Dr. Malcolm (Tom) Sanford, Retired Extension Entomologist and Professor Emeritus, Department of Entomology & Nematology, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida.
Address:
4723 NW 25th Place,
Gainesville, FL 32606
Phone: 352-336-9744
E-mail: beeactor@apisenterprises.com
Education:
A.A. South Texas Jr. College, 1962
B.A. University of Texas (Zoology), 1964
B.F.T. American Graduate School of International Management, 1967
M.A. University of Georgia (Geography) 1973
Ph.D. University of Georgia (Entomology) 1977
Employment:
Emeritus Professor (2001-present) University of Florida
Professor (1981-2001) University of Florida
Assistant Professor (1978-1981) The 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
Awards:
Awarded the Florida Entomological Society Extension Award in 1990, Apiary Inspectors Service Award in 1997, American Association of Professional Apiculturists Award for Excellence in Extension in 1998, Eastern Apicultural Society Roger Morse Extension Teaching, Extension and Regulatory Award in 2003, Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services Plant Protection Award of Eminence in 2007.
Current Publications:
Developer of the Apis Information Resource Center : Author of Storey’s Guide to Keeping Honey Bees, Storey Publications 2nd Edition, 2018, and Beekeeping Without Borders: Apiculture in Italy and France at the Dawn of the European Union, Northern Bee Books, 2016.
Reporting Activities:
As a writer for the beekeeping press for over 30 years, I have published numerous articles for The Speedy Bee, Bee Culture and American Bee Journal. The first publication listed includes summaries of the many of the annual conventions of the American Beekeeping Federation, as well as resumés of World Apicultural Congress meetings held in Acapulco, Mexico (1981); Budapest, Hungary (1983), and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1989). I completed a series of articles for Bee Culture on the Durban, South Africa Apimondia meeting (2001), and also series on genetically modified organisms, Brazilian apiculture, events relating to honey bees at the International Union of Social Insects (Russia), and Africanized honey bees in the Americas for the American Bee Journal.
See the youtube video looking at the history of beekeeping from an extension apiculturists’ viewpoint.
International Competencies:
Frequently invited to international conferences, including the Caribbean (1992), Mexico (1993, 1998, 2004, 2005), Uruguay (1996), Brazil (1996, 2000, 2004 ) and France (1997). Organized and hosted the international symposium on beekeeping extension and regulation for the 1999 Apimondia meeting in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Beekeeping consultant in Paraguay (1980), Ecuador (1980, 2000), Antigua (1986), Egypt (1992), Chile (2002), Iraq-Kurdistan (2004).
Former Peace Corps Volunteer (Ecuador; 1964-66) and speak Spanish fluently. I have training in Italian 1989 (six-month sabbatical in Bologna, Italy) and French 1997 (six-month sabbatical in Aix-en-Provence, France).
Fulbright grantee to Ecuador in 2000 to teach publishing electronic documents through the World Wide Web focusing on honey bee biology and apiculture.
