[Pollinator] Why does bee health matter? House/Senate NCFAR lunch seminar-June 19th

[Tom Van Arsdall]

Hello, you’re invited to a NC-FAR hill seminar on Monday, June 19th, the first day of National Pollinator Week 2017. Please register using the link below.

 

Location: Noon Lunch Seminar, 1300 Longworth House Office Building

                3pm briefing, 328A Russell Senate Office Building 

                

Why Does Bee Health Matter? The Science Surrounding Honey Bee Health Concerns and What We Can Do About It 

 

Pollinators are responsible for about 1/3 of our human diet by volume. Although honey bees are one of nearly 20,000 bee species, they support more than $19B in food and crop production in the United States each year. A serious decline in honey bee health has significant implications for agriculture. Sick and weakened bees diminish the colony’s resiliency, leading to a condition often referred to as colony collapse disorder. Most scientists agree that there are four main stressors affecting the bees: parasites, pathogens, pesticides, and poor nutrition. This paper provides a summary of the scientific issues, current research, and recommendations related to bee health, as well as opportunities for beekeepers, land managers, crop producers, homeowners, and policymakers to engage in helping understand and address the problems to ultimately restore healthy populations of honey bees and other pollinators.

 

Speaker:

Marla Spivak, Ph.D., is a MacArthur Fellow and McKnight Distinguished Professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota.

	

	
	
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