Program
Wednesday 12 June (Apitherapy)
- AAA 2024 International Apitherapy Forum
- AAA 2024 Welcome Drinks & Poster Launch
Thursday 13 June (Conference Day 1)
- AAA 2024 Conference Day 1 – Bee Biology and Breeding
- AAA 2024 General Assembly Meeting
Friday 14 June (Conference Day 2)
- AAA 2024 Conference Day 2 – Bee Husbandry
- AAA Conference Dinner & Award Night
- Technical Tour
- Option 1: Perth to Gingin, Badgingarra, Pinnacles and back to Perth (1 day duration)
- Option 2-4: Perth to Gerladton, Kalbarri and back to Perth (3 day duration)
AAA International Apitherapy & Products Forum (Wednesday 12 June 2024)
*Please note the conference program is subject to change*
8:15am | Registration and Welcome coffee/tea
9:00am | Welcome by BICWA
9:05am | AAA International Address
9:10am | AAA National Address – Australian Apitherapy Association | Bridget Goodwin
9:25am | Presentation 1/ Keynote – Medicinal importance of propolis | Ahmed Hegazi
9:45am | Presentation 2 – Understand how product innovation contributes to consumer acceptance of honey products | Dr Fang Liu
10:00am – 10:45am | Morning Tea
10:45am | Presentation 3 – Enhancing techniques for boosting commercial propolis harvesting | Abraham Allotey
11:00am | Presentation 4 – The known and unknown aspects of propolis in Queensland, Australia | Trong Tran
11:15am | Presentation 5 – Inhibitory effects of advanced glycation end products and protein oxidation
by aqueous ethanol extracts of poplar-type propolis | Hequan Zhu
11:30am | Presentation 6 – Antimicrobial activity of propolis of Indonesian Stingless Bees against
Staphylococcus Epidermidis | Siti Farida
11:45am | Presentation 7 – Phenolic compounds of propolis alleviate lipid metabolism disorder | Hongcheng Zhang
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch
1:00pm | Presentation 8 – Mechanisims of Honey Formation and Evaluation of Biological Activity | Wei Cao
1:15pm | Presentation 9 – Honey Authentication | Khairul Islam
1:30pm | Presentation 10 – Physicochemical profiles of Apis dorsata Honey from Kupan, East Nusa Tenggara (Indonesia) | Ali Agus
1:45pm | Presentation 11 – Differences in Trehalulose Levels in Stingless Bee Honeys from Various Countries | Jiali Zhang
2:00pm | Presentation 12 – Determination of Physiochemical Characteristics, Phytochemical Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Monofloral Clover Honeys | Sharmin Sultana
2:15pm | Presentation 13 – DNA-Based Authentication of Honey | Guozhi Zhang, Yanzheng Zhang, Bin Yuan, Rith Tiang En, Shanshan Li, Huoqing Zheng, Fuliang Hu
2:30pm – 3:15pm | Afternoon Tea
3:15pm | Presentation 14 – New honey markets: honey as a health food to fight gut infections | Nural Cokcetin, Kathleen Schell, Erin Shanahan, Dee Carter
3:30pm | Presentation 15 – Antimicrobial Activity Testing of Honey | Kate Hammer
3:45pm | Presentation 16 – Outcomes of physico-chemical analysis of pure beeswax | Davinder Sharma
4:00pm | Presentation 17 – Optimization of ultrasound-assisted extraction of fatty acids from royal jelly
and its effect on the structural and antioxidant property | Xinyu YU, Shanshan LI, Shiqin PENG, Lingchen TAO, Fuliang HU
4:15pm | Presentation 18 – Bioactive honey production from the Murchison region of Western Australia | Geoff Woodall
4:30pm | Presentation 51 – Exploring the Nutritional Proficiency and Allergenic Risks of Bee Pollen: Implications for Dietary Supplementation and Product Development | Qiangqiang Li
4:45pm | Day 1 Close | MC – Bridget Goodwin
AAA Conference Day 1 Bee Biology and Environment (Thursday 13 June 2024)
*Please note the conference program is subject to change*
8:45am | Welcome | Melanie Tolich
8:50am | Welcome to Country
9:05am | Minister’s Address
9:25am | Presentation 19/ Keynote – Overview of beekeeping in Asisa | Siriwat Wongsiri
09:45am – 10:45am | Morning Tea
10:45am | Presentation 20 – Beekeeper’s understanding of forest ecosystem functioning and its relevance to natural resource management of the public estate | Linda Wilson
11:00am | Presentation 21 – Impact of climate change and pesticides on the native bees of Nepal | Kedar Devokta
11:15am | Presentation 22 – Ceratina viridissima: the small carpenter bee as an important pollinator | Devinder Sharma
11:30am | Presentation 23 – Pollinator Diversity of Asia | Orawan Duangphakdee
11:45am | Presentation 24 – Resource scarcity modelling approach PLANtBEE | Joanne Picknoll
12:00pm | Presentation 25 – Flight activity and pollen resources of Apis Nigrocincta and Apis Cerana in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia | Rika Raffiudin
12:15pm – 1:15pm | Lunch
1:15pm | Presentation 26 – Review of Austropuccinia psidii: Myrtle Rust a growing threat to Australia’s ecological and apicultural systems | Jessica Bikaun
1:30pm | Presentation 27 – Insect pollination of fruit crops –Challenges and Opportunities | Dharam Pal Abrol
1:45pm | Presentation 28 – Bee Behavior – Foraging activities of honeybees | Songkun Su
2:00pm | Presentation 29 – Lipidomic features of honey bee and colony health during limited supplementary feeding | Clarisa Castanos
2:15pm | Presentation 30 – Bee Health Nutrition | Daniel Juarez Payes
2:30pm | Presentation 31 – Hive Stress implications | Kenya Fernandes
2:45pm – 3:30pm | Afternoon Tea
3:30pm | Presentation 32 – Genetically engineering honey bees for beneficial traits | Anu Jayaweera
3:45pm | Presentation 33 – RNA m6A modification in honeybee: its role in sociality and environmental risk assessment |Miao Wang
4:00pm | Presentation 34 – Diversity and Host Specificity of Gut Symbiont Gilliamella apis in Apis mellifera and Apis cerana | Nihong Zhou, Huoqing Zheng
4:15pm | Overview of the day | BICWA
4:30pm | Close | MC
6:00pm | AAA General Assembly Meeting
AAA Conference Day 2 Bee Management & Pest Diseases (Friday 14 June 2024)
*Please note the conference program is subject to change*
8:15am | Registration and tea/coffee
Option 1: Saturday 15 June 2024 (One Day Tour)
Embark on a captivating one-day journey exploring a commercial beekeeper’s operation, a Manuka plantation, and the surreal beauty of the worldly Pinnacles, all set against Western Australia’s stunning coastline before returning to Perth early evening.
Option 2 – 4: Saturday 15 June – 17 June 2024 ( 3 Day Tour)
DAY 1
Visit of an beekeeper operation shed in Gingin, a Manuka plantation in Badgingarra, taken through historical settlers’ villages along the spectacular coastline to Geraldton.
Night stay in Geraldton
DAY 2
Visit the preferred bee winter residence region Kalbarri and Kalbarri Nature Window along with Pink Lake.
Night stay in Geraldton
DAY 3
Leave Geraldton travel along coastline bushland, visit the Beekeepers Nature Reserve and the famous limestone formations, the Pinnacles, before returning to Perth mid-afternoon.