LIVING WITH VARROA
21 November 1992
Imperial College, London
PROGRAMME
09.00 - 09.45 Registration
Morning session
Chairman, Dr Don Griffiths
09.45 - 09.55 Living with varroa
Andrew Matheson, International Bee Research
Association, UK
09.55 - 10.15 Varroa biology: a brief review
Dr Ingemar Fries, Bee Division, Swedish
University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala,
Sweden
10.15 - 11.00 The damaging effects of Varroa jacobsoni
infestation
Brenda Ball, Entomology Department, Rothamsted
Experimental Station, UK
11.00 - 11.30 Tea and coffee break
11.30 - 12.15 Chemical control: options and problems
Dr Wolfgang Ritter, Bee Research Department,
Institute for Veterinary Hygiene, Freiburg,
Germany
12.15 - 13.00 Varroa in cold climates
Dr Ingemar Fries
13.00 - 14.15 Lunch
Afternoon session
Chairman, Andrew Matheson
14.15 - 15.00 Varroa at the neighbours': ten years'
experience in the Netherlands.
Dr Aad de Ruijter, Research Centre for Insect
Pollination and Beekeeping, Hilvarenbeek,
Netherlands
15.00 - 15.45 What future for biotechnical control?
Dr Wolfgang Ritter
15.45 - 16.15 Tea and coffee break
16.15 - 16.45 UK beekeeping in the age of varroa
Medwin Bew, National Beekeeping Unit, Central
Science Laboratory, Luddington, UK
16.45 - 17.00 The way ahead
Dr Don Griffiths, Acarology Consultants Ltd,
Aldershot, UK
LOCATION
Venue Lecture Theatre 220
Mechanical Engineering Department
Imperial College
Kensington
London
Access Main entrance, level 2 (ground floor)
Exhibition Road
Underground South Kensington (Piccadilly, Circle, District)
Buses 9, 14, 30, 33, 45, 49, 52, 52A, 73, 74, 264
Parking NCP Hyde Park
SPEAKER PROFILES
Andrew Matheson has been Director of the International Bee
Research Association since 1991. Before taking up this position he
was a government apicultural specialist in New Zealand, with
experience in extension, international consultancies and managing
disease control programmes.
Ingemar Fries is research leader at the Bee Division of the
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. Current research
interests include the population dynamics of varroa in cold
climates, and non-traditional control methods.
Brenda Ball is head of the honey bee pathology section at
Rothamsted Experimental Station, and carries out research on all
aspects of honey bee pathology but especially virus diseases. For
some years she has been part of a European collaborative research
project, looking at relationships between varroa and pathogens.
Wolfgang Ritter heads the Bee Research Department at Germany's
Institute for Veterinary Hygiene. He has considerable research
experience with varroa, and has advised many national and
international organizations on varroa control.
Aad de Ruijter has worked closely with the beekeeping industry in
the Netherlands since the mite was first discovered in that
country, and has also studied varroa in other European countries.
He is currently Director of the Dutch Research Institute for Insect
Pollination and Beekeeping.
Medwin Bew is the UK's National Beekeeping Specialist, and has
been at the forefront of the government's advisory and regulatory
response to varroa since its discovery in April. Before that he
spent a lot of time preparing for this event, with study visits to
European countries. The National Bee Unit is now part of the
Central Science Laboratory.
Don Griffiths is a mite specialist of international renown, and
has had a particular interest in varroa and the beekeeping
industry.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
IBRA is grateful to the following organizations, which provided
financial support for this symposium:
* Commission of the European Communities
* Zoecon Corporation
* E H Thorne (Beehives) Ltd
ARRANGEMENTS
Registration
Attendance at this meeting is open to those who have paid the
registration fee and been issued with tickets.
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limited and entry tickets will be issued as we receive registration
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Refreshments
The registration cost includes tea and coffee in the morning and
afternoon breaks. Lunch is not included in the price, but these
options are available:
* Hot buffet lunch for 8.90 per person - MUST be ordered and
paid for on the registration form.
* Several pubs, sandwich bars and restaurants are nearby.
Proceedings
The papers presented at the symposium will be edited by IBRA and
published in a bound volume. This will be available for general
sale, and at a reduced price to all who have registered for the
symposium.
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but the tickets are transferable and may be used by someone else.
Prices include VAT where applicable. VAT number 208134885.
IBRA member's discount
This discount is available to all current members of IBRA.
Beekeeper association members may send two participants at the
discounted rate, and corporate members three.
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