Leading Researcher to Speak on Honeybee Stress and Colony Collapse
Disorder
On Thursday, November 12, 2015, Dr. Clint Perry from the School of
Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London will
present a talk on his research into Honeybees at a meeting of the Franklin
County Beekeepers Association. His
research has included studies into how bee stress relates to colony collapse disorder.
This includes chronic forager deaths and how this can send the colony down the
road to catastrophic results. The
meeting will be at 7:00 PM, November 12th at the Franklin County Ag
Heritage Center which is located at 185 Franklin Farm Lane in
Chambersburg. The meeting is open to the
public. You do not have to be a member
of the association and there is no cost to attend. Directions are available
at: http://extension.psu.edu/franklin/directions. The workshop is
handicap accessible. If you need
specific accommodations, please contact Penn State Extension in advance at
717-263-9226.
Dr Perry’s other research delved into the bee brain to determine
how it assesses risk. Dr. Perry is
currently involved in setting up another research project in Australia.
Read more
at: http://www.mq.edu.au/newsroom/2015/02/10/why-stressed-young-bees-early-start-to-foraging-can-lead-to-colonycollapse/.
Dr. Perry earned his PhD in Neurophysiology from University of
Colorado. He is currently a Marie Currie Fellow at Queen Mary University of
London.
This is a
great opportunity to listen to one of the leading researchers into colony
collapse disorder and see what research is being done to help our bees.
