Colony Collapse Disorder Eight Years Later
November 10, 2015
From: Entomological Society of America
Annapolis, MD: November 9, 2015 — A symposium on honey bee Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) will be held Sunday November 15 from 8:00 AM to 12:00 noon at the Minneapolis Convention Center during the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA). Honey bee experts from all over the U.S. will discuss factors that may contribute to CCD, such as Varroa mites, pesticide residues, pesticide formulations, honey bee habitat, and honey bee genetics.
“Eight years ago, in 2007, ESA held a symposium on CCD called ‘Colony Collapse Disorder in Honey Bees: Insight Into Status, Potential Causes, and Preventive Measures,'” said Richard Levine, one of the co-organizers. “This year’s symposium will feature many of the same speakers, and it will be interesting to hear what they’ve learned in the past eight years.”
The presentations and speakers are:
“The ABC and XYZ of CCD”
by May R. Berenbaum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
“Varroa: The monster in our midst”
by Dennis vanEngelsdorp, University of Maryland; Kirsten Traynor, University of Maryland; Karen Rennich, University of Maryland; Robyn Rose, USDA-APHIS; Jeffrey Pettis, USDA-ARS; Eva Forsgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; Grace Kunkel, University of Maryland; Shayne Madella, University of Maryland; Jay Evans, USDA-ARS; Dawn L. Lopez, USDA-ARS
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