| 9:45 a.m. “Bringing Biological Defense Capabilities to Bear on
Agricultural Pathogens” - Dr. Jerry Bromenshenk, Bee
Alert Technology, Missoula, Mont.
10:30 a.m. • “The Researchers’ Reports” – continued
10:30 a.m. “CCD a Year Later: Preliminary Findings, Current
Projects, and New Insights”- Dennis vanEngelsdorp,
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, Harrisburg10:45 a.m. “Declining Honey Bee Health, CCD and Pesticides” -
Maryann Frazier, Senior Extension Associate, Penn State
University, University Park --
AND: Roger Simonds, USDA, Agricultural Marketing
Service, National Science Laboratory, Gastonia, N.C.
11:05 a.m. “CCD and Pathogens: Current Data and Questions
Remaining” – Dr. Diana Cox-Foster, Penn State
University, University Park, Penn.
11:20 a.m. “Clinical Outbreaks of Nosema ceranae in Bees Exposed
to Hives from Disappeared Colonies” - Dr. Mariano
Higes, Centro Apicola Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
11:35 a.m. “CCD: The Way Forward” – Dr. Jeff Pettis, USDA-ARS |