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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230914
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URL:https://americanbeejournal.com/events/sbgmi-virtual-summer-mini-confer
 ence-with-randy-oliver-declan-schroeder-phd/
SUMMARY:SBGMI Virtual Summer Mini-Conference with Randy Oliver & Declan Sch
 roeder\, PhD.
DESCRIPTION:What: SBGMI Virtual Summer Mini-Conference with Randy Oliver &a
 mp\; Declan Schroeder\, PhD.\nWhen: September 14th\, 2023 at 6:00pm EST\nH
 ow: Registration through the http://www.sbgmi.org/shop or direct (https://
 sbgmi.org/product/sbgmi-2023-live-virtual-summer-mini-conference)\nCost: $
 10.00 ($5.00 for SBGMI Members with Coupon Code)\n\nDescription:\n\nDeclan
  Schroeder\, is Associate Professor of Veterinary Population Medicine at t
 he Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Building\, University of Minnesota.\n\
 nHoney bee (Apis mellifera) populations in many parts of the world are exp
 eriencing considerable losses annually.  A combination of many factors is
  responsible for honey bee decline. In particular\, the combination of the
  parasitic mite Varroa destructor (Varroa) and the viruses the mite vector
 s are major drivers of colony mortality. These include the viruses from De
 formed wing virus master variants (DWV-A and DWV-B)\, Acute bee paralysis 
 virus (ABPV)\, and its variant Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV). More 
 recently\, two other viruses are starting to increase in prevalence\, name
 ly Sacbrood virus (SBV) and Lake Sinai virus (LSV). Here I will describe t
 he use of new molecular tools to unravel the complexity of co-infections i
 n honey bees that together impact the way we interpret current PCR based s
 urveillance data.\n\nRandy Oliver has kept bees for most of his life\, and
  views beekeeping through the eyes of a biologist\, researcher\, and natur
 e lover. He makes his living as a commercial beekeeper\, and maintains the
  website ScientificBeekeeping.com. Randy is a popular writer in the bee jo
 urnals and an invited speaker worldwide\, sharing his knowledge of bee bio
 logy\, colony health issues\, and practical beekeeping management.\n\nAbou
 t Randy’s presentation he states: “In 2017 I proposed a simplified met
 hod for commercial queen breeders to select for varroa-resistant stock\, a
 nd then undertook a demonstration project to see if it would work. After s
 ix years of strong selection\, we appear to be making substantial progress
 ! The basis of genetic improvement programs in any organism is selective b
 reeding\, where individuals are chosen that are expected to have offspring
  with desirable properties. This is directed evolution: fitness is defined
  by the breeder rather than by the individual’s ability to survive and r
 eproduce in nature.
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