Bee Breeding Around the Globe -February 16, 2017, FCBA Meeting
Dr.
Kirsten Traynor of Flickerwood Apiary in Middletown, MD is the featured speaker
at the Thursday, February 16 Franklin Co. Beekeepers' Assoc. Quarterly
Meeting. The meeting will be at 7:00
p.m. at the Franklin County Ag Heritage Building, 185 Franklin Farm Lane,
Chambersburg, PA (next to the extension office). Dr. Traynor will speak on “Bee Breeding
Around the Globe.” Dr. Kirsten Traynor
& Michael Traynor of Flickerwood Apiary have met with bee breeders in many
parts of the world to learn unique techniques to improve the qualities of their
bees. Her presentation will describe how a club in Denmark teaches all new
beekeepers how to rear their own queen, so they can start their first hive. She
will also talk about her visit to Buckfast Abbey, where Brother Adam bred the
unique Buckfast bee. Dr. Kirsten Traynor highlights some of the best aspects of
bee breeding they’ve studied in their world travels.
Dr.
Traynor received the prestigious German Chancellor Scholarship from the
Humboldt Foundation in 2006-2007, annually awarded to ten American leaders in
their field. She and her husband drove over 50,000 miles throughout Western
Europe to study the differences between European and American beekeeping,
reporting their findings through 50+ published articles in national and
international magazines. At the same time she interviewed scientists and
medical doctors, gathering information for her book: Two Million Blossoms:
Discovering the Medicinal Benefits of Honey.
Fascinated
with the social complexity of a honey bee hive, Kirsten earned her PhD in
biology from Arizona State University. While a grad student, she spent almost a
year in Avignon, France in the lab of Dr. Yves Le Conte as a Fulbright Fellow.
She currently investigates how pesticides impact honey bee health for the
University of Maryland in the lab of Dr. vanEngelsdorp and is the editor of Bee
World, published by the International Bee Research Association. Follow her on
Twitter @FlowersLoveBees. Flickerwood
Apiary: http://www.mdbee.com/flickerwood/index.html
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