"Colony Collapse Disorder: What's stressing our bees?" is the topic of the next Lincoln Science Café, at 6:30 p.m. today (Oct. 6) at red9. Attendees will hear Marion Ellis, professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discuss honeybee health and what factors stress bee colonies. The Science Cafe is sponsored by University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Red9 is at 322 S. Ninth St.
Ellis’ research interests include bee diseases, bee parasites and how bees are affected by toxins. He is currently a partner in a 16-institution project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture CAP program to investigate factors affecting honeybee health.
Ellis is a professor of entomology and apiculture specialist at UNL. He received B.S. and M.S. degrees in biology from the University of Tennessee in 1972 and 1974, respectively. He then served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Peru and El Salvador teaching apiculture at the Escuela National de Agricultura and offering educational workshops for beekeepers. After completing his Peace Corps service, he spent four years at Iowa State University working on controlled pollination of plant germplasm collections and 15 years as the Nebraska State Apiculturist. After 21 years of applied apiculture work, he returned to school and completed a Ph.D. in entomology at the University of Nebraska in 1994 where he is currently a professor of entomology.
More details at: http://events.unl.edu/2011/10/06/61795/