[Pollinator] Fwd: Invitation to 2015 Harris Center Conservation Forum

[Peter Bernhardt]

If you live in the bi-state (Missouri-Illinois) corridor you might want to
attend this upcoming forum.

Peter
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From: Johns, Ashley N. <johnsa at umsl.edu>
Date: Tue, Oct 6, 2015 at 4:04 PM
Subject: Invitation to 2015 Harris Center Conservation Forum
To: "bernhap2 at slu.edu" <bernhap2 at slu.edu>






2015 Whitney and Anna Harris Conservation Forum

*Conservation of the Bees*

*Thursday, November 5, 2015*

*The Living World, Saint Louis Zoo*

*5:30 p.m. Registration and Exhibit Viewing*





*Session 1: 6:00-6:30 p.m.*

*“The Problem of Declining Bee Populations with Evidence from North
American Bumblebees”*

*Sydney Cameron, Ph.D., University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana*

*Sydney Cameron* specializes in bumblebee behavior, evolution, and
conservation, conducting research in many parts of the world. A main line
of research of lab is developing new protocols to assess the status of
recent population decline in North American bumble bees, including the use
of natural history museum collections to reconstruct the genetic structure
of historical populations for comparison with current populations and
development of genomic markers for application to questions of temporal
influences on population changes from recent anthropogenic factors to
ancient climatic events.



*6:30-7:00 p.m.*

*“Honey Bees Under Stress”*

*Gerald Hayes, Jr., Ph.D., Beeologics, Monsanto*

*Jerry Hayes* is the Honey Bee Commercial lead for Monsanto's BioDirect
business unit.  Before joining Monsanto he was the Chief of the Apiary
Section for the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
In that role he was responsible for the regulatory health of the 350,000
colonies in the State of Florida, a state highly dependent on honey bee
pollination for agricultural success.  For the past 30 years Jerry has
written a monthly column in the American Bee Journal called The Classroom
and a book by the same name.  Jerry is a founding member of the Colony
Collapse Working Group, a science advisory board member for Project *Apis
mellifera *(PAm) and the Bee Informed Partnership.

*Light Dinner and Exhibit Viewing: 7:00 -7:30 p.m.*



*Session 2: 7:30-8:00 p.m.*



*“**Pesticides, parasites and pollinators: impacts of environmental
stressors on bees**Pesticide Impacts on Bee Foraging**”*

*Nigel Raine, Ph.D., Guelph University of Guelph*

*Nigel Raine* holds the Rebanks Family Chair in Pollinator Conservation at
the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada. His research examines the
behavior and ecology of bees, and the impacts of environmental stressors
(e.g. pesticide exposure) for the conservation of sustainable pollinator
populations. Nigel has been lucky enough to spend almost two decades
investigating bees and their intimate relationships with flowers on three
continents. He is an elected fellow of both the Royal Entomological Society
(FRES) and the Linnean Society of London (FLS). In addition to excellent
research, Nigel is actively engaged with a wide range of stakeholders
(including policy makers, farming & grower’s

                                    association, grocery chains and
beekeepers), on issues related to pollinator health and conservation.

Nigel Raine has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals, he is an
elected fellow of the Royal Entomological Society and the Linnean Society,
and he and his research make regular media appearances. A major focus of
his current research is examining how field-relevant levels of pesticide
exposure might be affecting the behaviour and success of bees, previously
in the United Kingdom, and now in Ontario, Canada.



*8:00-8:30 p.m.*

*“New Approaches to Bee Conservation”*

*Alexandra Harmon-Threatt, Ph.D., University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana*

*Alex Harmon-Threatt* is a pollination ecologist with broad interests in
understanding the patterns and processes that govern plant-pollinator
interactions for conservation. Pollinators play a vital role in plant
reproduction, food production and ecosystem stability but are believed to
be declining globally. Her work focuses on identifying and understanding
patterns in natural environments to help conserve and restore pollinator
diversity. With a particular focus on bees, she investigates how plant
diversity, isolation and bee characteristics, affect bee diversity in local
communities.



*Panel Discussion: 8:30-9:00 p.m.*



*Event is free and open to the public, but registration is required**:*
Call: (314)-516-4246, or email: johnsa at umsl.edu

*Co-sponsored by: Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center,*

*University of Missouri-St. Louis, Missouri Botanical Garden, Saint Louis
Zoo,*

*and the Academy of Science-St. Louis.*
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