Honey and Pollen Diagnostic Lab analysis kits. Each June General Meeting attendee with receive a raffle ticket and a chance win free honey analysis. (See additional information about the PSU Honey and Pollen Diagnostic Lab in this month’s Newsletter).

We hope you are able to join us!