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The Irish Apicultural Programme: investigating the impact of multiple stressors on honey bees – a talk by Darren O’Connell
15th September 2022 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm BST
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How will our bees cope with a warming world, on top of existing disease and environmental challenges?
This talk will explore some work on these aspects for the Irish Apicultural Programme.
CABK members and Non-members are welcome to attend. There is no fee for this event which also will be live-streamed to the CABK YouTube Channel – watch live or later, on demand.
Registration for this Zoom event is now open.
Dr Darren O’Connell, a post-doctoral researcher in the School of Biology and Environmental Science at University College, Dublin.
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Summary: “The Irish Apicultural Programme, funded by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine seeks to understand the impacts of multiple stressors on honey bees. As part of this we are investigating the influence of thermal stress in a warming environment, and the potentially multiplicative impacts of co-infection with multiple pathogens and multiple pesticide exposure.”
Dr. Darren O’Connell
Dr. Darren O’Connell
“I am a molecular ecologist working on the impact of multiple stressors on honey bees. In my research career I mostly use genetic tools to understand the environment around us. I have used this approach to provide insight into a variety of different environmental challenges, such as pollination services, successfully restoring forests and quantifying and protecting bird diversity in the tropics.”