Tropilaelaps Mite Train-the-Trainer Workshops

Virtual Tropilaelaps Mite Trainings

Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025: Tropilaelaps biology, monitoring and early detection methods
Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025: Virtual lab and demonstration
Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025: Preparing for an incursion 

All sessions are from 1 - 2:30 p.m. ET

Online via Zoom

The Managed Pollinator Protection Working Group will host the Apiary Inspectors of America to deliver 3 online trainings on tropilaelaps mites. The training sessions will be train-the-trainer style. Working group members will learn how to educate beekeepers and other stakeholders about tropilaelaps mite biology, monitoring, management, and response plans. These trainings are open to apiculture extension educators, state and federal officials, and others who deliver beekeeping education or information in a professional capacity.

The 3 virtual training sessions and the in-person training will complement each other, so participation in all 4 events is highly encouraged when feasible. The training presentations may be recorded and shared. Live participation is highly encouraged to engage in frank discussion and question and answer periods, which will not be recorded

In-Person Tropilaelaps Mite Training:
Hands-on trainings and preparedness discussions

Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026
9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Mobile Convention Center in Mobile, Alabama  

The in-person training will take place in conjunction with the 2026 American Beekeeping Federation Conference and the 2026 American Bee Research Conference. (The in-person training will be held the morning of January 8, and ABRC will begin the afternoon of January 8.) The in-person training will build on the prior virtual trainings. It will include teaching tools, scenarios for implementing tropilaelaps mite response plans, and more!

The 3 virtual training sessions and the in-person training will complement each other, so participation in all 4 events is highly encouraged when feasible.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to the Apiary Inspectors of America for providing these trainings.

Thank you to the American Beekeeping Federation for providing a complimentary room for the in-person training.

This project is funded through the North Central Integrated Pest Management Center.

This work is supported by the Crop Protection and Pest Management Program [grant no 2024-70006-43569] from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.