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EURL annual workshop held in October 2020
The EURL for Bee Health held its 10th annual workshop on 21st and 22nd October 2020 by video conference. This first remote EURL workshop was a success with up to 54 participants connected at the same time.
This year, the discussions focused on exotic diseases with presentations on the small hive beetle (SHB) and Tropilaelaps spp. mites, whose a ring test for morphological identification that the EURL organised was presented. Dr. Franco Mutinelli, Head of the Italian NRL, presented a state of play of the occurrence and surveillance of SHB in Southern Italy. Dr. Orlando Yanez presented a subject on international beeswax trade and small hive beetle invasions.
The participants had also the pleasure to listen to presentations from two NRL representatives. Dr. Marc Schäfer, head of the German NRL and Dr. Gunita Deksne, representative of the Latvian NRL, gave a talk on their activities and the honey bee health status in their respective countries.
We thank all the speakers for their interesting presentations and all the contributors for the fruitful discussions.
Practical information and documents for the NRL network can be found here.
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Go to login pageInter-laboratory comparative tests scheduled by the EURL in 2020
- Identification of Aethina tumida, the Small Hive Beetle, by morphological examination and PCR
Aims: To evaluate the conformity of the results obtained by the European Union (EU) National Reference Laboratories (NRLs) for the identification of Aethina tumida by morphological examination and PCR.
Requirements for participation: NRLs from EU Member States and NRLs from third countries (depending on the feasibility).
Inter-laboratory comparative test (ILCT) methods:
- Morphological examination only.
- Or morphological examination and PCR.
Matrix: Entomological specimens stored at room temperature in ethanol 70%.
Provisional Agenda:
- Registration: February 2020
- ILCT period: April 2020
Note:
Proficiency tests organised by the EURL are mainly intended for the NRLs and the Official Laboratories of the EU. If other laboratories are interested in participating, please contact the EURL (eurl.bee@anses.fr) for more information.
- Another ILPT will be organised on virology later at the end of the year
List of documents presented at the 9th Annual Workshop held on October 16 2019
Agenda of the 9th Annual Workshop
Presentations
1. State of play : EU policy developments most relevant for honeybee health labs
3. Parasitology & Entomology activities
4. Virology activities 2018-2019
5. Bacteriology activities 2018-2019
6. Activities of the NRL and current honeybee health status in Croatia
7. Activities of the NRL and current honeybee health status in Finland
8. A programme of targeted surveillance and detection of SHB (Aethina tumida) in Greece (2018-2019)
9. Guidance document for the management of the SHB infestation in soil
10. Re-occurrence and surveillance of Small Hive Beetle in Southern Italy