Danielle Lloyd-Prichard is the Education Officer Honey Bees for the NSW   of Primary Industries based at Tocal College. She coordinates the nationally accredited Certificate III in Beekeeping which includes the development of educational resources and online courses, and the delivery of training and assessment to commercial, recreational and trainee …
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Diana Leemon is a Principal Scientist within AgriScience Queensland (part of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries) and a member of the AgriFutures HoneyBee & Pollination Industry Advisory panel. Her research over the last twenty years has centered around the investigation of non chemical controls for livestock pests, primarily those …
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Dr. Doug Somerville is NSW DPI Technical Specialist, Honey Bees and Chair of the AgriFutures Honey Bee and Pollination Research Panel. Doug provides specialist technical advice and leadership through developing and promoting the adoption of innovative technological developments in this area. He is the main point of contact between the …
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Liz Frost is acting Technical Specialist, Honey Bees in the NSW DPI Intensive Livestock Industries team. She delivers research, development and education programs and contributes to policy development to improve the productivity, profitability and sustainability of the NSW Beekeeping Industry.
Liz is currently developing a Queen Bee Breeding Program at NSW …
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Nadine Chapman is a bee researcher at the University of Sydney. Nadine’s research is primarily industry focused. Recent projects include determining if queens produced in early spring and autumn have mated with enough males, developing a trap to aid in queen replacement and creating a genetic test to prevent Africanized …
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Thomas Gillard is a veterinarian and PhD student researching honey bee reproduction and pathology at the University of Sydney.
Thomas seeks to optimise the artificial insemination techniques used in honey bee breeding and research with an aim to providing evidence based recommendations to improve consistency in advanced reproductive practices. He is …
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