Pesticides and Bees with Dr. Susan Kegley

Thursday, February 26, 2015, 7:30 - 9:00 AM
McInnis Park Golf Clubhouse, 350 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael, CA 94903
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On February 26, please join MCL at our February breakfast meeting when Dr. Susan Kegley, Principal and CEO of Pesticide Research Institute, shares valuable information about her firm’s work on “Gardeners Beware,” a study alerting nurseries and gardeners to the devastating effect of systemic pesticides on bee populations.

She’ll also share her research with a community of bee keepers over a longer period of time to track their bee colonies’ health. You’ll learn what you can do to protect pollinators in your own garden and community.  Don’t miss this important talk from Dr. Kegley, a leader in risk assessment of pesticides.

 Full breakfast buffet included.

Susan E. Kegley, Ph.D., is Principal and Founder of the Pesticide Research Institute (PRI), an environmental consulting firm focusing on development of tools for researchers, farmers and consumers to assess the relative risks of different pesticides. PRI also conducts environmental monitoring for pesticides in air, water, food, flowers and beehives. As part of this work, Dr. Kegley is collaborating with beekeepers on a project to track the health of commercial honey bee colonies in agricultural areas as a function of pesticide exposure and pathogen levels.

  Prior to founding PRI, Dr. Kegley was Senior Scientist with Pesticide Action Network North America from 1998–2007, Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of California, Berkeley from 1992–1998, and Assistant Professor of Chemistry at Williams College from 1987–1991. Dr. Kegley has a BS in Chemistry from the University of Richmond, VA (Summa cum laude, 1978) and a PhD in organometallic Chemistry from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (1982).