Malcolm T. Sanford

Education

• A.A. South Texas Jr. College, 1962
• B.A. University of Texas (Zoology), 1964
• B.F.T. American Graduate School of International Management (Bus.)1967
• M.A. University of Georgia (Geography) 1973
• Ph.D. University of Georgia (Entomology) 1977

Employment

• Professor (1981-present) University of Florida
• Assistant Professor (1978-1981) Ohio State University
• Temporary Lecturer (1977) University of Georgia
• Economic Development Officer (1973) Northeast Georgia Regional Planning Commission
• Construction Inspector (1970) Dekalb County Georgia
• U.S. Naval Officer (1967-1970) NAS Lemoore California
• Peace Corps Volunteer (1964-1966) Ecuador

Extension responsibilities

Beekeeping Specialist. Write newsletters, circulars, fact sheets, answer questions and conduct short courses on honey bees and beekeeping. Specializing in bee and financial management activities.

Teaching responsibilities

• Teach ENY 4571 (Apiculture).Beginning course on beekeeping techniques and honey bee activities.
• Teach ENY 3005 (Principles of Entomology). Beginning coursein entomological concepts.

Accomplishments

• Over the last five years, I have published sixty issues of the monthly newsletter APIS. This newsletter is available in print and electronically on the internet. It can be found archived in gopher sites and computer bulletin board systems. This new way of providing extension information was featured in 51 Reasons: How We Use the Internet and What it Says About the Information Superhighway, Farnet, Inc. 1994.
• My activities adapting electronic information into my program has been detailed in a paper in Bee Science and an opinion feature in American Entomologist. In addition,
• I have published four circulars, three are available on CD-ROM and thirty-two fact sheets providing information to Florida beekeepers.
• I have been the Secretary-Treasurer of the American Association of Professional Apiculturists for the last seven years. In this capacity, I write the Association's newsletter and publish its membership directory.
• As part of my duties, I wrote and produced two video tapes which are in constant use. One is dedicated to beekeepers (Detection of Varroa mites).The other is oriented toward the general public(A Glimpse of Florida Beekeeping).
• I have also been involved in helping beekeepers be better financial managers. My software package, A Profitability Model for a Mid-sized Beekeeping Operation pioneered in this field and is still available through the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. It has recently been incorporated into an updated model to be released by Cornell University. In cooperation with Dr. Roger Hoopingarner, Michigan State University, I published three separate papers on economics of beekeeping in American Bee Journal and a chapter in the 1992 edition of The Hive and the Honey Bee.
• As a writer for the beekeeping press, I have published numerous articles for The Speedy Bee, including resumes of the majority of the annual conventions of the American Beekeeping Federation. I also wrote extensive resumes of World Apicultural Congress meetings held in Acapulco, Budapest and Rio de Janeiro, as well as other meetings in Mexico and the Caribbean. Finally, I am an occasional columnist for Bee Culture. It is published under the rubric of "Nectar on My Boots."
• As a teacher, I have brought electronic communications to the classroom. Both classes are issued VAX accounts and use them for communication with the instructor and around the world. I recently began teaching ENY 3005, Principles of Entomology using computer presentation technology.

Grants and Contracts($10,000 over the last five years)

I produced two video tapes from APHIS funding and received a number of travel grants to help beekeepers in foreign countries and give papers at international meetings. I also secured funding for upgrading my apiculture class from the University's Office of Instructional Resources (OIR).

Career Publications

• Chapters in books: 1
• Refereed papers:4
• Others: 65

Selected Publications

• Sanford, M.T., T.R. Fasulo and J. Medley. 1993. "Electronic Delivery of Apicultural Information," Bee Science, Vol. 3, No.1, pp. 10-15.

• Sanford, M.T. and R.A. Hoopingarner. 1992. "Business Practices and Profitability," The Hive and the Honey Bee, (Hamilton, IL: Dadant and Sons, Inc.) pp. 723-755.

• Sanford, M.T., J.C. Medley and T.R. Fasulo. 1992. "Intermediain Extension Programming," Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Computers in Agricultural Extension Programs, IFAS, University of Florida, pp. 253-255.

• Sanford, M.T. 1992. "Managing Nutritional Resources for Honeybees," Proceedings First Regional Training Workshop of Beekeepers, Castries, St. Lucia, May 11-13, pp. 37-40.

• Sanford, M.T. 1992. "Observations on Beekeeping in the Caribbean," The Speedy Bee, Vol. 21, No. 7, pp. 11-14.

• Sanford, M.T. and W.B. Johnson. 1991. "A Florida Honey-Bee Feeding Study Using the Beltsville Bee Diet," Bee Science, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 72-76.

• Sanford, M.T.1989."Apimondia in Rio: Africanized Bees Re-valuated," The Speedy Bee, Three Part Series, Vol. 18, No. 12 (December), pp 11-12; Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 8-10; Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 16-18.