BEEc Coordinator

Happy New Year's everyone! We continue with out wonderful BEEc Bee Speaker Series. Our first talk of the 2026 year is with Dr. Ratti on Fri Jan 23 2026, discussing a mathematical approach to study colony losses in honeybees. Register here: yorku.ca/bees/speaker-s…

Join us for our final seminar for 2025 on Fri Dec 12 at 11am Toronto Time! Our speaker is Arián Avalos from USDA-ARS, presenting his work on the "Application of genomic techniques in honey bee population genetics and breeding". Register here yorku.ca/bees/speaker-s…

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 🦃 Just a reminder that for all registrants you should expect an email tomorrow with details for joining the conference webinar. If you have not received the details by tomorrow please reach out to me at beec@yorku.ca.

BeeCon 2025 is happening next week! For all registrants and speakers, the webinar links will be sent out on Tuesday in an email with instructions and a schedule. You can also visit our website for the finalized schedule and program. yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20…

Today is the last day to register for BeeCon 2025! Registration will close by midnight. yorku.ca/bees/beecon-re…

One day left to submit your short talk for BeeCon 2025. yorku.ca/bees/beecon-pr… Visit yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20… for more details.

New study led by professor Gordon Fitch alongside alum Amanda Liczner and the late professor Sheila Colla, reveals that common farming practices lead to disease spread amongst managed and wild bumblebees. Check out the article and paper at: yorku.ca/yfile/2025/07/…

5 days left to submit your short talk (12 mins) to our free, hybrid conference - BeeCon 2025. 🐝 Share your research on bees at the global conference held at York University, Toronto! yorku.ca/bees/beecon-pr…

Last week to submit your talk for the upcoming free conference, BeeCon 2025! Deadline is August 2, 2025. In-person and virtual options are available! Visit: yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20…

Share your research on bees and pollinators at BeeCon 2025. Talks are 12 mins with 2-3 mins of questions. Virtual options available. Conference is free! yorku.ca/bees/beecon-pr…

You like bees? So do we. Sign up to give your talk on all things bees at our FREE conference! We have virtual and in-person options. Abstract submission deadline is approaching quickly! Talks are only 12 mins long with 2 mins of questions. yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20…

Submit your abstract to talk about bees and pollinators for the upcoming FREE virtual/hybrid conference! Virtual talks on Oct 16 and virtual & in-person talks to be held at York University, Toronto on Oct 17, 2025. Let's discuss ~

Reminder that our free conference, BeeCON 2025 has registration and abstract submission open NOW! Deadline for abstracts is Aug 2. You must register as well (deadline for registering to attend virtually/in-person is Sept 30).

Reminder that abstract submission and registration is now open for BeeCon 2025 (Oct 16-17 at York University, hybrid virtual event). Our keynote speaker is Jessica Forrest from University of Ottawa. Register at: yorku.ca/bees/beecon-re… Abstracts: yorku.ca/bees/beecon-pr…

Happy Canada Day!🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

Registration is now open for BeeCon 2025! Deadline to register is Sept 30, 2025. Want to give a talk? We are now accepting abstract submissions. Deadline to submit your abstract is Aug 2, 2025. You must also register for BeeCon to give a talk. Visit yorku.ca/bees/beecon-20…

Reminder to keep an eye out for updates on BeeCon 2025! Registration and a call for abstracts will be opening up next week!

Celebrate #PollinatorWeek by getting your very own book on all things bees! "Beepedia", written by Dr. Laurence Packer from York University - is a one-of-a-kind book celebrating species of bees from all over the world. press.princeton.edu/books/hardcove…

We are excited to be hosting our keynote speaker, Dr. Jessica Forrest, professor from the University of Ottawa for BeeCon 2025! Her talk "Is climate change driving bee population declines? (and if so, how?)" will discuss how some bees are challenged (or not!) by climate change.🐝

Happy Pollinator Week Beeple! 🐝Take this time to think about ways we can help our pollinator friends. Reduce waste, plant more native flowers, and keep habitats as natural as possible to help as many species of pollinators as possible!🦋