So You Got Stung - Sting Allergies

So You Got Stung 

Brad Metz 

Please join us to hear Brad Metz speak on his personal experiences as a patient with venom allergy, what he has learned about the science of allergy, and how he got through the process of venom attenuation.

Brad Metz is a Research Scholar with NC State Apiculture Program under David Tarpy. He is the lead scientist in charge of the Honey Bee Queen & Disease Clinic, an extension effort bringing lab-quality disease and reproductive assessments to industry and government partners.

He additionally runs a research program concerning the impact of abiotic stressors on honey bee and wild bee physiology & reproduction, impacts of environmental stress on pollinator communities and, honey bee microbiome & behavior. Brad mentors students and researchers at all stages of their lives and career from high school through to post-doctoral researchers and master beekeepers.

Brad is married with two children, both of whom think working with stinging insects is crazy -perhaps his greatest failure.