Report on the National Stakeholders Conference on Honey Bee Health

This report on honey bee health presents presents the proceedings of a stakeholder conference organized and conducted by members of the Nat. Honey Bee Health Stakeholder Conference Steering Comm. on Oct. 15-17, 2012 in Alexandria, VA. After news broke in Nov. 2006 about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a potentially new phenomenon described by sudden and widespread disappearances of adult honey bees from beehives in the U.S., the CCD Steering Comm. was formed with the charge to help...
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This report on honey bee health presents presents the proceedings of a stakeholder conference organized and conducted by members of the Nat. Honey Bee Health Stakeholder Conference Steering Comm. on Oct. 15-17, 2012 in Alexandria, VA. After news broke in Nov. 2006 about Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), a potentially new phenomenon described by sudden and widespread disappearances of adult honey bees from beehives in the U.S., the CCD Steering Comm. was formed with the charge to help coordinate a federal response to address this problem. The Comm. consists of scientists from the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Nat. Inst.of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Office of Pest Mngt. Policy (OPMP), Nat. Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). A primary goal of the conference was to receive input from stakeholders as they consider future actions to promote health and mitigate risks to managed honey bees in the U.S. This report represents the consensus of the scientific community studying honey bees. This is a print on demand report.