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BEEKEEPING PRESENTATIONS AND LECTURES
Beekeeping webinars presented by the CRSAD research center
The Deschambault Research Center in Animal Sciences (CRSAD), in collaboration with professionals from Laval University, are presenting this season a series of webinars on various hot topics in beekeeping science. They are primarily intended for beekeepers, but everyone is welcome!
All webinars are available for replay on the CRSAD Youtube page
What can hygienic behaviour bring to beekeeping in Quebec ?
by Marie-Lou Morin, M.Sc., research profesionnal
16/11/2022
Storage and overwintering of queen banks
by Andrée Rousseau, researcher at CRSAD
08/12/2022
Summer treatment against Varroa destructor: when, how and why?
by Laurence Plamondon, research professionnal
25/01/2023
Lecture by researcher Yves Le Conte at Laval University
Our lab recently had the pleasure of hosting researcher Yves Le Conte, Ph.D., research director at the Bees and Environment Research Unit at INRAE d'Avignon (Research Institute for Agriculture, Food and the Environment). During his stay, he gave a lecture on pheromones and social regulations of the honey bee, a field in which he is a pioneer. Listen to his lecture here (in french) →
Title: Pheromones and social regulations of the honey bee: phenomena and disruptions
1h 28min 21/06/2022
Presentations at the EurBee 2022 Congress in Belgrade, Serbia
Students and professionals from Laval University and the Deschambault Research Center in Animal Sciences (CRSAD) traveled to Belgrade in the fall of 2022 to attend and present at the 9th edition of the European Congress on Apidology, EurBee. See their presentations below!
Impacts of overwintering honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) on their survival, reproductive quality and acceptance in a colony
by Mireille Levesque, research professional, ULaval
22/09/2022
Reducing winter mortality of honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera) by applying treatments againts Varroa destructor parasite during summer
by Laurence Plamondon, research professional, CRSAD
21/09/2022
Genetic progress achieved during 10 years of selective breeding for honeybee traits of interest to the beekeeping industry
by Ségolène Maucourt, post-doctorate, ULaval
22/09/2022
Varroa destructor infestation level can be predicted by brood cell recapping rate and mite non-reproduction in honeybee colonies (Apis mellifera L.)
by Marie-Lou Morin, research professional, ULaval
22/09/2022
Morphological analysis of the honey bee (Apis mellifera) for the identification and characterization of genetic lines
by Marilène Paillard, project manager, CRSAD
22/09/2022