*subject to change
| BREEDER'S DAY - Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | |||
| START | END | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
| 8.00am | 9.00am | Registration | |
| 9.00am | Welcome and opening remarks | Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President | |
| Breeder's Day Overview and Introductions | Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | ||
| Critical role of drones in queen rearing and breeding | Sue Cobey | ||
| Project Apis funded research; the effect of temperature on queen fertility & colony performance | Marta Guarna | ||
| MORNING BREAK | |||
| PANEL DISCUSSION | |||
| Drone Layer: What are the red flags for identifying queen issues? And how do you deal with them? | Panelists: | ||
| · TBD | |||
| Queen breeding and management at Glory Bee Honey Farm | Danni Glennie, Glory Bee Honey Farm | ||
| LUNCH | |||
| PANEL DISCUSSION | Moderator: | ||
| Queen cell vs. mated queen: What's the best option and why? | Panelists: | ||
| · TBD | |||
| Social immunity in the queen's retinue | Alex Walton, University of Alberta | ||
| Black Queen Cell Virus | Chenoa Kaufman, University of Alberta | ||
| AFTERNOON BREAK | |||
| What to do when nothing works | Liz Huxter | ||
| AB Queen Producer | TBD | ||
| IPM WORKSHOP DAY 1 - Thursday February 6, 2025 | |||
| START | TOPIC | SPEAKER | |
| 8.00am | 9.00am | Registration | |
| 9.00am | Welcome and opening remarks | Curtis Miedema, Alberta Beekeepers Commission, President | |
| IPM Workshop Overview and Introductions | Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | ||
| TBD | Randy Oliver | ||
| TBD | TBD | ||
| MORNING BREAK | |||
| Beekeeper Research "How To" | Lynae Ovinge, Buzzworthy Solutions | ||
| Revising British Columbia's Varroa Destructor Economic Injury Level | Leilani Pulsifer, Science Communicator, BC-TTP | ||
| Varroa heat treatment tailored to commercial beekeeping operations | Pascal Brunner; Vatorex CEO & co-founder | ||
| LUNCH BREAK | |||
| PANEL DISCUSSION | Moderator: TBD | ||
| When do you kill it and when do you save it? | Panelists: | ||
| · TBD | |||
| BeeSafe Biotech | Jenna Letain and Gunjan Vasudeva, BeeSafe Biotech | ||
| AFTERNOON BREAK | |||
| How American Foulbrood is Like Donald Trump: Contagious, Destructive, and Impossible to Get Rid Of | Sarah Wood; Research Chair in Pollinator Health, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan | ||
| Transgenerational Immune Priming Technology and the Bee Vaccine | Amy Floyd, Dalan Animal Health | ||
| 5 Years of CHM Data | Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Tech Transfer Program Lead | ||
| Beekeeper Highlight | TBD | ||
| Join us for our HOSPITALITY NIGHT from 5-7 pm | |||
| IPM WORKSHOP DAY 2 - Friday February 7, 2025 | |||
| START | TOPIC | SPEAKER | |
| 9.00am | IPM Workshop Overview and Introductions | Dr. Renata Labuschagne, Alberta Beekeepers Commission | |
| Tropilaelaps mites - biology and current research | Dan Aurell | ||
| Tropilaelaps mites - monitoring, management strategies, and gaps in our knowledge | Ali Panasiuk, Government of Alberta Bee Health Assurance Team | ||
| How to Kill Hives | Nicole McCormick, Alberta Tech Transfer Program Lead Technician | ||
| MORNING BREAK | |||
| European Foulbrood: The Midlife Crisis of Your Hive—Stress, Diet, and the Road to Recovery | Sarah Wood; Research Chair in Pollinator Health, Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan | ||
| PANEL DISCUSSION | Moderator: TBD | ||
| How do you keep your bees fat? | Panelists: | ||
| · TBD | |||
| LUNCH BREAK | |||
| Apisave | Nature Recombined | ||
| Acaricidal effects of botanical extracts on Varroa mite | Demi Meier, University of Alberta | ||
| Transcriptome analysis of Varroa mite and honey bee in response to organic and inorganic acaricides | Alyssa Turnbull, University of Alberta | ||
| Miticide resistance project | Patricia Wolf-Veiga; Manager, National Bee Diagnostic Centre | ||
| TBD | Randy Oliver | ||