[sleafordbka] FW: Honey bee epidemiology project

From: "Melody Espin" <Melody_Espin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <sleafordbka@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 16:56:27 -0000

Dear District Secretary,

Please would you consider passing on this message to your members.

Celia
Celia Smith, Association Secretary, Lincolnshire Beekeepers' Association


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From: "Keningale, Benjamin" <bjk201@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Honey bee epidemiology project
Date: 19 March 2012 15:08:47 GMT
To: "Keningale, Benjamin" <bjk201@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Good Afternoon,

I am a student at the University of Exeter who will be conducting a
project on bee epidemiology for my final year project. As a brief
outline, I wish to survey a quantity of bee keepers across the UK,
asking them to provide samples of comb, propolis, honey, brood and adult
bee and complete a questionnaire relating to the general health of their
hives in relation to diseases such as nosema, the various brood diseases
and prevalence of varroa. I want to then analyse the various samples for
concentrations of chemical agents such as neonicotinoids and cross
reference the results with the questionnaires, eventually discussing any
emerging trends. I would also find it interesting to see if the samples
contained any agents that seemed to correlate with a reduced rate of
disease prevalence. The results of the questionnaires would be
anonymous. I feel that this is an important undertaking as it may
provide insight into how certain chemicals, such a pesticides, may be
affecting British honeybees and may provide invaluable data for future
research.

To this end I require a list of contacts for beekeepers in your area
willing to supply samples for the project and would greatly appreciate
any help that you can offer me.


I hope to hear from you soon.

Kind Regards
Benjamin



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