Transcript incubation and fertility research group

De Duurzame
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2016 _ CONFERENCE “THE BLACK BEE PROJECT”
CONFERENCE CENTRE ‘De Werelt’ in Lunteren, Netherlands
Westhofflaan 2, 6741 KH Lunteren
www.dewerelt.nl
Programma
Thursday 20th October
12.30 Excursion Open Air Museum in Arnhem (including dinner).
6.30 Diner in Lunteren.
Friday 21st October
9.00 Per Thunman (Sweden) Vice-President, SICAMM
Welcome and opening of Conference
9.15-9.45 Romée van der Zee (Netherlands) Apis mellifera mellifera beekeeping on the island of
Texel.
9.45-10.15. Roger Patterson (UK) Encouraging beekeepers to improve their bees.
10.15-10.45 Coffee/tea break.
10.45-11.15 Andrew Abrahams (Scotland) The legal status of the
Colonsay Reserve.
11.15-11.45 Pierre Barois (France) The legal situation of the dark bee in France.
11.45-12.30 Discussion.
12.30-1.30 Lunch
1.30-2.00 Dylan Elen (Belgium) Report on the Association “Limburgse Zwarte Bij vzw”.
2.00-2.30 Padruot Fried (Switzerland) Report on the ongoing project to preserve the endangered
Apis mellifera mellifera in four protected areas in Switzerland
2.30-3.00 Ole Hertz (Denmark) The present situation of the dark bee in Denmark and Greenland.
3.00-3.30 Coffee/tea break.
3.30-4.00 Ingvar Arvisson (Sweden) Projekt Nordbi.
4.00-4.30 Ralf Ullrich (Germany) Report on the Association “Zuchtverband Dunkle Biene
Deutschland”.
6.30 Dinner.
Saturday 22nd October
9.00-9.30
Janis Trops (Latvia) The Black Bee breeding programme and the situation in Latvia.
9.30-10.00 Anna Brandorf (Russia) Flower specialization of the Dark Bee in the North-Eastern
region of European Russia.
10.00-10.30 Marija Ivoilova (Russia) Queen rearing criteria in the North-Eastern region of
European Russia.
10.30-11.00 Coffee/tea break; Honey presentation by Bijkersgilde (www.bijkersgilde.nl).
11.00-11.30 Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda (Ireland) Continuing efforts to protect the Native Irish
Honeybee.
11.30-12.00 Jack Hassett (Ireland) Genetic Analysis of the Native Irish Honeybee (Apis mellifera
mellifera)
12-12.30 Discussion.
12.30-1.30 Lunch.
1.30-2.00 Aat Rietveld (Netherlands) Honey crop diversity and urban beekeeping.
2.00-2.30 Keith Browne (Ireland) Impact of genetic and environmental factors on the health of
Apis mellifera mellifera in colonies participating in the native Irish bee breeding programme.
2.30-3.00 Andrew Abrahams (Scotland) Selection and improvement within a small isolated
population.
3.00-3.30 Coffee/tea break.
3.30-4.00 Gabriele Soland (Switzerland) Modern molecular tools for the conservation and
breeding of indigenous honeybees.
4.00-4.30 Gareth John (UK) Varroa Resistance, Open Mating and Wild Bees in Southern
England. (Presented by Philip Denwood).
4.30-5.00 Marleen Boerjan (Netherlands) Dark bees and varroa tolerance.
7.00 Dinner
Sunday 23rd October
9.00-9.30 Job van Praagh (Germany) Is homogeneous mixing of sperm beneficial for selection of
varroa tolerance?
9.30-10.00 Philip Denwood (UK) Recent genetic surveys of honeybees in the UK.
10.00-10.30 Balser Fried (Switzerland) Odds and ends in mating.
10.30.-11.00 Coffee/tea break.
11.00-12.30 SICAMM Business meeting (all welcome).
12.30-1.30 Lunch.