Conference Programme
Opening day
October 23, 2021
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.15-11.30 | Welcome and introductions | ||
| 11.30-12.30 | Using pool-sequence data to unravel the population genetics of Apis mellifera mellifera | Dr. Matthieu Guichard | Animal GenoPhenomics & Bee Research Centre, Agroscope, Switzerland |
| Lunch break | |||
| 13.15-14.15 | The Wild Honey Bee Study | Prof. Grace McCormack | Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland |
| 14.30-15.30 | The Colonsay Project | Andrew Abrahams | Isle of Colonsay, United Kingdom |
Wednesday Events
19.00-20.00 h CET
| Date | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| October 27, 2021 | Can a single worker tell her colony’s tale? | Dylan Elen | "Molecular Ecology & Evolution at Bangor School of Natural Sciences Bangor University Deiniol Road, Bangor LL57 2UW United Kingdom" |
| November 3, 2021 | Native Honey Bee Conservation in Ireland | Aoife Nic Giolla Coda | The Native Irish Honey Bee Society |
| November 10, 2021 | UK A. m. mellifera populations and introgression | VIctoria Buswell | University of Plymouth, School of Biological and Marine Sciences, Drake Circus, Plymouth |
| November 17, 2021, 19.00 h | Forage resources and biological characteristics of honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera L.) in the Perm region, Russian Federation | Dr. Olga Frunze | National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration, 166, Nongsarngmyeong-ro, Iseo-myeon, Wanju-gun, Jeollabuk-do 55365, Republic of Korea |
| November 17, 2021, 19.30 h | Beebreeding Apis mellifera mellifera L. (Prikamskaya breed type) in Perm region, Russian Federation | Dr. Olga Frunze | National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Republic of Korea |
| November 24, 2021 | Overview of Activities towards re-establishing Dark Bees in Germany with in Bundesverband Dunkler Biene e.V. | Stefan Knoth | Bundesverband Dunkle Biene Deutschland e.V. |
| December 1, 2021 | Proteomic comparison of winter and summer honeybees | Rachel Ward | Medical Mycology Lab, Biology Department, Maynooth University, Kildare |
| December 8, 2021 | EurBeST study on resistant honey bees in Europe | Marina Meixner | Landesbetrieb Landwirtschaft Hessen, Bee institute, Kirchhain, Germany |
| December 15, 2021 | Dark bees buzzing around again in the Low Lands | Dylan Elen | ZwarteBij.org |
| December 22, 2021 | Dark European honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera gut microbiome is the perspective source of probiotic bacteria with increased antioxidant potential | Dr. Rustem Ilyasov | Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia |
| January 12, 2022, 19.00 h | Can we tell an M-lineage honey bee by its colour? | Dr. Dora Henriques | Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Bragança, Portugal |
| January 12, 2022, 19.45 h | DEEPWINGS: a software for Apis mellifera mellifera identification from wing geometric morphometrics | Dr. Carlos Yadro | Centro de Investigação de Montanha, Bragança, Portugal |
| January 19, 2022 | Results of the three-years INTERREG-project “Supporting Nordic brown bees – a unique resource for our ecosystem services” in Sweden | Dr. Sonja Leidenberger | School of Bioscience, Department of Biology and Bioinformatics, University of Skövde, Sweden |
| January 26, 2022 | Obstacles in implementing sanctuaries for the Dark Bee Apis mellifera mellifera in Switzerland | Dr. Padruot Fried | Mellifera.ch, Switerland |
| February 2, 2022 | Genetic (DNA) testing of dark bees in Austria | Dr. Berthold Heinze | BFW Austrian Research Centre for Forests, Genome Research Unit, Seckendorff, Vienna, Austria |
| **Cancelled** February 9, 2022 |
Following the tragic deaths of Prof. Alexey Nikolenko and his colleague Prof. Alexandr Poskryakov from Covid infections, the next talk has been cancelled.
Our heartfelt condolences and thoughts are with their families, friends and colleagues at this sad time. They will be sadly missed.
Perfection of the defense system of the dark European honey bee Apis mellifera mellifera |
Dr. Alexey Nikolenko |
Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics, Ufa Federal Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Ufa, Russia |
| February 16, 2022 | Northumberland native bees’ three-strategy defence against varroa mites. | Dr. Dorian Pritchard | private |
| February 23, 2022 | Conservation and breeding of the Dark Bee in Norway | Dr. Lars Kirkerud | Norsk Brunbielag – The Norwegian Brownbee Association |
| March 02, 2022 | “Delayed Flight Time” (DFM)-method in several breeding operations of A. m mellifera and A. m. carnica, located in areas with strong carnica- and buckfast-presence | Dr. Jakob Wegener | Institute of Bee Research, Humbold University of Berlin |
| March 09, 2022 | The National Bee Improvement Programme (NatBIP) (UK and Ireland) | Jo Widdicombe | Bee Improvement & Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA) |
| March 16, 2022 | Autonomous nonprofit organization “Altyn solok” for the conservation of local dark European honeybees Apis mellifera mellifera in the republic of Bashkortostan, Russia | Marat Khasanov | ALTYN SOLOK |
| March 22, 2022 | A comprehensive approach for detecting molecular markers linked to the Varroa Sensitive Hygiene (VSH) trait in honey bees | Birgit Gessler | University of Hohenheim, Institute of Animal Science - Department of Livestock Population Genomics, Stuttgart, Germany |
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