Event Date
Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016
Time: 8:00AM - 6:00PM
Location: UC Davis Conference Center
Keynote Speakers
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Yves Le Conte Head, French National Bee Lab, Avignon, France |
Dennis vanEngelsdorp Assistant Professor of Entomology at the University of Maryland |
Agenda
8:00 – 9:00 am - Registration, Continental Breakfast
9:00 am - Welcome and Introductions
Amina Harris, Director, Honey and Pollination Center, RMI, UC Davis
Neal Williams, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
9:15 am - (KEYNOTE) Honey Bees that Survive Varroa Mite in the World: What We Can Learn from the French Bees
Yves Le Conte, Director, French National Bee Lab, Avignon, France
10:15 am - Microbial Communities in Floral Nectar Influence Pollinator Preference and Foraging
Rachael Vannette, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
10:45 am - Break (Opportunity to visit Graduate Student Posters and Exhibits)
11:15 am -Rediversifying intensive agricultural landscapes to promote native pollinators
Claire Kremen, Professor, Department Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, UC Berkeley
11:45 PM - Lunch
Graduate Student Poster Presentations
Educational exhibits
1:30 pm - (KEYNOTE) Reducing Colony Losses. Does it take a village?
Dennis vanEngelsdorp, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, University of Maryland
2:15 pm - LIGHTNING ROUND TALKS
6 minute presentations about many different programs in the world of beekeeping
Ola Lundin: Research update on bees and neonicotinoids
Elina L. Niño: Honey Bee Extension at UC Davis
Hasna Wood: Apitherapy
Sonoma County Beekeepers Assoc.: Bee-ing In Total Community
Pat Heitkam: An Introduction to Patrick Ranch Bee Museum and Educational Center
Julie Cridland: Honey Bees of California - Variation in Time and Space
3:15 pm - Break
3:30 pm -The Importance of Division of Labor for Understanding Colony Health
Brian Johnson, Associate Professor, Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis
4:00 pm - The Bee Microbiome
Quinn McFrederick, Assistant Professor, Department of Entomology, UC Riverside
4:30 pm - Winners of the Graduate Student Poster Competition Announce
4:45 pm - Closing Reception
Special thanks to: Rabbit’s Foot Meadery, Sunnyvale, Calif.; Strad Meadery, Fair Oaks, Calif.; Yolo Brewing for their donations to our reception!
Good Life Garden at the Robert Mondavi Institute of Wine and Food Science
6:00 pm - Close
Graduate Student Poster Competition
Congratulations to our graduate student winners!
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First Place - $1000 (Sara Winsemius and Laura Ward: Exploring potential routes of neonicotinoid exposure within pollinator hedgerows adjacent to seed-treated sunflower)
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Second Place - $750 (W. Cameron Jasper: Investigating potential synergistic effects of chronic exposure to amitraz and multiple pesticides on honey bee (Apis mellifera) survivorship |
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| Third Place - $500 (Brittney Goodrich: Honey bee colony health: economic implications for beekeepers in almond pollination) |
Fourth Place - $250 (John Mola: Fine-scale population genetics and movement ecology of the yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii)
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Presented by the Honey and Pollination Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute and the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UC Davis.
Topics: Pollinator-related research
Presentation:
Posters should be hung at their assigned spot by 8am. Presenters are responsible for providing their own hanging materials. Authors must be at their posters for judging from 11:45 to 1:30 and will have 7 minutes to present. Winners will be announced before the final speaker.
Poster size: Limit is 48 inches wide x 36 inches tall. Posters should be well-written and organized.
Judging Criteria:
- Objectives
- Methodology (Does it provide a clear, consistent description?)
- Results
- Research Significance (Are the findings original? Relevant to current issues?)
- Conclusions
- Appearance
- Presentation and interaction with the judges
Complementary registration for student poster presenters.
Poster awards:
- First place: $1000
- Second place: $750
- Third place: $500
- Fourth place: $250
2016 Vendors and Exhibitors
| Bee Progressive | CAMBP (California Master Beekeeper Program) |
| Entomology Graduate Student Association | Haagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven |
| NOD Apiary Products | Project Apis m. |
| Sonoma County Beekeepers Association | Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation |
| Z Specialty Food | Dadant & Sons |
| UC Davis Library | UC Davis Bookstore |
| AMF (American Beekeeping Federation) | Planet Bee Foundation |
2015 Bee Symposium
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