Standardized methods for honey bee testing in hoarding cages
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Nov 25, 2010 09:00 AM
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Nov 26, 2010 05:00 PM |
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| Where | Bologna, Italy |
| Contact Name | Antonio Nanetti, Piotr Medrzycki, Cecilia Costa, Marco Lodesani |
| Attendees |
Reimbursed participation is limited to 15 COLOSS members. Preference will be given to participants actively involved in experiments using hoarding cages. Reimbursement by COST will be around 233 € and will cover travel expenses only (although there is a possibility that extra funding may be available due to 2010 budget residues to be used by the end of the year). Registration and abstracts up to October 25, 2010 |
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The following issues will be discussed:
1 – Observations on ADULT BEES
1a – Stress/wellbeing assessment
1b – Longevity tests
1c – Toxicity of medicaments for the bees
1d – Toxicity of environmental contaminants (pesticides etc.)
2 – Observations on PATHOGENS
2a – Development of infections
2b – Efficacy of medicaments for the bees
3 – Comparisons: REARING CONDITIONS AND MATERIAL
3a - Kind of cage (material, size, hygiene)
3b – Incubation conditions (T, RH, light, precision required for each)
3c - Origin and age of bees
3d - Practical procedures of bee handling (bee collection and anaesthetization)
3e - Kind and mode of feeding
3f – Administration modes of the tested factors (individual / collective inoculation / intoxication)
3g - Duration of test
4 – STATISTICS
4a - Number of bees per cage
4b - Number of repetitions and replicates
4c – Experimental setup (problem of autocorrelation in longevity tests)
4d – Observation classes (definition of “dead bee”)
5 - RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LAB AND FIELD RESULTS
