Adam Ware

Basic honey bee management Honey production Queen production (Carniolan, Caucasian, Italian, Cordovan, VSH)

Beekeeper/Queen breeder - Klett beekeeping/ Satellite Selects - North Dakota and southeast Texas

(2025-04)

• Basic honey bee management
• Honey production
• Queen production (Carniolan, Caucasian, Italian, Cordovan, VSH)
• Specialty instrumentally inseminated queens for commercial queen producers

Graduate Student - Entomology Department, Washington State University - Washington State University

(2021-08 - 2023-12)

Performed field experiments that focused on introducing A.m. pomonella, subspecies of honey bee that has never been introduced into the US before, into the Washington State University Bee Breeding Program. Beekeeping duties included maintaining various Washington State University's apiaries consisting of over 150 hives.

• Assisted with Metarhizium fungi trials, used as a biocontrol for parasitic varroa mites in honey bee colonies
• Ran and collected data for cage experiments monitoring Reishi mushroom extract trials
• Gained experience running field trials relating to basic honey bee health, breeding queens, and received special training instrumentally inseminating queens

Beekeeper (Foreman) - Rare Hawaiian Honey - Waimea, HI

(2020-03 - 2020-08)

Beekeeping duties included maintaining 300+ colonies of honey bees exclusively for organic Kiawe honey production.

• Reared queens as required for maximum hive production
• Basic honey bee management, queen rearing, and honey production

Beekeeper (Queen Mating Yard Crew) - Kona Queens - Captain Cook, HI

(2019-08 - 2020-02)

Beekeeping duties included maintaining 6,000+ mating nucs of honey bees for queen mating for large scale commercial honey bee queen production.

• Basic honey bee management and commercial queen production

Beekeeper (10-Frame Hive Crew) - Big Island Queens - Captain Cook, HI

(2019-03 - 2019-08)

Beekeeping duties included maintaining 5,000+ full size colonies of honey bees for honey production and providing bees to support 3,000+ mating nucs.

• Basic honey bee management and commercial queen production

Orchardist - Fruitilicious Farm and Orchard - Watsonville, CA

(2017-11 - 2018-12)

40 acre organic stone fruit and apple orchard. Duties included maintaining irrigation, pest trapping, pruning, thinning, spraying, and picking fruit for weekly local farmers markets. Responsible for weekend farmer's market sales.

• Gained special training grafting scions and growing root stock for fruit tree propagation

Beekeeper (Assistant) - Bill's Bees - Angeles National Forest, Los Angeles, CA

(2016-08 - 2017-11)

Beekeeping duties included maintaining 600+ colonies for honey production (sage, buckwheat, orange blossom, avocado blossom) and almond pollination. Sold packages and nucleus colonies to local bee club members. Provided instruction and mentorship to novice hobby beekeepers.

• Gained training in basic honey bee management on a commercial scale for honey production and almond pollination

Farm Intern, Permaculture/Urban Farm - Grow-Good.org - Bell, CA

(2016-05 - 2016-08)

1.5 acre urban farm providing healthy food for the Bell Salvation Army homeless shelter kitchen. Duties included trouble shooting irrigation, weeding, vegetable, and fruit production.

• Gained experience propagating native plants, draught resistant vegetable, and herbs

Orchardist (Assistant) - Mt. Moriah Farm and Orchards - Clements, CA

(2014-04 - 2016-05)

20 acre organic stone fruit and apple orchard: maintaining irrigation, pest trapping, pruning, thinning, spraying, and picking fruit for weekly markets. Responsible for weekend farmers market sales in southern California.

Farm Intern, WSU Extension Jefferson County FIELD Internship - Spring Rain Farm and Orchard - Chimacum, WA

(2013-06 - 2014-02)

20 acre organic, permaculture design, production scale vegetable and fruit farm.

• Animal husbandry (sheep, chickens, turkeys, rabbits, and ducks)
• Apple and Pear orchard maintenance
• Greenhouse work: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and berries
• Seed trials
• Sales: local weekly farmer's markets
• Beekeeping: honey production
• Participated in weekly local workshops relating to farm management, etc.
• Gained experience managing livestock: chickens, turkeys, rabbits, sheep, and honey bees

Research Assistant, Developmental Neurobiology Lab - Scripps Research Institute

(2011-01 - 2012-12)

Ran KO trials relating to Lysophospholipid (LP) receptor signaling.

• Gained experience working in a vivarium and special training in histology

Research Assistant, Visual Perception and Visual Illusion Lab - Psychology Department, University of California San Diego

(2009-08 - 2010-12)

Scheduled and ran study participants in experiments.

• Gained experience designing visual stimuli utilizing Adobe Creative Suite while investigating gestalt grouping principals of motion and color in 3D space

Research Assistant, Color Vision Lab - Psychology Department, University of California San Diego

(2008-08 - 2009-12)

Scheduled and ran all participants in low-level color vision experiments.

• Gained experience designing visual stimuli, programming in MATLAB, and running participants in experiments

MSc - Entomology - Washington State University (2021-08 - 2023-12)

BA - Psychology - University of California San Diego (2008-09 - 2012-12)

AA - Photography/Film - Saddleback College (2006-09 - 2008-06)