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
• 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
• 3:50 PM - 4:10 PM Pacific

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

  Presenting Author: Hasim Hakanoglu (he/him/his) – 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: Ashley St. Clair (she/her/hers) – Corteva Agriscience

  Co-Author: Adam Dolezal – University of Illinois
• 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

  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