Session: P-IE Section Symposium: A Global Perspective of Bee Decline: Situation, Strategies and Successes (2012 ESA Annual Meeting (November 11-14, 2012))

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P-IE Section Symposium: A Global Perspective of Bee Decline: Situation, Strategies and Successes

Tuesday, November 13, 2012: 8:00 AM-12:00 PM

KCEC 1 (Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown)

Organizers:

John A. Skinner
Christina M. Grozinger

8:00 AM

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Introduction: Coordinated responses to honey bee (Apis mellifera) decline

Keith Delaplane, University of Georgia

8:15 AM

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Colony losses, four years in seven U.S. apiaries, some results of the CAP Stationary Hive Project

Frank Drummond, University of Maine ; Kate Aronstein, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Yanping (Judy) Chen, Bee Research Laboratory ; Brian D. Eitzer, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; James D. Ellis, University of Florida ; Jay D. Evans, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Nancy Ostiguy, Pennsylvania State University ; Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University ; Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota ; Kirk Visscher, University of California

8:30 AM

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Formulation makes the poison: Inerts and pollinators

Chris Mullin, Pennsylvania State University ; Timothy J. Ciarlo, Pennsylvania State University ; Jing Chen, Pennsylvania State University ; Wanyi Zhu, Pennsylvania State University ; Maryann Frazier, Pennsylvania State University ; James Frazier, Pennsylvania State University

8:45 AM

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Draw me a map: Quantifying spatial intersections between honey bees and neonicotinoids

Christian H. Krupke, Purdue University ; Brian D. Eitzer, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ; Jeffrey D. Holland, Purdue University

9:00 AM

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The Microsporidia, ubiquitous... and enigmatic

Leellen Solter, University of Illinois, llinois Natural History Survey

9:15 AM

0781

Molecular, physiological and behavioral responses of honey bees (Apis mellifera) to Nosema infection

Holly Holt, Pennsylvania State University ; Kate Aronstein, USDA, Agricultural Research Service ; Christina M. Grozinger, Pennsylvania State University

9:30 AM

break

9:40 AM

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Using molecular tools for development of field-based tests for bee health

Kate Aronstein, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

9:55 AM

0783

The possible role of viruses in honey bee colony losses

Yanping (Judy) Chen, Bee Research Laboratory ; Gennaro DI Prisco ; Xuan Zhang, Yunnan Agricultural University ; Jay D. Evans, USDA, Agricultural Research Service

10:10 AM

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Genetic diversity of US honey bee populations and importation of novel germplasm from the Old World

Walter S. Sheppard, Washington State University

10:25 AM

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Breeding programs to improve honey bee health

Marla Spivak, University of Minnesota

10:40 AM

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Using eXtension to understand bee health

John A. Skinner, University of Tennessee