From the Bench to the Field: Emerging Technologies to Advance Honey Bee Health

Organizer(s)

• VR

  Vincent Ricigliano

  USDA-ARS
  Davis, California
• JF

  Julia Fine

  Research Entomologist
  USDA-ARS
  Davis, California
• 

  Sascha Nicklisch (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Environmental Toxicology
  University of California
  Davis, California

As honey bee populations continue to decline, researchers and beekeepers are in need of expanded toolkits for colony management. Importantly, solutions must be scalable and sustainable. This session explores the application of emerging molecular, biochemical, and computational approaches to improve bee health and resilience in a rapidly changing world.

Presentations:

• 9:30 AM - 9:40 AM Pacific

  Introductory remarks
• 9:40 AM - 9:55 AM Pacific

  What can forensic methods tell us? Using non-lethal pathogen screens to identify bee pathogens
  

  Presenting Author: Elena Gratton – University of Illinois
• 9:55 AM - 10:10 AM Pacific

  Are honey bee detoxicative cytochrome P450 genes different from other bees?
  

  Presenting Author: Reed Johnson – The Ohio State University
• 10:25 AM - 10:35 AM Pacific

  Break
• 10:35 AM - 10:45 AM Pacific

  Mapping the invisible: How advanced AMS technology reveals chemical communication and contamination pathways in bee colonies
  

  Presenting Author: Angela Encerrado – University of California
• 11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific

  Break and poster session
• 11:15 AM - 11:25 AM Pacific

  Honey bee stock mediates the gut microbiome response to diet
  

  Presenting Author: Allyson Martin Ewert – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Alexander McMenamin – Pennsylvania State University

  Co-Author: Brendan Daisley – Uniiversity of Guelph

  Co-Author: Arian Avalos – USDA-ARS

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

  Co-Author: Claudia Husseneder – Louisiana State University

  Co-Author: Vincent Ricigliano – USDA-ARS
• 12:10 PM - 12:30 PM Pacific

  Panel discussion