1 Nordic Baltic Apicultural Research Symposium 2016 Information about the meetings from Wednesday 27th to Friday 29th January
2 Nordic Baltic apicultural research Symposium 2016 Useful information...3 Program of the meeting...4 Social event Thursday 28th January...7 Maps...7 Minutes of the Nordic Baltic Bee Council meeting Friday 30th of January 2015...9 Agenda for the Nordic Baltic Bee Council meeting 2016... 10 List of Participants... 11
3 Useful information Dear guest, Welcome to Helsinki and the Nordic Baltic Apicultural Research Symposium 2016. From this booklet you will find useful information about your trip to Helsinki and the symposium. Please don t hesitate to ask more if you have any questions. Please see our contact information below. Accommodation and the conference center: Hotel Arthur Vuorikatu 19 00100 Helsinki Phone: 0358 9 173441 email: reception@hotelarthur.fi Transportation from and to the airport: There are two direct trains from and to the Helsinki-Vantaa airport: P- and I- trains. Trains leave from the Helsinki-Vantaa airport and will take you directly to the main Railway Station (Rautatieasema) near the hotel (300 m). Please check from the map how the get to the hotel from the train station. You can also take a bus number 615 from and to the airport but it is slower than the train. Bus 615: Rautatientori railwaystation-airport. Train and bus cost 5,5 euros/person/single trip. More information and timetables for transportation: https://www.hsl.fi/en/timetables-and-routes Contact information for any help needed: Finnish Beekeepers Association, Tuula Lehtonen, +358 40 506 3202, tuula.lehtonen@hunaja.net (anytime) Finnish Beekeepers Association, Mari Koistinen, +358 50 382 2428, mari.koistinen@hunaja.net (during the meeting)
4 Welcome to meet us before the meeting: The Finnish Beekeepers Association s personnel is in the hotel Arthur lobby at Wednesday 27th January from 6.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. You are welcomed to meet us then! At Thursday 28th January you will also find us from the hotel Arthur from 9:30 a.m. You will get the abstract booklets and other material from us then. Program of the meeting Wednesday 27th January Meeting with the beekeeping advisors only from 2.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. in the hotel Arthur. Separate invitations has been sent beforehand. The advisors will talk about COLOSS, varroa situation, general issues etc. The meeting includes light lunch. After the meeting the advisors can attend dinner together. At Wednesday 27th January The Finnish Beekeepers Association s personnel is in the hotel Arthur lobby at Wednesday from 6.00 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. You are welcomed to meet us then!
5 Thursday 28th January (We ask all speakers to hand in your Powerpoint presentations at the morning before your presentation.) 10.00-10.30 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE 10.30-10.40 WELCOMING WORDS 10.40-11.00 11.00-11.20 11.20-11.40 11.40-12.00 MONITORING FOR VARROA MITES Ole Kilpinen, Danish Beekeepers Association UNDERSTANDING VIRUS DATA FROM HONEY BEE COLONIES Per Kryger, Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark RING TEST OF VARROA RESISTANT HONEYBEES Bjørn Dahle, Norwegian Beekeepers Association USING GENOMICS TO IMPROVE AFB OUTBREAK INVESTIGATIONS Eva Forsgren, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences 12.00-13.00 LUNCH 13.00-13.30 13.30-13.50 13.50-14.10 14.10-14.30 USE OF PRESTOP MIX BIOFUNGICIDE AND HONEYBEES IN THE CONTROL OF DISEASES OF BERRIES AND APPLE Marja-Leena Lahdenperä, Verdera Oy, Finland TRANSGENERATIONAL IMMUNE PRIMING IN HONEYBEES VIA VITELLOGENIN Dr. Dalial Freitak, University of Helsinki, Finland EFFICIENCY OF DRONE BROOD REMOVAL ON THE POPULATION GROWTH OF VARROA DESTRUCTOR Valters Brusbardis, Latvian Beekeepers Association MANAGING VARROA AND PREVENTING LOSSES Preben Kristiansen, Swedish Beekeepers Association 14.30-15.00 COFFEE BREAK 15.00-15.20 15.20-15.40 15.40-16.00 POLLEN RESOURCES FOR HONEYBEES IN THE AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE Asger Søgaard Jørgensen, Danish Beekeepers Association ARTIFICIAL NESTS FOR NATIVE POLLINATORS INCREASE THE YIELD OF GARDEN AND FORESTS BERRIES Reima Leinonen, Kainuun ELY-keskus, Finland HONEY- AND WILD BEE POLLINATION OF BILBERRY IN BOREAL FOREST Rainer Peltola, Natural resources institute, Finland 16.00-16.05 SHORT BREAK 16.05-17.00 GROUP MEETINGS NBBC MEETING 18.00 CULTURAL EVENT, MEETING AT THE HOTEL LOBBY 19.00 DINNER AT PERHO RESTAURANT
6 Friday 29th January (We ask all speakers to hand in your Powerpoint presentations at the morning before your presentation.) 9.00-9.15 9.15-9.35 9.35-9.55 9.55-10.05 10.05-10.15 THE BIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE OVER WINTERING SUCCESS Lauri Ruottinen, Hunajaluotsi Oy, Finland BROWN BEE NETWORK Linn Fenna Groeneveld, NordGen, Norway BIOACTIVITY OF SCANDINAVIAN UNIFLORAL HONEYS Dr. Anneli Salonen, Finland BEECOME 2016 Thomas Dahl, Swedish Professional Beekeepers POLLINATION MARKETING PROJECT IN FINLAND Mari Koistinen, Finnish Beekeepers Association 10.15-10.45 COFFEE BREAK 10.45-11.05 11.05-11.25 11.25-11.40 11.40-12.00 BROAD BEAN AND POLLINATORS - WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE FIELD? Tiiu Kyllönen, University of Helsinki, Finland C.S.I. POLLEN IN LATVIA PRELIMINARY RESULTS AND POLLEN ANALYSES Andrejs Briedis, Latvian Beekeepers Society THE HIVE LOG PROGRAM - "KEEP IT SIMPLE" Flemming Vejsnæs, Danish Beekeepers Association THE APIARY OF EDUCATION, NEW SWEDISH BEEKEEPER TRAINING STRUCTURE Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen, Swedish Beekeepers Association 12.00-13.20 LUNCH 13.20-13.40 13.40-14.00 14.00-14.20 14.20-14.40 14.40-15.00 BEE POLLEN EXPOSURE TO HAEMATOLOGICAL VALUES IN HUMAN BLOOD Jānis Šnikvalds, Latvian beekeepers Association IMPACT OF THE PESTICIDES TAU-FLUVALINATE AND TEBUCONAZOLE ON HONEY BEE PHYSIOLOGY AND LONGEVITY Risto Raimets, Estonian University of Life Sciences BEE DEATHS AND MONITORING OF PPPs Lotta Kaila, The Finnish Safety and Chemicals Agency BEES, BEE HEALTH, PATHOGENS AND NEONICOTINOIDS: WHAT IS REAL AND WHAT IS NOT? Joachim de Miranda, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences A BOOKLET ABOUT FINNISH UNIFLORAL HONEYS FOR BEEKEEPERS Dr. Anneli Salonen, Finland 15.00-15.30 CLOSING SESSION 15.30 COFFEE AND GOODBYES
7 Social event Thursday 28th January We will have a sightseeing with private tram on Thursday 28th January. We will starts the event at 6.00 p.m and we will meet at the hotel Arthur lobby. After sightseeing we will have dinner together in Perho Restaurant. If you don t want to attend the sightseeing, you can meet us at Perho Restaurant at 7.00 p.m. (Mechelininkatu 7). Of course we recommend that you join us at the sightseeing and have a toast with us on the rails! Maps Map1. From Rautatieasema main train station to the hotel Arthur
8 Map 2. The dinner 28th January will be at Restaurant Perho (Mechelininkatu 7)
Minutes of the Nordic Baltic Bee Council meeting Friday 30th of January 2015 University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science Participating associations: Eesti Mesinike Liit, Latvijas Biokopibas Bedriba, Norges Birøkterlag, Sveriges Biodlares Riksförbund, Suomen Mehiläishoitajain Liitto and Danmarks Biavlerforening Observers: Biodlingsföretagarna Agenda 1. Opening of the NBBC meeting 2. Election of Chairman and Secretary of the meeting 3. Election of an adjuster for the minutes from the meeting 4. Adoption of the agenda 5. Approval of the minutes from last year s meeting 6. NBBC meeting place for 2016 7. Election of new President of the Nordic Baltic Bee Council 8. Miscellaneous 8. Closing 9 1. Opening of the NBBC meeting Knud Graaskov, Danmarks Biavlerforening welcomed the representatives. 2. Election of Chairman and Secretary of the meeting Knud Graaskov was elected as chairman and Rune Havgaard Sørensen as secretary. 3. Election of adjuster for the minutes Marita Delvert from Sveriges Biodlares Riksförbund was elected as adjuster. 4. Adoption of the agenda The agenda was approved. 5. Approval of the minutes from last year s meeting The minutes from the meeting year 2014 was approved. 6. NBBC meeting place for 2016 Suomen Mehiläishoitajain Liitto announced the next meeting to be held in Finland from the 28th of January to the 29th of january 2016 in Finland, which was adopted by acclamation. 7. Election of new President of the Nordic Baltic Bee Council Janne Leimi was elected as the president for Nordic Baltic Bee Council the following year. 8. Miscellaneous The situation in the Lithaunia was discussed. A new president is elected, and they seems not to be interested in participating in Nordic Baltic Bee Council at the moment. 9. Closing Knud Graaskov closed the meeting. Copenhagen Friday 30th of January 2015 Knud Graaskov, Chairman Marita Delvert, Adjuster Rune Havgaard Sørensen, Secretary
10 Agenda for the Nordic Baltic Bee Council meeting 2016 January 28th 2016 at the Hotel Arthur, Helsinki, Finland 1. Opening of the NBBC meeting 2. Election of Chairman and Secretary of the meeting 3. Election of an adjuster for the minutes from the meeting 4. Adoption of the agenda 5. Approval of the minutes from last year s meeting 6. NBBC meeting place for 2017 7. Election of new President of the Nordic Baltic Bee Council 8. Miscellaneous 9. Closing Finnish Beekeepers Association
List of Participants First name Last name Country Email Sandris Akmans Latvia sandris.akmans@gmail.com Karl John Amdahl Norway kja@online.no Peer Berg Norway peer.berg@nordgen.org Andrejs Briedis Latvia andrejs.briedis@inbox.lv 11 Valters Brusbardis Latvia valters@strops.lv Thomas Dahl Sweden th.dahl@icloud.com Bjørn Dahle Norway bjorn.dahle@norbi.no Joachim de Miranda Sweden joachim.de.miranda@slu.se Marita Delvert Sweden marita.delvert@biodlarna.se Ineta Eglite Latvia ineta.eglite@strops.lv Lotta Fabricius Kristiansen Sweden lotta.fabricius-kristiansen@biodlarna.se Aud Kari Fauske Norway audkari.fauske@nmbu.no Eva Forsgren Sweden eva.forsgren@slu.se Dalial Freitak Finland dalial.freitak@helsinki.fi Elisabeth Furuseth Hansen Norway elisabeth.hansen@nmbu.no Knud Graaskov Denmark knud@graaskov.dk Linn Fenna Groeneveld Norway linn.groeneveld@nordgen.org Armands Gumbris Latvia gumbris@strops.lv Sirpa Heinikainen Finland sirpa.heinikainen@evira.fi Stanislav Jas Finland stanislav.jas@outlook.com Asger Søgaard Jørgensen Denmark asj@biavl.dk Lotta Kaila Finland lotta.kaila@tukes.fi Lassi Kauko Finland lkauko@netti.fi Paula Keinänen Finland paulakeinanen@hotmail.com Aleksander Kilk Estonia aleksander.kilk@ttu.ee Ole Kilpinen Denmark olek@biavl.dk Mari Koistinen Finland mari.koistinen@hunaja.net
12 Preben Kristiansen Sweden preben.kristiansen@biodlarna.se Per Kryger Denmark per.kryger@agro.au.dk Tiiu Kyllönen Finland tiiu.kyllonen@helsinki.fi Sture Käll Sweden sture.kall@biodlarna.se Marja-Leena Lahdenperä Finland mlahdenpera@lallemand.com Tuula Lehtonen Finland tuula.lehtonen@hunaja.net Janne Leimi Finland kirkkonummen.mehilaistuote@kolumbus.fi Reima Leinonen Finland reima.leinonen@ely-keskus.fi Hannu Luukinen Finland hannu@hannuluukinen.fi Maritta Martikkala Finland maritta.martikkala@hunaja.net Miguel Moreno Finland miguel.morenotorres@helsinki.fi Erki Naumanis Estonia erki.naumanis@gmail.com Rainer Peltola Finland rainer.peltola@luke.fi Risto Raimets Estonia ristorai@gmail.com Aivar Raudmets Estonia mesindusprogramm@gmail.com Marianne Rosenfeld Estonia mesilaspere@gmail.com Lauri Ruottinen Finland lauri.ruottinen@hunajaluotsi.fi Anneli Salonen Finland salonen.anneli222@gmail.com Ari Seppälä Finland ari.seppala@hunaja.net Gaute Skogtun Norway gaute.skogtun@nmbu.no Jānis Šnikvalds Latvia janis.snikvalds@strops.lv Tora Snorradottir Norway tora@honningcentralen.no Taina Stark Finland taina.stark@helsinki.fi Juris Steiselis Latvia juris.steiselis@strops.lv Janis Trops Latvia janis.trops@strops.lv Hanne Uddling Sweden hanne.uddling@biodlarna.se Heikki Vartiainen Finland heikki.vartiainen@hunaja.net Flemming Vejsnæs Denmark fv@biavl.dk