Science sub-group
To achieve Outcome 4 the Risks from Pests, Diseases and Undesirable Species Sub-group will identify and agree priorities for the Implementation Group approval. Therefore it will agree a work programme with priorities areas identified for approval by the Implementation Group implementing and reporting progress periodically to the Implementation Group.
Terms of reference
The Sub-group identifies as its customers:
- Northern Ireland beekeepers;
- the Implementation Group;
- DARD (including its various agencies);
- the public – particularly those interested in the environment; and
- research establishments (in addition to DARD & its agencies)
Its overall objective is to ensure a sound science and evidence base to underpin bee health policy and its implementation.
Within this overall objective, the Sub-group proposes that its aims should be to:
- ensure that the concerns of the Northern Ireland beekeeping sector are represented when determining research priorities
- define research priorities for Northern Ireland
- disseminate global research findings
- ensure access to information (to a core of people who can understand the findings)
- encourage beekeepers to facilitate research
- maximise the health of bees and to promote their effective interaction with the environment and vice versa
- align with DARD’s Evidence and Innovation Strategy
Membership
| Name | Organisation |
|---|---|
| Archie Murchie | AFBI |
| Mervyn Eddie | UBKA |
| Willaim Blakely | UBKA |
| Clifford Barnes | INIB |
| Julian Henderson | INIB |
Priorities
- Varroa
- Nosema
- Viruses
- Pollination
- Bee Genetics
- Health of Northern Ireland Bees
Minutes of meetings
Reference Matrerial
- The British Beekeepers Association - Honey Bee Health Research Concepts
- DARD Strategy 2009 - 2013
- Draft Report on Honey Bee Health