The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop an inclusive dataset of viral and non-viral targets of interest that can be used for correlative analysis with management, loss, pesticide, pest,…

The primary purpose of this agreement is to develop an inclusive dataset of viral and non-viral targets of interest that can be used for correlative analysis with management, loss, pesticide, pest, and disease data. At the completion of this grant, the completed viral and non-viral suite for 2015-2016, 2016-2017, and 2024-2025 will be composed of the 15 targets listed in the grant. We will complete the viral and non-viral retrospective database as indicated. We will determine if there are seasonal or geographical significant results with the addition of the new priority targets, to determine if any of them should be included as high priority in future survey years. We will have a complete data set for all viral and non-viral targets listed in this grant. Filling in the data holes will further increase the usefulness as we begin to model the occurrence of disease with other risk factors exposures, the results of which are essential for development of approaches to mitigate the negative impact of pathogens on honey BEE health and ultimately reduce colony losses. These models work when datasets are complete. All results will be publicly posted on our website. The larger beekeeping community, including all participants of the national honey BEE disease survey, members of the apiary inspectors of america, commercial beekeepers, honey BEE scientists and virologists. No subawards.