Bee health unit staff participate in laboratory work during the workshop
Over 20 participants from the US and Europe, including external experts and local beekeepers, attended a 2-day workshop last week at SynTech’s main Field Research Station at Sanger, California.
In-field experience provides valuable training for bee health unit staff
The event focused on higher tier testing, and included presentations, discussions and plenty of laboratory and in-field experience. Topics covered included bee biology, ecology, testing and sampling methods, risk assessment (studies and exposure scenarios), residue studies (sampling crops, hives and bees) and side-effect assessments.
The experience will further equip SynTech staff to carry out extensive pollinator trials programs in 2014.