ESA Annual Meetings Online Program

Bee Declines. II. Causes, Solutions, and Activating the Public

Tuesday, November 15, 2011: 1:30 PM-4:40 PM
Room A2, First Floor (Reno-Sparks Convention Center)
Organizers:
Rosalind James
Jeff Pettis
Theresa L. Pitts-Singer
James Strange
1:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
1:35 PM
Pesticides and CCD: the evolving story
Jim Frazier, Pennsylvania State University; Chris Mullin, Pennsylvania State University; Maryann Frazier, Pennsylvania State University
2:15 PM
Is Nosema bombi responsible for native bumble bee declines?
Leellen Solter, Illinois Natural History Survey
2:35 PM
Habitat manipulation to support integrated crop pollination
Rufus Isaacs, Michigan State University
2:55 PM
Break
3:10 PM
Can agricultural landscapes enhance native pollinators? The Oregon experience
Sujaya Rao, Oregon State University; William Stephen, Oregon State University
3:30 PM
Modifying orchard practices to better accomodate pollinators
David J. Biddinger, Pennsylvania State University
4:10 PM
Communicating the need for conserving beesĀ on public and private lands
Mace Vaughan, The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation
4:30 PM
Discussion
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