SCA Joint Project Workshop : Honeybee

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Introduction:

Toward understanding Honeybees in Asia(29KB)
Dr. Kiyoshi Kimura Senior Researcher, Honeybee Research Group, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National and Food Research Organization, Japan

Abstracts of Presentations:

Asian Honeybee

Rural Beekeeper: a conservator of honeybees and their diversity(29KB)
Dr. Ranjith Wasantha Kumara Punchihewa Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Biology, University of Ruhuna, Sri Lanka

Honeybee diseases

Honeybee Viruses and Viral Diseases in Honeybees, Apis mellifera(156KB)
Dr. Chen Yanping Research Entomologist, Bee Research Laboratory, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, USA

Defence mechanism

Innate immune system in the honeybee(170KB)
Dr. Mikio Yoshiyama Researcher, Honeybee Research Group, National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science, National and Food Research Organization, Japan

Differences between Asian and European honeybees

1) Queen signal bias in ovarian activation in mixed-species colonies of honeybees 2) Predator-prey coevolution: differential behavioural reactions of Apis cerana and A. mellifera to a predatory wasp, Vespa velutina (23KB)
Prof. Tan Ken Professor, Eastern Bee Research Institute, Yunnan Agricultural University, China

Honey

Antibiotic and Organoleptic Properties of Honey from Apis dorsata (Giant Honeybee) and Trigona laeviceps(Stingless Bee)(97KB)
Dr. Chanpen Chanchao Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

Discussion:

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