Susan Cobey
Susan Cobey's focus is honey bee stock improvement and instrumental insemination. She established and maintained the New World Carniolan closed population breeding program, for 40th generations, and is now transitioning the program in to the future. Her experience includes management of Honey Bee Research Laboratories at the Ohio University State and the University of California, Davis, providing honey bee stock and assisting researchers, and students in their various honey bee research projects. Currently she operates Honey Bee Insemination Service and holds a 50% appointment with Washington State University. Her focus is enhancement of honey bee stocks and improvement of colony health through breeding and incorporation of germplasm, collected from honey bees in their native European range, to enhance the U.S. gene pool. She provides training in instrumental insemination and information in presentations, publications and instructional material for both scientific and public audiences, worldwide to promote honey bee stock improvement.