This $743,294 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports honey bee surveys and sampling in 41 states as part of the National Honey Bee Survey. The University of Maryland, College Park (UMD) will assemble and provide sampling kits, analyze collected samples, and prepare reports. USDA Agriculture Marketing...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) awarded a $232,690 Cooperative Agreement to the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). The purpose of this agreement is to provide support for honeybee surveys and sampling in 41 states as part of the National Honey Bee Survey. WSDA will receive live bee shipments from up to 20 U.S....
The Bee Informed Partnership, Inc. will receive a $142,676 cooperative agreement award from the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care federal grant program (CFDA 10.025). Through this funding, the Bee Informed Partnership will determine the composition, diversity, and recombination rates of deformed wing virus variants in honey bee and Varroa mite populations across U.S. commercial...
This $180,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) aims to enhance honeybee health. The primary objectives are to detect new invasive pests (Tropilaelaps sp.) and assess the spread of insecticide resistance in the major honeybee pests, the Varroa mite and Small Hive Beetle. The award was made to Florida A&M University, a...
This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) provides $100,000.00 to the University of Maryland, College Park to develop a comprehensive dataset of viral and non-viral targets of interest. The primary goals are to fill data gaps, model disease occurrence with other risk factors, and provide this information publicly to...
The University of Maryland, College Park received a $634,164 cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service under the federal Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care grant program (CFDA 10.025). The award will support a national survey of honey bee pests and diseases from July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. Specifically, the University will conduct a survey to sample and test for honey bee pests and diseases. It will also...
This $100,000 cooperative agreement awarded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025) supports the Ramsey Research Foundation's work to collect and study honey bee pests from the Tropilaelaps genus. The project aims to address gaps in knowledge that prevent effective emergency response planning for pest incursions in the U.S. by determining how to better detect...
The University of Maryland, College Park was awarded a $100,000 Cooperative Agreement by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care program (CFDA 10.025). The primary purpose of this 1-year agreement is to develop an inclusive dataset of viral and non-viral targets that can be used for analyzing the occurrence of honey bee diseases and pests. The completed dataset will cover the...
This cooperative agreement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will provide $219,718 to the University of Maryland, College Park through April 30, 2023. The funding supports survey, sampling, and diagnostic analysis to examine the relationship between in-colony wax varroacide residues and varroa mite resistance. Specifically, the University will utilize the USDA's existing honey bee health surveillance program to collect beeswax and varroa mites...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) awarded a $300,000 Cooperative Agreement to the National Plant Board, Inc. under the Plant and Animal Disease, Pest Control, and Animal Care Federal Grant Program (CFDA 10.025). This funding will be used to enhance collaborative safeguarding and trade enhancement efforts between USDA-APHIS and state plant regulatory agencies. Key activities include: A. Initiating pest mitigation programs to address...