Bridging Current Honey Bee Health Research

Organizer(s)

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  Edward Hsieh

  PhD Candidate
  Department of Entomology
  USDA-ARS
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana
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  Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers)

  Research Entomologist
  Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics, and Physiology Unit
  USDA-ARS
  Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This symposium examines honey bee health in the context of toxicology, parasitology, ecology, nutritional biology, chemistry, molecular biology, behavioral ecology, and acarology. These works are done by a variety of people in different career stages and in very different workplace types which include extension, academic, industry, and federal work contexts.

Presentations:

• 1:30 PM - 1:35 PM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 1:35 PM - 1:55 PM Pacific

  Working together: Impacts of a honey bee apiary on native bees in wild lands
  

  Presenting Author: Diana Cox-Foster – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Lindsie McCabe – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Kelsey Graham – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Byron Love – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Jonathan Koch – USDA-ARS-PWA-PIRU
• 1:55 PM - 2:15 PM Pacific

  Nationwide genetics of honey bees revealed through community science
  

  Presenting Author: Brock Harpur – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Dylan Ryals – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Mulu Fikere – Purdue University

  Co-Author: Andrew Patterson – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Luiz F. Brito – Purdue University
• 2:15 PM - 2:35 PM Pacific

  Using propolis and mite-resistant honey bees to improve health of honey bees used for commercial pollination of blueberries
  

  Presenting Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Frank Rinkevich – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Meghan Milbrath – Michigan State University
• 2:35 PM - 2:55 PM Pacific

  Variable susceptibility to chalkbrood infection between Russian honey bee lines and life stages
  

  Presenting Author: Edward Hsieh – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Alexis Masnjak – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Cameron Jack – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 2:55 PM - 3:15 PM Pacific

  Screening antifungal compounds for inhibitory action against Ascosphaera apis, the causative agent of chalkbrood
  

  Presenting Author: Alexis Masnjak – University of Florida

  Co-Author: Edward Hsieh – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Cameron Jack – University of Florida
• 3:15 PM - 3:30 PM Pacific

  Break
• 3:30 PM - 3:50 PM Pacific

  The paradox of tolerance: Being intolerant of Varroa tolerant bees is necessary for Varroa resistance evolution
  

  Presenting Author: Lewis Bartlett – University of Georgia

  Co-Author: Nina Ariadne Sokolov (she/her/hers) – University of California

  Co-Author: Xander O'Neill – Heriot-Watt

  Co-Author: Andy White – Heriot-Watt

  Co-Author: Mike Botts – University of California-Berkeley
• 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific

  Exploring vitellogenin variants in U.S. commercial honey bee (Apis mellifera) stocks
  

  Presenting Author: Hasim Hakanoglu – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Garett Slater – Texas A&M AgriLife Research & Extension Center

  Co-Author: Qian Sun – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Kate Ihle – USDA-ARS Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Lab

  Co-Author: Arian Avalos – USDA-ARS
• 4:10 PM - 4:30 PM Pacific

  Adult honey bee queens consume pollen and nectar
  

  Presenting Author: Adam Dolezal – University of Illinois

  Co-Author: Ashley St. Clair (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience
• 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM Pacific

  Bridging the gap in honey bee research between academia, extension and outreach
  

  Presenting Author: Janae Becher – Washington State University

  Co-Author: Priya Chakrabarti Basu (she/her/hers) – Washington State University
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Poster session
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Deformed wing virus influences honey bee foraging preferences
  

  Presenting Author: Alexandria Payne – United States Department of Agriculture

  Co-Author: Joseph E. McCarthy – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Michael Simone-Finstrom – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Field comparisons of stock, Varroa, and economics in two commercial honey bee (Apis mellifera) operations
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS

  Co-Author: Arian Avalos – USDA-ARS
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  High resolution monitoring and analysis of variation in foraging behavior across populations of honey bees during almond bloom
  

  Presenting Author: Arian Avalos – USDA-ARS
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Innovative AI and machine learning solutions for monitoring honey bee colony health
  

  Presenting Author: Ashley St. Clair (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Vincent Kramer – Corteva

  Co-Author: Nitin Kandpal – Corteva
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Insights into winter gut microbiota of managed honey bee colonies across storage environments
  

  Presenting Author: Gagandeep Brar – Bayer Crop Science
• 4:50 PM - 5:25 PM Pacific

  Potassium ion channels as a pharmacological target for regulation of the honey bee immune response
  

  Presenting Author: Scott T. O'Neal (he/him/his) – FSS, Inc.

  Co-Author: Christopher Fellows – Eurofins
• 5:25 PM - 5:30 PM Pacific

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Elizabeth Walsh (she/her/hers) – USDA-ARS