Bombus terrestris Peru

[José Montalva]

Dear all

Dr. Rassmusen wrote me about there are some intentions for import B. terrestris to Peru (pollination of strawberries in greenhouse). The importations of B. terrestris in Chile continues and some wild populations are reaching the frontiers of Peru and Bolivia, but introduce B. terrestris in Peru can be a big problem for many south american bumblebees.

Best regards 

Jose

[Sheila Colla]

Hi Jose,

Is there something we can do to express our concern about this?  Who would we write a letter to?

Cheers,

Sheila

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Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:06:38 -0800
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[Paul Williams]

Dear All,



Since this is not the first time this kind of threat has appeared and it won't be the last, and since we do have a Commercial Bumblebee Policy Statement on our position, can we move towards a protocol for how to respond to these threats? Would anyone be prepared to take on the role of developing this?


Many thanks, Paul
Chair | IUCN SSC Bumblebee Specialist Group

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[Brown, Mark]

Maybe it would be useful to have a quick Skype chat or email exchange among interested parties (a small group, preferably).  Given that we have the statement, developing a protocol and running it should be relatively easy.  I’m happy to be involved and, possibly, take the lead on this, but it would be good to have an initial chat so that we head in the right direction.

Cheers

Mark

Mark JF Brown, MA, PhD
Professor in Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation
Head of Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour

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[Carolina Morales]

Hi all,

I will be happy to help. 

My skype user is carolina.laura.morales

I am available for say, one hour in 4 hours (14:00 Argentina, UTC 03:00).

Yesterday I was thinking about it and I would like these two points to be considered in the discussion:

1) to effectively reach the decision makers (sanitary authorities), any release should be translated to the native language of the target country. Otherwise it will only be read by academics.

2) efforts should be directed both to importation countries as well as, to the  exportation countries.

By the way, the recent press release of the IPBES Pollination assessement, address this question of introduced pollinators among the five specific options to safeguard pollinators.

I guess  more details will be provided in the Summary for Policy Makers (not yet available).

http://www.ipbes.net/article/press-release-pollinators-vital-our-food-supply-under-threat

I look forward to hear from you,

best regards

Carolina

Dra. Carolina Laura Morales

Investigadora Adjunta CONICET
Lab. Ecotono,INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET)
Pasaje Gutierrez 1125, 8400 Bariloche
Rio Negro, ARGENTINA

TEL: 54 294 4423374 int: 158

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[Brown, Mark]

Thanks Carolina - good points.  Once we know if anyone else would like to contribute, we can set a time for a Skype call.

Cheers

Mark

Mark JF Brown, MA, PhD
Professor in Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation
Head of Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour

Lab website: http://tinyurl.com/MarkJFBrown
EU COST Action SUPER-B: www.superb-project.eu

School of Biological Sciences 
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[Marina Arbetman]

Hi Mark and all!

Thanks a lot for leading this.

I will be more than happy to help in anything that is needed!

I will be at the office today, so no problem with the hour, just let me know to organize.

Thanks!

Marina

Lic. Marina Arbetman

Universidad Nacional de Río Negro
Sede Andina - Mitre 630
Bariloche - Río Negro
Argentina

Universidad Nacional del Comahue

Laboratorio Ecotono - Quintral 1250
Bariloche - Río Negro
Argentina

[Brown, Mark]

Thanks Marina.

We now have 4 people, including you, which is, I think, a good number. I'll put a doodle poll found for a potential Skype next week.

My suggestion would be that together we draft a strategy and approach, and then get approval for it from the IUCN group, so that everyone has the chance for input.

Cheers

Mark

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[José Montalva]

Hello all

I can participate too. I want so much Chile stop importing B. terrestris.

Best regards

Jose

[Brown, Mark]

Thanks José - I’ll put you on the doodle poll email.

Cheers

Mark

[Ed Spevak]

Mark

 

Please include me. I know email is doable not sure about Skype.

 

Ed

 

Edward M. Spevak, Ph.D.

Curator of Invertebrates

Director-Center for Native Pollinator Conservation

IUCN SSC Bumblebee Specialist Group-Programme Officer

Saint Louis Zoo

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314-646-4706 Office

314-807-5419 Cell

[Sydney Cameron]

Paul- you've got a good group who can participate in a response to Claus' information about Peru import of B t. I'm still snowed under with family health issues, most recently the sudden death of my stepfather. I'm cc'ing to Jeff a so one of our Cons Genetics committee members.
Sydney

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[Pierre Rasmont]

        Dear all,

        I will have no time to try to skype as my time table is full full.

        I join here the early view issue of a paper from our lab and UFZ (first author Thomas Lecocq).

        As it PRECISELY deals with the invasive potential of Bombus terrestris, it closely fits with the problem.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12215/abstract

        Have a look on the remarkable predictability of the ssp. audax (previewed here as invasive in New Zealand, Tasmania, S. Chile and Argentina).  See fig. 2.

        One by one, it looks that no one terrestris ssp could be able to invade Peru.  However, when taken the whole climatic enveloppe of the species, it includes it indeed.

        Some strain traded by some bumblebee breeders belong to well defined sspp (e.g. dalmatinus, audax and canariensiss old by one breeder).  Some other breeders made a lot of interssp mixes, mainly between ssp. terrestris and ssp. dalmatinus.  Also, in S. America, after the initial release of  New-Zealand audax in Chile, it is clear that dalmatinus has been released.  I do not know  if the present wild terrestris from S. Argentina belong to audax or dalmatinus OR if they are hybrids.

        It should look conservative to take the risk for Peru as "Bombus terrestris species level" (fig. 2).

        It is very possible to reliably identify the ssp of strains, the most accurate tool being pheromone analysis.

        Bye, Pierre

Cheers

Mark

Lab website: http://tinyurl.com/MarkJFBrown

School of Biological Sciences

Tel: +44 (0)1784 276443

Hi all,

http://www.ipbes.net/article/press-release-pollinators-vital-our-food-supply-under-threat

best regards

Carolina

Dra. Carolina Laura Morales

Investigadora Adjunta CONICET

Rio Negro, ARGENTINA

mora...@comahue-conicet.gob.ar

Maybe it would be useful to have a quick Skype chat or email exchange among interested parties (a small group, preferably).  Given that we have the statement, developing a protocol and running it should be relatively easy.  I’m happy to be involved and, possibly, take the lead on this, but it would be good to have an initial chat so that we head in the right direction.

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Universidad Nacional de Río Negro

Sede Andina - Mitre 630

Bariloche - Río Negro

Argentina

Universidad Nacional del Comahue
Laboratorio Ecotono - Quintral 1250

Bariloche - Río Negro
Argentina

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[Brown, Mark]

Thanks Pierre - very helpful.

Cheers

Mark

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> On 11 Mar 2016, at 13:17, Carolina Morales < mora...@comahue-conicet.gob.ar<mailto:mora...@comahue-conicet.gob.ar>> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I will be happy to help.
> My skype user is carolina.laura.morales
> I am available for say, one hour in 4 hours (14:00 Argentina, UTC 03:00).
> Yesterday I was thinking about it and I would like these two points to be considered in the discussion:
> 1) to effectively reach the decision makers (sanitary authorities), any release should be translated to the native language of the target country. Otherwise it will only be read by academics.
> 2) efforts should be directed both to importation countries as well as, to the exportation countries.
> By the way, the recent press release of the IPBES Pollination assessement, address this question of introduced pollinators among the five specific options to safeguard pollinators.
> I guess more details will be provided in the Summary for Policy Makers (not yet available).
> http://www.ipbes.net/article/press-release-pollinators-vital-our-food-supply-under-threat
>
> I look forward to hear from you,
> best regards
> Carolina
>
>
>
> Dra. Carolina Laura Morales
>
> Investigadora Adjunta CONICET
> Lab. Ecotono,INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET)
> Pasaje Gutierrez 1125, 8400 Bariloche
> Rio Negro, ARGENTINA
>
> TEL: 54 294 4423374 int: 158

> mora...@comahue-conicet.gob.ar<mailto:mora...@comahue-conicet.gob.ar>
>
>
> 2016-03-11 7:01 GMT-03:00 Brown, Mark <Mark....@rhul.ac.uk<mailto:Mark....@rhul.ac.uk> >:

>
> Maybe it would be useful to have a quick Skype chat or email exchange among interested parties (a small group, preferably). Given that we have the statement, developing a protocol and running it should be relatively easy. I’m happy to be involved and, possibly, take the lead on this, but it would be good to have an initial chat so that we head in the right direction.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mark
>
> Mark JF Brown, MA, PhD
> Professor in Evolutionary Ecology & Conservation
> Head of Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Behaviour
>
> Lab website: http://tinyurl.com/MarkJFBrown

> EU COST Action SUPER-B: www.superb-project.eu<http://www.superb-project.eu/>

>
> School of Biological Sciences
> Royal Holloway, University of London
> Egham, Surrey, TW20 0EX, UK
>
> Tel: +44 (0)1784 276443
>

> On 10 Mar 2016, at 16:50, Paul Williams <P.Wil...@nhm.ac.uk<mailto:P.Wil...@nhm.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>
>
>
> Since this is not the first time this kind of threat has appeared and it won't be the last, and since we do have a Commercial Bumblebee Policy Statement on our position, can we move towards a protocol for how to respond to these threats? Would anyone be prepared to take on the role of developing this?
>
>
> Many thanks, Paul
> Chair | IUCN SSC Bumblebee Specialist Group
>
> ________________________________

> From: iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com<mailto:iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com> [ iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com<mailto:iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com>] on behalf of Sheila Colla [sheil...@hotmail.com<mailto:sheil...@hotmail.com>]

> Sent: 10 March 2016 16:33

> To: iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com<mailto:iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com>

> Subject: RE: Bombus terrestris Peru
>
> Hi Jose,
>
> Is there something we can do to express our concern about this? Who would we write a letter to?
>
> Cheers,
> Sheila
>
> ________________________________
> Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2016 08:06:38 -0800

> From: montal...@gmail.com<mailto:montal...@gmail.com>
> To: iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com<mailto:iucn-bu...@googlegroups.com>

> Subject: Bombus terrestris Peru
>
> Dear all
> Dr. Rassmusen wrote me about there are some intentions for import B. terrestris to Peru (pollination of strawberries in greenhouse). The importations of B. terrestris in Chile continues and some wild populations are reaching the frontiers of Peru and Bolivia, but introduce B. terrestris in Peru can be a big problem for many south american bumblebees.
> Best regards
> Jose
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