IUCN North American Bumble Bee Conservation Planning Workshop
Hosted by the Saint Louis Zoo, 9-12 November 2010
FINAL REPORT
North American Bumble Bee Species Conservation Strategy Workshop
PRESENTATIONS
Introduction to Workshop Process and Agenda – Onnie Byers (IUCN Conservation Breeding Specialist Group)
Status of North American Pollinator Decline – Sydney Cameron (University of Illinois)
Assessing population trajectories with historic data and surveys using Bombus occidentalis as a model – James Strange (USDA-ARS Bee Lab)
Determining conservation status and ecological requirements for native bumblebees – Sheila Colla (York University, Canada)
The Plight of Franklin’s Bumble Bee – Robbin Thorp (University of California-Davis)
World View of Bumble Bees – Paul Williams (Museum of Natural History-London, UK)
Commercial Rearing, Disease and Parasite Studies – Rene Ruiter (Koppert BV)
Parasites and bumble bee declines? Knowns, known unknowns and unknown unknowns – Mark Brown (University of London, UK)
What do surveys tell us about pathogen invasion in bumble bees? – Lee Solter (Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois)
Testing the Nosema invasion hypothesis with molecular tools and natural history collections – Jeff Lozier (University of Illinois)
Impacts of non-native bees – Dave Goulson (University of Stirling, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, UK)
Status of the European bumble bee, Bombus terrestris, in Japan as a beneficial pollinator and an invasive alien species – Koichi Goka (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan)
History and Current Status of Commercial Bumble Bee Production – Jan Vermeulen (Biobest NV, Belgium)
Pollination by native, non commercial bumble bees in Oregon crops – Sujaya Rao (Oregon State University)
Ecosystem services delivered by wild Bombus to crops – Rachael Winfree (Rutgers University)
Agricultural Intensification: Habitat Loss and its Effects on Bumble Bees – Shalene Jha (University of California-Berkeley)
Climate Change and its Possible Effects on Bumble Bees – David Inouye (University of Maryland, NSF)
Bumble bee Policy in the United States: History and Future Directions – Sarina Jepsen (The Xerces Society)
Questions USDA APHIS is Trying to Answer Regarding the Risks of Interstate Movement and Importation of Bumble Bees – Colin Stewart (USDA-APHIS)
Commercial bumble bees: is there a new pollinator on the western horizon? – James P. Strange (USDA-ARS Bee Lab)
Habitat Restoration for Bumble Bees – Mace Vaughan (The Xerces Society)
Bumble Boosters: Doing Science as a Community of Learners – Marion Ellis (University of Nebraska)
Bumblebee Conservation Initiatives in the UK – Dave Goulson (University of Stirling, Bumblebee Conservation Trust, UK)
Bumblebees in Mexico: Who, Research and Commercial Breeding – Remy Vandame (ECOSUR), Javier Quezada (University of Yucatan), and Juan Carlos Salinas (SEHUSA)