Determining the impact of pesticides applied to southern row crops on honey bee health: A two year summary of results across the Mid-South agricultural landscape

Wednesday, November 18, 2015: 10:24 AM
200 J (Convention Center)
John J. Adamczyk , Southern Horticultural Research Unit, USDA - ARS, Poplarville, MS
Gus Lorenz , Division of Agriculture, Cooperative Extension Service, Dept. of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Lonoke, AR
Scott Stewart , Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
Don Cook , Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
Angus Catchot , Dept. of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Entomology and Plant Pathology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS
Don Johnson , Department of Entomology, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR
Jeff Gore , Delta Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Stoneville, MS
William Meikle , Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA - ARS, Tucson, AZ
Milagra Weiss , Carl Hayden Bee Research Center, USDA - ARS, Tucson, AZ
Mohamed Alburaki , Entomology and Plant Pathology Department West TN Research and Education Center, University of Tennessee, Jackson, TN
Ales Gregorc , Coastal Research and Extension Center, Mississippi State University, Poplarville, MS
This presentation will cover results from bee hives established in areas of high row crop agriculture in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Tennessee. In-hive pesticide residue analyses will be reported as well as grower pesticide application methods. In addition, colony health assessments over time will be reported including standard beekeeper methods as well as continous monitoring using weight and temperative data.
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