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Wednesday 8 October 0930 - 1000 Introduction
1000 - 11.30 (incl. coffee break) Tests and risk assessment (including systemic effects, field testing, bee brood)1. Risk Assessment of Pesticides and the role of EFSA. Nienstedt 2. Systemic plant protection products need a new assessment scheme: a beekeepers point of view. Kievits et al 3. Rynaxypyr® (Chlorantraniliprole): A novel DuPont™ insecticide with low toxicity and low risk for honey bees (Apis mellifera) and bumble bees (Bombus terrestis) providing excellent tools (DuPont™ Coragen® and Altacor®) for uses in integrated pest management (IPM) Dinter et al
11.30 - 1230 Bumblebees and other bee species 1. The impact of different concentrations of a pyrethroid insecticide on the cyclic gas exchange cycles on bumble bees. Karise et al 2. A monitoring study confirming the safe use of DuPont STEWARD® Insecticide (a.s. indoxacarb) for natural bumblebee populations in flowering apple orchards and recommendations for the use of commercial bumble bee hives in flowering apple and pear orchards treated with STEWARD® van der Steen & Dinter 3. Evaluation of side effects of commercial biological pesticides on the beneficial insect, Bombus terrestris Mommaerts et al
1400 – 1700 (incl. tea break) Test methodology (laboratory, cage, field, sub-lethal, etc) 1. Influence of the brood rearing temperature on honey bee development and susceptibility to intoxication by pesticides. Medrzycki et al 2. Field test methods for seed treatments. Eurofins GAB (abstract awaited) 3. Behavior of honeybees; a guideline to assess troubles in bee foraging activity under insect-proof tunnels Giffard and Mamet, 4. A guideline to assess the impact of dust on bees when using seed coated treatments. Giffard and Dupont, 5. Methodological research to assess the sub-lethal effects of pesticides on the orientation and the homing flight of the honeybee. Decourtye et al 6. Honey bee brood ring-test in 2008 : method for testing pesticide toxicity on honeybee brood in laboratory conditions. Aupinel et al
Thursday 9 October 0900 - 1230 (incl. coffee break) Honey bee poisoning incidents and monitoring schemes 1. Review of honeybee pesticide poisoning incidents in Europe – evaluation of the hazard quotient approach for risk assessment Thompson and Thorbahn 2. Three years of Monitoring of Bee Colonies in Germany: searching for causes of colony losses Janke et al 3. Honey bee Poisoning incidents and Maize production - background and facts Pistorius et al 4. Bee poisoning caused by insecticidal seed treatment in Germany in 2008. Forster 5. Risks to bees from dusts emitted at sowing of coated seeds: concerns, risk assessment and risk management Alix et al
1400 – Excursion
1900 Dinner
Friday 10 October0900 – 1130 (incl. coffee break) Regulatory issues (including revision of EPPO risk assessment and guidelines) 1. Guidance for the assessment of risks to bees from the use of Plant Protection Products through seed coating and soil applications – conclusions of the ICPBR dedicated working group Alix et al 2. Report from field and semi-field group 3. Report from brood testing group 4. Draft proposal for a decisional scheme in order to set Maximum Residues Limit in honey Carpentier et al
1130 – 1300 Plenary discussion on revision of the EPPO guidelines/risk assessment scheme
14.00 – 15.30 (no tea break) Plenary discussion on revision of the EPPO guidelines/risk assessment scheme
15.30-16.00 Summary
Posters: 1. Spring bee losses in Italy Bortolotti et al
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