*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 |