An enriching discussion on honey bee health research took place at the symposium “From the Bench to the Field: Emerging Technologies to Advance Honey Bee Health” part of the Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting in Portland, OR. The symposium was co-organized by Dr. Nicklisch, Dr. Fine, and Dr. Ricigliano; and hosted presentations from:

• Elena Gratton ( University of Illinois) – What can forensic methods tell us? Using non-lethal pathogen screens to identify bee pathogens. 
• Professor Reed Johnson (The Ohio State University) – Are honey bee detoxicative cytochrome P450 genes different from other bees?
• Angela Encerrado (University of California, Davis) – Mapping the invisible: How advanced AMS technology reveals chemical communication and contamination pathways in bee colonies.
• Allyson Martin Ewert (Louisiana State University) – Honey bee stock mediates the gut microbiome response to diet.