2025 North American Honey Bee ExpoVideo Library Thanks to the KSBA and Certified Kentucky Honey for sponsoring this year’s lectures. Skip to Videos 2/27/25 Kamon Reynolds - Opening Ceremony 2/27/25 Eugene Makovec - Not a Cottage Food- Deregulating the Sale of Honey 2/27/25 Michael Young - The Timeless Elegance of Beeswax Candles 2/27/25 Everett Hendrixon & Amy Floyd - New Research- The Cost of Deformed Wing Virus and New Data on Potential Solutions 2/27/25 Kiara Wagoner - UBeeO 2.0 - Updates, Upgrades, and the Science of Selection Success 2/27/25 Cory Stevens - A deep dive into instrumental insemination of honey bee queens 2/27/25 Charlie Koenen - Q&A Session - Horizontal Hives -Turning Beekeeping Sideways 2/27/25 Dr. David Peck - Death to knotweed, clover, and tallow trees! (And honey bees-!) 2/27/25 Dr. Priya Basu, Sarah Stern - Q-A Session - Open beekeeping topics 2/27/25 Fred Dunn - Honey Bees, a Closer Look 2/27/25 Kamon Reynolds, Splitting is FUN-damental 2/27/25 Randy Oliver, Dr. Frank Rinkevich, Cory Stevens & Richard Coy - Mite Resistant Bees - Panel Discussion 2/27/25 Dr. Lewis Bartlett - Advancements in Small Hive Beetle Control 2/27/25 Blake Shook - Building and Selling Nucs 2/27/25 Dr. David Peck - Varroa, Tropilaelaps, and Hornets, oh my! 2/27/25 Randy McCaffery - Feral Bee Colony Research 2/27/25 Sarah Stern - Get out of your head and into the hive- fundamentals of re-queening and splitting 2/27/25 Dr. Lewis Bartlett - How do honey bees wash their hands 2/27/25 Dr. Frank Rinkevich - Breeding and Distribution of Varroa Resistant Honey Bees on a Countrywide Scale 2/27/25 Randy Oliver - Concepts in Varroa Management 2/27/25 Dr. Priya Basu - What we understand about bee nutrition through research 2/27/25 Charlie Koenen - HoneyBees vs Native Pollinators - Why Both Matter Today 2/27/25 Greg Rogers - Designing a 3 treatment Annual Varroa management plan 2/27/25 Sarah Stern - Sustainable beekeeping in a northern climate 2/27/25 Dr. Frank Rinkevich - Using Genetic and Genomics to Combat Amitraz Resistance in Varroa 2/27/25 Randy Oliver - A Deep Dive into Oxalic Acid 2/27/25 Bob Binnie - Understanding Queen Acceptance and Supersedure! 2/27/25 Randy Oliver - Randy’s Current Research 2/27/25 Dr. Priya Basu - How poor nutrition can interact with other stressors 2/27/25 Charlie Koenen - Beyond the Stacked Box — Alternative Hive Designs 2/27/25 Bob Binnie - 8 Hives to 800 Tips and Tricks for your Journey 2/27/25 Blake Shook - The Business of Beekeeping Hobby to Sideline 2/27/25 Q-A and Closing Remarks 2/27/25 Honey Show Awards Ceremony