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From 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Hear from area experts on their work with beekeeping and honey. Reception at 6:30 p.m. will include treats that are just as sweet!
Panelists:
Brandon Reynolds’ obsession with pollinators began after leaving the advertising industry in 2017 to pursue apprenticeships in beekeeping and landscaping. While managing beehives had its perks, he was outclassed by native perennial plants and their ability to attract and sustain regional biodiversity. Partnering with native plants, he founded B the Keeper to help others create safe spaces for pollinators. B the Keeper helps businesses and landowners by providing environmental consulting services to increase sustainability and to create more meaningful connections with the environment.
Jenny O'Donnell is a co-founder of the Queen City Pollinator Project. O’Donnell, Carrie Driehaus, and Sylvanna Ross started this non-profit in 2019 to promote the concept that each of us can build a pollinator friendly environment no matter how small our yard or balcony. Since then, the three have traveled all over the region planting and building pollinator-friendly environments. O'Donnell is an avid community scientist, beekeeper, and pollinator protector who lives in Clifton with her 70,000 honeybees and other pollinators and a very supportive partner. O'Donnell’s 2024 goal is to make everyone aware of at least one thing they can do to support our native pollinators and our honeybee communities.
Dr. Gene Kritsky is the retired professor of Biology and Dean of the School of Behavioral and Natural Sciences at Mount St. Joseph University. He received his BA in Biology at Indiana University in 1974, and his MS and PhD in Entomology from the University of Illinois in 1976 and 1977, respectively. He was a Fulbright Scholar to Egypt in 1981-82. Prof. Kritsky is a former editor of American Entomologist and has published numerous papers and books on insect evolution, the history of beekeeping, Egyptology, and Charles Darwin.