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Program Overview
Strategies and Expectations 2008-09
Key strategies for 2010-11
The Honeybee and Pollination R&D Committees will continue to work across all of the strategies from the current five-year plans to implement and manage high quality research for the benefit of the Australian Honeybee and industry and secure the pollination of Australia's horticultural and agricultural crops into the future on a sustainable and profitable basis.
Expected key outputs for 2010-11
- Publication of four Honeybee R&D Newsletters
- Final report detailing prevalence and impact of Nosema ceranae on honeybees in Australia
- Final report describing a bio-control strategy for in-hive management of small hive beetle
- Final report on assessment of a rapid method for measuring antimicrobial activity of honeys.
Expected key outcomes for 2010-11
- New device for industry use for in-hive chemical-based control of small hive beetle
- Improved strategies for management of an incursion of Varroa.