Discovery Series with Dr. Brandon Hopkins

Wrap up the 2023-2024 Discovery Series season with a presentation from Dr. Brandon Hopkins.

Honey bees are critical to producing around 70% of foods consumed worldwide, but colony losses in recent decades have beekeepers and farmers concerned for their crops. Beekeeping is an age-old practice that has greatly lagged behind other agricultural industries. However, our team is taking advantage of new technologies and easier access to tools to improve honey bee health, reduce the pressure of pesticides, and uncover the causes of colony losses each year. Washington State University’s Dr. Brandon Hopkins will provide a brief overview of some of the technological advances his group has made, and existing technologies they are using in innovative ways, to support beekeepers, offer insight to the causes of colony losses, and to generate new information that is directing policy changes nationwide.