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Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp (University of Maryland, USA ) will give a presentation on „Drivers of honey bee colony losses in the US“ on September 26th, starting at 14.15 in room D-239 (Kreutzwaldi 5). Everyone is welcome to participate.

Dr Dennis vanEngelsdorp is an associate professor of entomology at the University of Maryland, College Park:
https://www.vanengelsdorpbeelab.com/dr-dennis-vanengelsdorp.html 
He is the Chief Scientist for the Bee Informed Partnership and has been involved in a number of studies aimed at understanding honey bee colony collapse disorder (CCD). vanEngelsdorp was formerly the chief apiarist for Pennsylvania.

VanEngelsdorp's and his research lab at University of Maryland take an epidemiological approach to studying honey bee disease and colony mortality. His research focuses on identifying determinates of disease in honey bee colonies, promoting management systems which SUPPORT colony health, and broad scale monitoring of pollinator health.

Additional information: dr. Reet Karise, reet.karise@emu.ee

 

This event is organised by the Doctoral School of Earth Sciences and Ecology, supported by the European Union, European Regional Development Fund (Estonian University of Life Sciences ASTRA project „Value-chain based bio-economy“).