SICAMM Conference Programme
Plantahof, Landquart, Switzerland 2012
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Saturday 1st September
9.00-10.00 Opening session
10.00-10.30 H. Thomas (Swiss Black Bee organization) Shared secrets of beekeeping in Switzerland
10.30-11.00 Break
11h-11h30 A. Uzunov (Bee Resarch Institute, Macedonia) Effects of genotype and environmental factors on the survival and productivity of European honey bee colonies
11.30-12.00 R. Büchler (Bee Research Institute Kirchhain, Germany) Observations on queen mating behaviour on a small island
12.00-12.30 L. Ruottinen (MTT Agrifood Research, Finland) Conservation of the Nordic Brown Bee
12.30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 K. Bienefeld (Institute for Bee Research, Hohen Neuendorf, Germany) Considering several traits simultaneously in the honey bee - Total breeding value improves selection
14.30-15.00 A. Lehebel-Péron (CEFE, UMR 5175 CNRS, France) Black bees and traditional log hives in the Cévennes National Park (South of France): conservation of natural and cultural heritage
15.00-15.30 T. Petermann (Society for the Dark Bee, Germany) The society for the Dark Bees, Germany
15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-16.30 G. Soland (Swiss Black Bee organization) Genetic diversity and hybridization of the honeybee
16.30-17.00 E. Mac Giolla Coda (Galtee Beebreeding Group, Ireland) Two decades of Progress for the Dark European Honeybee (Apis mellifera mellifera) of Ireland
17.00-17.30 F. Sutter (Swiss black bee organization) The Role of Instrumental Insemination for the Conservation of the Dark Bee: Potential and Pitfalls
Sunday 2nd September
9.00-9.30 K. Bienefeld (Institute for Bee Research Hohen Neuendorf, Germany) A new strategy for honeybee breeding - Genomic selection
9.30-10.00 P. Denwood (Secretary of SICAMM) Dark Bee Apis mellifera mellifera in the United Kingdom
10.00-10.30 Bénédicte Bertrand (National Centre for Scientific Reseach, France) Ecological and genetic consequences of the setup of a black honeybee sanctuary
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-11.30 G. Glock & T. Ruppel (GEDB association, Germany) Breeding of Dark Bees in Germany and details of "moonshine" mating station
11.30-12.00 I. Arvidsson (Projekt NordBi, Sweden) How to preserve and develop the native Black Bee in Sweden
12.00-12.30 D. Pritchard (President of SICAMM) Inbreeding problems and their avoidance
12-30-14.00 Lunch
14.00-14.30 B.Fried (Swiss Black Bee organization) Comparison of DNA and Morphology: results of Martina Siller’s study on the Austrian mellifera populations
14.30-15.00 R. Patterson (British Beekeepers Association, England) Queen Performance Problems
15.00-15.30 L. Gauthier (Swiss Centre for Bee Research) Factors affecting queen quality
15.30-16.00 Break
16.00-16.30 L. Reiter (Austrian Mellifera Beebreeders, Austria) The Dark Bee in Austria, a regional ecotype
16.30-17.00 D. Pritchard (President of SICAMM) Breeding varroa-resistant bees
17.00-17.30 L. Gauthier (Swiss Centre for Bee Research) A broodless method for Varroa control
17.30-18.00 Y. Elie (Association arbre aux abeilles, France) Little brooks make great rivers
Monday 3rd September
9.00-9.30 B. Fried (Swiss Black Bee organization) Perspectives for a sustainable control of European Foulbrood (EFB)
9.30-10.00 E. Mac Giolla Coda (Galtee Beebreeding Group, Ireland) The Potential of the Dark Bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, for Commercial Honey Production under Irish Climatic Conditions
10.00-10.30 R. Soland (Swiss Black Bee organization) Queen breeding in Switzerland
10.30-11.00 Break
11.00-11.30 A. Abrahams (Commercial Beekeeper, Scotland) Apis mellifera mellifera in Tasmania
11.30-12.00 M. Ennemoser (Imkerschule Imst, Austria) The Tyrolean Dark Bee, a subspecies with special characteristics
12.00-12.30 A. Lehebel-Péron (CEFE, UMR 5175 CNRS, France) Black bees and traditional log hives in the Cévennes National Park (South of France): conservation of natural and cultural heritage
12.30 Lunch
14.00-16.00 B. Fried Visit to the apaiary of the Plantahof; Honey tasting; Visit to the Plantahof
16.00-17.00 D. Pritchard SICAMM meeting
Excursion Programme
Friday (technical excursions):
Excursion A: Swiss bee Research Institute, Liebefeld-Bern and educational bee trail near lake of Biel
Excursion B: Canton Glarus, the first dark bee protected area in Switzerland. Visit to the town of Elm with the oldest Swiss dark bee populations
Excursion C: Alpine bee mating station “Santis” and lunch in a mountain revolving restaurant
Saturday evening: Conference dinner with entertainment
Tuesday
Alpine panorama train ride via Albula (UNESCO world heritage site) to Pontresina and up to “Muottas Muragi” restaurant
Organising Committee
Balser Fried (chairman) Linus Kempter
Padruot Fried Jürg Senn
Laurent Gauthier Karl Sochor
Viktor Gisler Florian Sutter
Ernst Hämmerli Hansueli Thomas
Silvio Hitz
