Adam Pachl
Adam Pachl is the North American Technical Manager for Bee Health for GreenLight Biosciences, the maker of Norroa. He has been with GreenLight since August of 2024, but prior to this he was the Assistant State Apiary Inspector for the North Dakota Department of Agriculture for 6 years. He lives in Mandan, North Dakota, where he manages two colonies with his 8-year-old son, Anson, and also helps manage colonies for the Dakota Zoo and Gateway to Science in neighboring Bismarck for educational purposes. When not working with or talking about bees Adam likes drumming, cooking, or being outdoors with his son, wife Sara, and two dogs Cora and Penny.
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Oct. 19, 2026
Live from the Pacific Northwest Beekeeping Conference: Varroa, Invasives, and Winter Prep (407)
Recorded live at the Pacific Northwest Beekeeping Conference, Jeff Ott moderates a panel featuring Adam Pachl, Dr. David Peck, Dr. Brandon Hopkins, Kamon Reynolds, and Fred Dunn. They discuss Varroa management, resistant stock, RNAi, invasive pests, brood breaks, queen caging, amitraz resistance, oxalic acid, mite monitoring, warm winters, and practical steps beekeepers can take now to prepare colonies for winter.
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Oct. 27, 2025
Norroa: A New Era in Varroa Management (357)
Varroa mites remain the most destructive pest facing honey bees today—but a revolutionary new treatment may finally shift the balance. In this episode, Jeff Ott and Dr. Becky Masterman welcome Adam Pachl, North American Technical Manager for Bee Health at GreenLight Biosciences, to discuss Norroa, the first EPA-approved dsRNA-based treatment for Varroa mites. Norroa introduces a fundamentally new approach: instead of killing mites outright, it prevents them from reproducing. Adam explains how...
Guest: Adam Pachl