October guest speaker - Dr. Eric Mussen

Mussen is known for his expertise on honey bees and Africanized honey bees, including colony management, pollination, mite control and insecticide damage. His research interests focus on managing honey bees and wild bees for maximum field production, while minimizing pesticide damage to pollinator populations.
A member of the UC Davis faculty since 1976, Mussen received his bachelor's degree in entomology from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and his master's and doctorate degrees in entomology from the University of Minnesota.

Mussen touts the importance of bees in pollinating crops, besides producing honey. "If for some reason we were to lose all of our honey bees, California would be out about $6.1 billion worth of crops," he said. "The nation would be out about $14 billion worth of crops and your diet and my diet wouldchange significantly because about a third of the food we consume everyday is the product of honeybee pollination."

The guild will be hosting Dr. Eric Mussen on
Monday, October 4, 2010
Willow Glen Baptist Church

1292 Minnesota Avenue,

San Jose  CA 95125

6:30 p.m. until 9:30 p.m.