Amy Vu

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Amy Vu is the Extension coordinator for the Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab, where she oversees all Extension activities. She runs the University of Florida Master Beekeeper Program, the University of Florida Bee Colleges, UF IFAS Honey Bee Blog, speaker requests, media inquiries, the lab's social media pages, and is the co-host of the lab’s podcast “Two Bees in a Podcast”. Vu has an undergraduate degree in Agronomy with an emphasis on Soils and Environmental Science and a Master's degree in Agricultural, Leadership, and Community Education from Virginia Tech. Before joining the HBREL, she worked at the University of Florida's International Center, and was Orange County Extension's urban horticulture agent and Master Gardener coordinator.

Posts by Amy Vu:

• Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar: January 2022
• Research Update: Thymol shows promise as a potential control for greater wax moths
• Research Update: Determining the Dose of Oxalic Acid Applied via Vaporization Needed for the Control of the Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Pest Varroa destructor
• Beekeeping Management Calendar: December 2021
• Research Update: Detection of Lotmaria passim, Crithidia mellificae and Replicative Forms of Deformed Wing Virus and Kashmir Bee Virus in the Small Hive Beetle (Aethina tumida)  
• Research Update: A comparison of Varroa destructor (Acari: Varroidae) collection methods and survivability in in vitro rearing systems
• Beekeeping Management Calendar: November
• Florida Beekeeping Calendar: October 2021
• Florida Beekeeping Management Calendar: August 2021
• Research Update: Following Pollen Substitute Patties in a Honey Bee Colony