| Extension/Outreach |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Educate public on honey bee best management practices & address misconceptions |
| Extension/Outreach |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Share BMPs with beekeepers |
| Extension/Outreach |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Work to improve viability of beekeeping industry; encourage & educate new or potential beekeepers |
| Extension/Outreach |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Improve information transfer techniques (e.g., eXtension) |
| Extension/Outreach |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Educate apiarists on changing bee forage |
| Extension/Outreach |
6 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Advise public and local agencies on AHB facts, along with appropriate preparations & action plans |
| Extension/Outreach |
7 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Promote local & small-scale queen & bee production, as well as local pollination services |
| Extension/Outreach |
8 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Provide information on alternative pollinators |
| Extension/Outreach |
9 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Inform crop growers of beneficial farming practices that protect pollinators (e.g., timing & planting nectar-bearing plants) |
| Extension/Outreach |
10 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop & maintain interstate collaborations, such as MAAREC, because working groups may find it easier to get new control methods in the pipeline or registered for beekeeper use |
| Regulatory |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Explore the possibility of reclassifying honey bees as livestock in order to protect beekeepers from economic losses during natural disasters, but only where doing so will not trigger ordinances prohibiting livestock |
| Regulatory |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Reduce liability of beekeepers for hive activities |
| Regulatory |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Produce lists of certified queen breeders |
| Regulatory |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop & implement regionally valid hive inspections |
| Regulatory |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Train beekeepers in pesticide safety & encourage them to get private applicator licenses |
| Research |
1 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Determine ways to improve overall colony health & productivity; identify factors leading to decline in honey bee health, such as nutrition, stress, & pests; focus on new or current major issues (e.g., mites, CCD, & genetic disorders) |
| Research |
2 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Design best management practices (BMPs) related to point above |
| Research |
3 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study mites & develop new control methods |
| Research |
4 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Study selective breeding, stock improvement, & means to increase genetic diversity |
| Research |
5 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Reduce dependence on chemical control methods |
| Research |
6 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Create & disseminate surveys of honey bee diseases & pests to apiarists throughout the mid-Atlantic region |
| Research |
7 |
All |
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6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Search for & study beneficial or symbiotic organisms within honey bees |
| Research |
8 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Develop better diagnostics for AHB |
| Research |
9 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Improve understanding of changing bee forage |
| Research |
10 |
All |
|
6- to 12-Inch Shoot |
Examine the nutritional quality of GMOs & the impact on honey bees; also, whether modified genetic material is being transferred to bees & possible effects. |