Dewey M. Caron, Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology, University of Delaware, Newark, DE, learned beekeeping and native pollinators as a PhD student of Dr. Roger Morse at Cornell. He filled in for Roger as a teacher of his popular introductory beekeeping course and helped insure completion of the Dyce Honey Bee Lab when Roger went on sabbatical to the Philippines during his four years in Ithaca. Following Ithaca, he was apiculturist at the University of Maryland (1970-1981) before moving to the University of Delaware as Department Chair. He has remained at Delaware as Professor and Extension Entomologist with a three-way split of extension (apiculture and ornamental plant pests), teaching (large, popular introductory courses in entomology, and wildlife biology + 2 courses on beekeeping) and research (cucurbit pollination & native pollinators, bee mites/pests and honey bee queen replacement /swarming). He initiated the Eastern Apiculture Society (EAS) Master Beekeeper program (in 1981), revived the short course preceding the conference (1979), was president (1986), and Chairman of the Board (1990-1998) and have organized Short Courses for several recent conferences including the present one.