Congress Presentations
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| Title | FirstName | LastName | Organisation | AbstractTitle | Session |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prof | Andrew | Lowe | University of Adelaide | Plant pollination networks – DNA barcoding applications | 6B: Symposium on pollination for profit – how this program is positioning Australia’s bees for growth in agriculture |
| Prof | Andrew | Lowe | University of Adelaide | Working with native habitat to improve pollinator services | 5B: How can we design agricultural landscapes to maximise pollinator efficacy? |
| Aron | Malcolm | GFSI Global Auditor and Food Safety Consultant | The flip side of feeding bees? What’s at stake if bee feeds end up in the food chain | 8A: Symposium on optimising bee nutrition for better pollination with an eye on risk | |
| Prof | Ben | Oldroyd | University of Sydney | How many bees do we need and how many do we have? | Session 1: Pollination – Helping beekeepers and growers maximise profits |
| Prof | Ben | Oldroyd | University of Sydney | Asian bee mites, parasitic flies, hunting wasps and other exotic nasties | 6A: Symposium on biosecurity & exotic pest threats for Australia |
| Bruce | White OAM | NSW Amateur Beekeepers Association | Co-ordinating amateur beekeeping groups | 10B: Urban beekeeping in Australia – untapping the resource | |
| Chris | Fuller | Kin Kin Native Bees | Protecting stingless bees from insecticides on farms | 11B: Symposium on the pollination contribution of Stingless bees – what are the key impediments to developing a successful industry? | |
| Danny | Le Feuvre | Australian Bee Services | Positioning a forward-thinking beekeeping business to leverage pollination opportunities | Session 2: Symposium on pollination – How beekeepers provide better pollination services | |
| David | Hackenberg | Hackenberg Apiaries | Big Agriculture in the USA & working in a monoculture environment – lessons for growers & beekeepers | 5B: How can we design agricultural landscapes to maximise pollinator efficacy? | |
| David | Mendes | American Beekeeping Organisation (ABF) | ABC, Pollination of Almonds, Blueberries and Cranberries in the US | Session 2: Symposium on pollination – How beekeepers provide better pollination services | |
| David | Mendes | American Beekeeping Organisation (ABF) | Beekeeper liaison with growers on pesticide selection | 3A: Managing pesticide use in a pollinator friendly world | |
| Dean | Haley | Propagation techniques including queen transfers and brood grafts | 9B: Breaking the sting barrier – conservation and sustainable use of stingless bees | ||
| Dianne | Fullelove | Australian Melon Industry | Bees and virus transmission – a grower’s pespective | 10A: Symposium on pollination from the growers perspective | |
| Doug | Purdie | The Urban Beehive | Rooftop beekeeping | 10B: Urban beekeeping in Australia – untapping the resource | |
| Dr | Emily | Remnant | University of Sydney | Can we immunise honey bees against virulent viruses? | 7B: Honey bee viruses and how to stop them |
| Dr | Emily | Remnant | University of Sydney | Deformed wing virus: how do vector transmitted RNA viruses contribute to the death of honey bees? | 8B: Symposium on honey bee viruses |
| Greg | Fraser | Plant Health Australia | The needs of dependant pollination industries | 11A: What is the optimal size of the beekeeping industry in Australia? | |
| Ian | Cane | Resource security, the next 100 years | 11A: What is the optimal size of the beekeeping industry in Australia? | ||
| Mr | Ian | Zadow | Minimising pesticide losses | 4A: Symposium on pesticide management – The latest risks & how beekeepers can best navigate them | |
| Joe | Horner | C.F.Horner & Son | Control flight time mating of queen honey bees | 3B: Bee breeding and genetics in the era of genomics | |
| John | Bassett | Kereta Honey Ltd | Practical tips for successful queen rearing | 3B: Bee breeding and genetics in the era of genomics | |
| Mr | John | Davies | Better Bees WA | 40 years of successful isolated bee breeding | 4B: Symposium on bee breeding |
| John | Polley | Gold Coast Regional Beekeepers Inc | Running a field day for hobby beekeepers | 10B: Urban beekeeping in Australia – untapping the resource | |
| Dr | John | Roberts | CSIRO Health and Biosecurity | Implications of Australia’s unique viral landscape | 8B: Symposium on honey bee viruses |
| Dr | John | Roberts | CSIRO Health and Biosecurity | What do we have ready to protect our honey bees? | 6A: Symposium on biosecurity & exotic pest threats for Australia |
| Dr | Julia | Jones | Uppsala University | Bee gut bacteria is influenced by what they eat and what they work on | 3A: Managing pesticide use in a pollinator friendly world |
| Dr | Judy | Wu-Smart | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Sub-lethal cascading effects of neonicotinoid insecticides on queen bees and colony development | 3A: Managing pesticide use in a pollinator friendly world |
| Dr | Judy | Wu-Smart | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | Pesticide residues in brood comb and impacts on colony development | 4A: Symposium on pesticide management – The latest risks & how beekeepers can best navigate them |
| Dr | Kathy | Knox | Gold Coast Amateur Beekeepers Society Inc | The ins and outs of running a hobby bee club | 10B: Urban beekeeping in Australia – untapping the resource |
| Dr | Laura | Brettell | Western Sydney University | The wider insect community as a potential reservoir of honey bee viruses | 8B: Symposium on honey bee viruses |
| Dr | Linda | Newstrom-Lloyd | Trees for Bees NZ | Strategic planting to maximise bee nutrition and reduce risks of colony losses | 8A: Symposium on optimising bee nutrition for better pollination with an eye on risk |
| Lindsay | Bourke | Australian Honey Bee Industry Council | Preparing pollination-ready hives and factors for success and profit | Session 2: Symposium on pollination – How beekeepers provide better pollination services | |
| Prof | Madeleine | Beekman | The University of Sydney | Is Deformed Wing Virus the last virus standing after the arrival of Varroa? | 7B: Honey bee viruses and how to stop them |
| Prof | Madeleine | Beekman | The University of Sydney | The infamous Varroa mite – how does it actually harm the bees and what can be done about it? | 5A: Biosecurity lessons for the future – Apis cerana and Varroa |
| Mr | Matthew | Cossey | CropLife Australia | Finding the common ground between honey bees and agriculture | 3A: Managing pesticide use in a pollinator friendly world |
| Mike | Allsopp | Agricultural Research Council, South Africa | Biosecurity and honey bees in a globalized world – where are we headed? | 6A: Symposium on biosecurity & exotic pest threats for Australia | |
| Mike | Allsopp | Agricultural Research Council, South Africa | Pesticides and bee-friendly certification | 4A: Symposium on pesticide management – The latest risks & how beekeepers can best navigate them | |
| Medhat | Nasr | Ministry of Alberta Agriculture and Forestry | Are all bee diets created equal? | 8A: Symposium on optimising bee nutrition for better pollination with an eye on risk | |
| Peter | McDonald | McDonald Honey | Is supplementary feeding beneficial? | 7A: Honey bee nutrition – building fantastic colonies for honey and pollination | |
| Peter | McDonald | McDonald Honey | Life on the front line of the SQRT team – the role of Australia’s beekeeper volunteers in keeping threats at bay | 6A: Symposium on biosecurity & exotic pest threats for Australia | |
| Prof | Phil | Lester | Victoria University of Wellington | Pathogen dynamics in NZ bees: viruses, Nosemas and Crithidia | 8B: Symposium on honey bee viruses |
| Prof | Phil | Lester | Victoria University of Wellington | How do neonicotinoids affect bees and what is the evidence | 4A: Symposium on pesticide management – The latest risks & how beekeepers can best navigate them |
| Robert | Spooner-Hart | Western Sydney University | Stingless bee pests and diseases | 9B: Breaking the sting barrier – conservation and sustainable use of stingless bees | |
| Dr | Robert | Banks | University of New England | Genetic improvement of productivity and health in Honeybees – scope and developments in Australia | 3B: Bee breeding and genetics in the era of genomics |
| Dr | Romina | Rader | University of New England | The identity and effectiveness of Australian crop pollinators – status and trends | 6B: Symposium on pollination for profit – how this program is positioning Australia’s bees for growth in agriculture |
| Dr | Romina | Rader | University of New England | The pollination contribution of stingless bees to 5 Australian crops | 11B: Symposium on the pollination contribution of Stingless bees – what are the key impediments to developing a successful industry? |
| Dr | Rosalyn | Gloag | University of Sydney | Biosecurity lessons from honey bee invaders: Apis cerana and their Varroa hitchhikers | 5A: Biosecurity lessons for the future – Apis cerana and Varroa |
| Dr | Rosalyn | Gloag | University of Sydney | Fighting swarms and tolerance to crowding in Australian stingless bees | 11B: Symposium on the pollination contribution of Stingless bees – what are the key impediments to developing a successful industry? |
| Ross | Skinner | Almond Board of Australia | What the almond industry expansion means for the beekeeping industry | 10A: Symposium on pollination from the growers perspective | |
| Dr | Sara | Leonhardt | University of Wurzburg | Resource diversity and bee health | 9B: Breaking the sting barrier – conservation and sustainable use of stingless bees |
| Prof | Saul | Cunningham | Australian National University | What part will crop pollination play in future agriculture? | 6B: Symposium on pollination for profit – how this program is positioning Australia’s bees for growth in agriculture |
| Stephen | Lynch | Horticulture Innovation | Pollination needs into the future – the horticulturalists perspective – a partnership approach for beekeepers and growers | Session 2: Symposium on pollination – How beekeepers provide better pollination services | |
| Dr | Tim | Heard | Sugarbag Bees | Managing stingless bees for crop pollination, playing to their strengths and weaknesses | 11B: Symposium on the pollination contribution of Stingless bees – what are the key impediments to developing a successful industry? |
| Dr | Tim | Heard | Sugarbag Bees | Stingless bees for research, education, pets and nature ambassadors | 9B: Breaking the sting barrier – conservation and sustainable use of stingless bees |
| Trevor | Monson | Monsons Honey & Pollination | Improving pollination outcomes | 8A: Symposium on optimising bee nutrition for better pollination with an eye on risk | |
| Trevor | Weatherhead, OAM | Australian Honey Bee Industry Council | Incursions into Australia to date, sentinel hive protections and gaps | 6A: Symposium on biosecurity & exotic pest threats for Australia | |
| Tanya | Latty | University of Sydney | How many bees in the bush? Estimating social bee densities in crops | 6B: Symposium on pollination for profit – how this program is positioning Australia’s bees for growth in agriculture |