Talks:

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Friday:​

Honey Bee Breeding—What every beekeeper needs to know

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Using Nucleus Hives as a Management Tool to Reduce Colony Loss. 

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Bio

Larry Connor – Michigan native Lawrence John Connor departed Michigan State University upon completion of his Ph.D. dissertation on strawberry pollination and assumed the position of extension apicultural entomologist at The Ohio State University in Columbus. There his program attracted the attention of investors interested in moving the Dadant Starline and Midnite Hybrid queen program to Florida to establish the world’s first mass production facility for instrumentally inseminated queen honey bees. Afterwards he moved to Connecticut where he established the Beekeeping Education Service, offering educational programs for beekeepers. Later he purchased Wicwas Press from Dr. Roger and Mary Lou Morse. He has written a series of beekeeping book: Increase Essentials, Bee Sex Essentials, Queen Rearing Essentials and most recently Keeping Bees Alive. He completed, Package Bee Essentials in 2020. He is the publisher and coauthor of Dewey Caron’s Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping, with a completely revised and greatly expanded third edition, released in May 2022. The first printing is sold out and the second printing is being released.

 

He has also published a diverse array of titles by other authors dealing with bees, beekeeping, queen rearing and pollination. These books are by Professors Roger Morse, Harry Laidlaw and Robert Page, Drs. Nikolous and Gudren Koeniger (with Jamie Ellis), Carl Johansen and Daniel Mayer and Roger Hoopingarner, and beekeepers Steve Repasky, Ed Simon, Peter Lindtner, Andrew Connor, Michael Badger, William Blomstedt and Tammy Horn Potter. He has reprinted books by G.M. Doolittle, John Lovell and Frank Pellett. A list is available at www.wicwas.com.

 

Connor’s wide range of experiences include being a hobby beekeeping as a 4-Her, bee researcher and educator, a commercial queen producer, and a lifelong teacher of practical beekeeping skills to thousands of beekeepers. He has traveled and lectured on bees and beekeeping in all states and many Canadian provinces. He has also lectured in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Czech Republic and Thailand.