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2013 Pollinator Summit and Webinar - March 5, 2013
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The EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture facilitated a public meeting on March 5, 2013, with parties engaged in activities to reduce potential acute exposure of honey bees and pollinators to pesticides.
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Purpose of the Pollinator Summit
The EPA has been working aggressively to protect honey bees and other pollinators. The Pollinator Summit was part of the agency’s ongoing collaboration with beekeepers, growers, pesticide manufacturers and federal and state agencies to manage pesticide risks to bees. The Summit provided a forum for stakeholders to network and learn about current research, new technologies, best practices and other stewardship activities to protect bees from unintended pesticide exposure, especially dust in agricultural planting operations in which pesticide-coated seeds are used.
Webinar Recordings
Note: We experienced some technical difficulties during the webinar and were unable to capture the full event. The recordings below are everything that we recorded, including one segment that only captures four seconds during the afternoon break. We are including all of the recordings in the interest of transparency. We promise to do better next time.
- EPA Pollinator Summit 9:10 AM (Duration: 00:00:28)
- EPA Pollinator Summit 9:10 AM (Duration: 00:50:11)
- EPA Pollinator Summit 11:57 AM (Duration: 00:00:04)
- EPA Pollinator Summit 1:47 PM (Duration: 02:47:21)
Agenda
(Presenters in italics following topic.)
8:30 - 8:40 am - Introduction (10 min)
- Purpose and expectations of summit – Dr. Steven Bradbury – 10 min
8:40 - 10:10 am - Dust Focus Group (90 min)
- 8:40 - 9:10 am - Corn Dust Research Consortium (PDF) (56 pp, 6.63MB) – Laurie Davies-Adams/ Pollinator Partnership and David Inouye, Ph.D./University of Maryland – 30 min
- 9:10 - 9:35 am - Talc replacement (PDF) (19 pp, 1.29MB) – Bill Hairston/Bayer CropScience - 25 min
- 9:35 - 9:55 am - Equipment Manufacturers Response – International Standard Development (PDF) (18 pp, 712K) – Nick Tindall/Association of Equipment Manufacturers – 20 min
- 9:55 - 10:10 am - Clarifying Q & A for Dust Group presenters – 15 min
10:10 - 10:25 am – Break (15 min)
10:25 am - 12:20 pm – Seed Treatment Group (115 min)
- 10:25 - 10:50 am - Formulation Technology Innovation and Improvements (PDF) (20 pp, 1MB) – Dr. Palle Pedersen/Syngenta Seed Care Institute - 25 min.
- 10:50 - 11:05 am - Seed Applied Additives, Coatings, including new polymer technologies (PDF) (16 pp, 313K) – Mike McFatrich/Becker-Underwood – 15 min.
- 11:05 - 12:05 pm - Seed Treatment Application – 60 min.
- The Overall Value of Seed Treatment (PDF) (21 pp, 8.39K) – Raymond P. Knake – 15 min.
- The Value of Seed Treatments to Growers – Jay Lynch/ Iowa Corn Grower – 15 min.
- Preparation of Seed for Treatment (PDF) (8 pp, 2.46K) – Warren Richardson – DuPont Pioneer – 15 min.
- Commercial & Downstream seed treatment application processes (PDF) (6 pp, 191K) – Lynell Boyd/ Monsanto – 15 min.
- 12:05 -12:20 pm - Clarifying Q & A for Seed Treatment Group presenters – 15 min.
12:20 - 1:35 pm – Lunch (75 min.)
1:35 - 3:40 pm – Best Management Practices and Communication (125 min.)
- 1:35 - 2:05 pm – Joint CLA/ASTA Seed Treatment Stewardship Guide document (PDF) (16 pp, 459K) – Lisa Nichols/ASTA – 30 min.
- 2:05 - 2:35 pm – Mitigation of Bee Exposure to pesticides in and outside of the hive (PDF) (43 pp, 7.16MB) – Jeff Pettis/USDA-ARS– 30 min.
- 2:35 - 2:55 pm – Beekeeping Industry Perspective (PDF) (13 pp, 983K)– Bret Adee/Commercial Beekeeper – 20 min.
- 2:55 - 3:25 pm – Education, Communication, and Outreach Initiatives (PDF) (45 pp, 1.74MB) – Wayne Buhler/ NC State University – 30 min.
- 3:25 - 3:40 pm – Clarifying Q & A for BMPs panel presenters – 15 min.
3:40 - 3:55 pm – Break (15 min.)
3:55 - 5:00 pm – Wrap-Up (65 min.)
- 3:55 - 4:35 pm – Questions and Answers on Overall Summit – 40 min.
- 4:35 - 5:00 pm – Lessons learned, next steps, progress, and future opportunity for collaboration – Dr. Steven Bradbury – 25 min.