*subject to change
| BREEDER'S DAY - Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | |||||
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| START | END | ||||
| Registration | 8:00 | 9:00 | |||
| Welcome and opening remarks | 9:00 | 9:06 | |||
| Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President | |||||
| Breeder's Day Overview and Introductions | 9:06 | 9:13 | |||
| Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | |||||
| Morning session | |||||
| Keynote: "Critical role of drones in queen rearing and breeding" | 9:13 | 9:49 | |||
| Sue Cobey | |||||
| "Project Apis m funded research; the effect of temperature on queen fertility & colony performance" | 9:49 | 10:15 | |||
| M. Marta Guarna | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 10:15 | 10:45 | |||
| PANEL "Selecting for Success: How to Identify and Propagate High-Performing Colonies in a Commercial Operation" | 10:45 | 11:26 | |||
| Moderator: Sue Cobey | |||||
| Panelists: Rob Dickson, Danni Glennie, Emily Huxter | |||||
| "Queen breeding and management at Glory Bee Honey Farm" | 11:26 | 11:52 | |||
| Danni Glennie | |||||
| LUNCH | 12:00 | 13:15 | |||
| Afternoon session | |||||
| Keynote: "What to do when nothing works" | 13:15 | 13:51 | |||
| Liz Huxter | |||||
| "Social immunity in the queen's retinue" | 13:51 | 14:10 | |||
| Dr. Alex Walton | |||||
| "Black Queen Cell Virus" | 14:10 | 14:29 | |||
| Chenoa Kaufman | |||||
| PANEL "Queen Cell vs. Mated Queen: What's the best option and why?" | 14:29 | 15:10 | |||
| Moderator: Liz Huxter | |||||
| Panelists: Rob Dickson, Reece Chandler, Curtis Miedema | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 15:10 | 15:40 | |||
| AB Queen Producer: Pala's Honey Farm | 15:40 | 16:00 | |||
| Dan Pala | |||||
| IPM WORKSHOP DAY 1 - Thursday February 6, 2025 | |||||
| Registration | 8:00 | 9:00 | |||
| Welcome and opening remarks | 9:00 | 9:06 | |||
| Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President | |||||
| IPM Workshop Overview and Introductions | 9:06 | 9:09 | |||
| Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | |||||
| Morning session | |||||
| "Advances in Varroa Mite Management: OA+Glycerin Treatment Strategies" | 9:09 | 10:00 | |||
| Randy Oliver | |||||
| "Preparing an Oxalic Acid and Glycerin solution: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We Need to Learn" | 10:00 | 10:16 | |||
| Grace Strom | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 10:16 | 10:46 | |||
| "Revising British Columbia's Varroa Destructor Economic Injury Level" | 10:46 | 11:12 | |||
| Leilani Pulsifer | |||||
| "Lifehive Update: Varroa heat treatment tailored to commercial beekeeping operations" | 11:12 | 11:38 | |||
| Pascal Brunner | |||||
| "Tracking the Buzz: Five Years of Insights into Alberta’s Honey Bee Health" | 11:38 | 12:04 | |||
| Dr. Renata Labuschagne | |||||
| LUNCH | 12:05 | 13:20 | |||
| Afternoon session | |||||
| PANEL "How Do You Keep Your Bees Fat?" | 13:20 | 14:07 | |||
| Moderator: Lynae Ovinge | |||||
| Panelists: Kevin Nixon, Grace Strom | |||||
| "How Beekeepers can do Research" | 14:07 | 14:33 | |||
| Lynae Ovinge | |||||
| "American Foulbrood: Contagious, Destructive, and Impossible to Get Rid Of" | 14:33 | 14:59 | |||
| Dr. Sarah Wood | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 14:59 | 15:29 | |||
| "Transgenerational Immune Priming Technology and the Bee Vaccine" | 15:29 | 15:55 | |||
| Amy Floyd | |||||
| "BeeSafe Biotech" | 15:55 | 16:21 | |||
| Jenna Letain and Gunjan Vasudeva | |||||
| Hospitality night | 17:00 | 19:00 | |||
| IPM WORKSHOP DAY 2 - Friday February76, 2025 | |||||
| Welcome and Introductions | 8:30 | 8:34 | |||
| Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | |||||
| Morning session | |||||
| "Tropilaelaps mites - biology and current research" | 8:34 | 9:05 | |||
| Dr. Dan Aurell | |||||
| "Tropilaelaps mites - monitoring, management strategies, and gaps in our knowledge" | 9:05 | 9:31 | |||
| Alexandra Panasiuk | |||||
| "European Foulbrood: The Midlife Crisis of Your Hive—Stress, Diet, and the Road to Recovery" | 9:31 | 9:57 | |||
| Dr. Sarah Wood | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 9:57 | 10:27 | |||
| "Enhancing Honey Bee Health through Nutrition and Selective Breeding" | 10:27 | 11:18 | |||
| Randy Oliver | |||||
| PANEL "When Do You Cull it and When Do You Save It?" | 11:18 | 12:00 | |||
| Moderator: Dan Aurell | |||||
| Panelists: Alexandra Panasiuk, Reece Chandler, Curtis Miedema | |||||
| LUNCH | 12:00 | 13:10 | |||
| Afternoon session | |||||
| "Hive Destruction 101: What to Do When a Hive Must Die" | 13:10 | 13:36 | |||
| Nicole McCormick | |||||
| "Acaricidal effects of botanical extracts on Varroa mite" and "Transcriptome analysis of Varroa mite and honey bee in response to organic and inorganic acaricides" | 13:36 | 14:12 | |||
| Demi Meier and Alyssa Turnbull | |||||
| "Miticide resistance project update" | 14:12 | 14:38 | |||
| Patricia Wolf Veiga | |||||
| "Plan Bee: The Use of Api-Save™ as a Novel, Value-added, Natural Agent for Treatment of Honeybee Diseases” | 14:38 | 15:04 | |||
| Ming Sun | |||||
| COFFEE BREAK | 15:04 | 15:34 | |||
| "AB Producer IPM Highlight: Pala's Honey Farm IPM Program" | 15:34 | 16:00 | |||
| Dan Pala | |||||