Professor, Extension Entomologist
- B.S. University of Vermont 1960 (Zoology)
- MS University of Tennessee 1966 (Ecology)
- PhD Cornell University 1970 (Apiculture);
- Faculty Appointments
Administrative Assistant Entomology Dept Cornell Univ 1969-70; Assistant to Professor University of Maryland (1969 - 1981); Dept Chair then Full Professor/extension Entomologist University of Delaware (1981 - 2009)
- ENWC 205 Elements of Entomology
- ENWC 214 Apiology
- ENWC 224 Beekeeping lab
- ENWC 366 directed experience/research
- ENWC 466 directed experience/research
- ENWC 468 directed experience/research
- ENWC 464 Field Experience
- ENWC 205
- ENWC 214
- Non-Credit Beekeeping Online via WebCT– email for current course schedules
- Pollination Biology – including SARE project on Farming Native Pollinators; Bee Biology and Culture; Pests, Predators and Diseases of Honey Bees – contact for specific projects recently completed or underway
Pollination Biology
- Pollination & Beekeeping; Ornamental insect biology & control; youth entomology – send information for current project
- Past Chairman of the Board of Eastern Apiculture Society; Immediate past program/Short Course chair (2007); currently Chair EAS Foundation for Honey bee Research
- Past President, Eastern Branch Entomological Society of America
- Adjunct advisor to Delaware Beekeepers Association & editor of newsletter NEWSY BEE
- Frequent speaker / Bee short course instructor to local /state/regional beekeeping organizations
- Speaker (programs / after dinner, etc.) on honey bees / insects for public / social groups & organizations
Caron, D.M. 1997. Diseases and Pests of Honey Bees. IN: The Hive and the Honey Bee. Dadant & Sons,Inc., Hamilton, IL Pgs 1083-1154 (with H. Shimanuki, D.A. Knox, B. Furgala & J.L. Williams).
Caron, D. M. 1997. Apiculture. IN: Encyclopedia of Rural America. Vol 1. Gary A. Gorman, Ed. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, CA. Pg. 62-64. Revised 2007
Caron , D.M. 1997. Mammals. IN: Honey Bee Pests, Predators and Diseases. A.I. Root Co., Medina, OH Chap 17 (with W. Mike Hood) (+ Chapter 10 Other Insects & Chapter 11 Spiders & Psuedoscorpions)
Caron, D.M. 1999. Honey Bee Biology and Beekeeping. Wicwas Press, Cheshire, CT. 355 pp. (Rev 04;reprinted 07)
Caron, D.M. 1999. Observation Bee Hives. A.I. Root Co., Medina, OH. 108 pp (with Tom Webster)
Caron, D.M. 2001. Neotropical Pollination: Crises, Crossroads and Conservation. Entomological Society of America, Thomas Say Pub. Chapter 5:113-156.
Caron, D.M. 2001. Africanized Honey Bees in the Americas. A.I. Root Co. Medina, OH. 228 pp
Contact Information:
Dewey Caron
University of Delaware
250 Townsend Hall
Room Number 250
Department of Entomology
& Wildlife Ecology
Newark, De 19716
Phone: 302 831-8883
Cell: 302 353-9914
Fax 302 831-8889
E-mail: dmcaron@udel.edu