2025 Breeder’s Day & IPM Workshop Agenda

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BREEDER'S DAY - Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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Registration8:009:00
Welcome and opening remarks9:009:06
Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President
Breeder's Day Overview and Introductions9:069:13
Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission
Morning session
Keynote: "Critical role of drones in queen rearing and breeding"9:139:49
Sue Cobey
"Project Apis m funded research; the effect of temperature on queen fertility & colony performance"9:4910:15
M. Marta Guarna
COFFEE BREAK10:1510:45
PANEL "Selecting for Success: How to Identify and Propagate High-Performing Colonies in a Commercial Operation"10:4511:26
Moderator: Sue Cobey
Panelists: Rob Dickson, Danni Glennie, Emily Huxter
"Queen breeding and management at Glory Bee Honey Farm"11:2611:52
Danni Glennie
LUNCH12:0013:15
Afternoon session
Keynote: "What to do when nothing works"13:1513:51
Liz Huxter
"Social immunity in the queen's retinue"13:5114:10
Dr. Alex Walton
"Black Queen Cell Virus"14:1014:29
Chenoa Kaufman
PANEL "Queen Cell vs. Mated Queen: What's the best option and why?"14:2915:10
Moderator: Liz Huxter
Panelists: Rob Dickson, Reece Chandler, Curtis Miedema
COFFEE BREAK15:1015:40
AB Queen Producer: Pala's Honey Farm15:4016:00
Dan Pala
IPM WORKSHOP DAY 1 - Thursday February 6, 2025
Registration8:009:00
Welcome and opening remarks9:009:06
Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President
IPM Workshop Overview and Introductions9:069:09
Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission
Morning session
"Advances in Varroa Mite Management: OA+Glycerin Treatment Strategies"9:0910:00
Randy Oliver
"Preparing an Oxalic Acid and Glycerin solution: What We Know, What We Don’t, and What We Need to Learn"10:0010:16
Grace Strom
COFFEE BREAK10:1610:46
"Revising British Columbia's Varroa Destructor Economic Injury Level"10:4611:12
Leilani Pulsifer
"Lifehive Update: Varroa heat treatment tailored to commercial beekeeping operations"11:1211:38
Pascal Brunner
"Tracking the Buzz: Five Years of Insights into Alberta’s Honey Bee Health"11:3812:04
Dr. Renata Labuschagne
LUNCH12:0513:20
Afternoon session
PANEL "How Do You Keep Your Bees Fat?"13:2014:07
Moderator: Lynae Ovinge
Panelists: Kevin Nixon, Grace Strom
"How Beekeepers can do Research"14:0714:33
Lynae Ovinge
"American Foulbrood: Contagious, Destructive, and Impossible to Get Rid Of"14:3314:59
Dr. Sarah Wood
COFFEE BREAK14:5915:29
"Transgenerational Immune Priming Technology and the Bee Vaccine"15:2915:55
Amy Floyd
"BeeSafe Biotech"15:5516:21
Jenna Letain and Gunjan Vasudeva
Hospitality night17:0019:00
IPM WORKSHOP DAY 2 - Friday February76, 2025
Welcome and Introductions8:308:34
Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission
Morning session
"Tropilaelaps mites - biology and current research"8:349:05
Dr. Dan Aurell
"Tropilaelaps mites - monitoring, management strategies, and gaps in our knowledge"9:059:31
Alexandra Panasiuk
"European Foulbrood: The Midlife Crisis of Your Hive—Stress, Diet, and the Road to Recovery"9:319:57
Dr. Sarah Wood
COFFEE BREAK9:5710:27
"Enhancing Honey Bee Health through Nutrition and Selective Breeding"10:2711:18
Randy Oliver
PANEL "When Do You Cull it and When Do You Save It?"11:1812:00
Moderator: Dan Aurell
Panelists: Alexandra Panasiuk, Reece Chandler, Curtis Miedema
LUNCH12:0013:10
Afternoon session
"Hive Destruction 101: What to Do When a Hive Must Die"13:1013:36
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"13:3614:12
Demi Meier and Alyssa Turnbull
"Miticide resistance project update"14:1214:38
Patricia Wolf Veiga
"Plan Bee:  The Use of Api-Save™ as a Novel, Value-added, Natural Agent for Treatment of Honeybee Diseases”14:3815:04
Ming Sun
COFFEE BREAK15:0415:34
"AB Producer IPM Highlight: Pala's Honey Farm IPM Program"15:3416:00
Dan Pala