Hi Neil and all, Thanks for the email. We went decided not to add pests to the title to keep the title short, we figured groups would only attempt eradication on pests. Yes, on the face of it you’d think that no-one would want to eradicate bees, but one region’s beneficial is another’s pest. I’m based in New Zealand and we rely on European honey bee (Apis mellifera) for pollination and honey. Bees like the Asian honey bee (A. cerana) pose a threat to the NZ industry through reductions in managed pollination services and honey (competing with A. mellifera). There would have been a risk of it bringing in varroa mite, which kills off A. mellifera colonies, but we got varroa ~ 20 yrs ago. The Aussies aren’t all that keen on A. cerana either, and have attempted to eradicate colonies previously (http://b3.net.nz/gerda/index.php), but it has since established. In addition, Bumble bees (Bombus species) are also a concern for some countries and could be the target for eradication in future. Butterflies is another one you wouldn’t think would be a target for eradication, but NZ did that a few years back (and succeeded) to protect extremely rare native plants as well as the brassica industry. With this special issue, we cast the net far and wide to see what else is going on out there and to see whether there are others, who we don’t know, engaged in eradication attempts. Cheers, Lloyd Lloyd Stringer Scientist- Biosecurity T: +64 3 977 7349 M: +64 21 232 7452 F: +64 3 325 2074 E: lloyd.stringer@plantandfood.co.nz<mailto:lloyd.stringer@plantandfood.co.nz> Skype: lloyd.stringer(a)plantandfood.co.nz ORCID<http://www.orcid.org/0000-0002-6345-0768> : Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=jIMyVP4AAAAJ&hl=en> : ResearchGate<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lloyd_Stringer> Publons<https://publons.com/author/1335209/lloyd-stringer#profile> www.plantandfood.co.nz<http://www.plantandfood.co.nz/> The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Limited Postal Address: Plant & Food Research Private Bag 4704, Christchurch Mail Centre, Christchurch, 8140, New Zealand Physical Address: Plant & Food Research Canterbury Agriculture & Science Centre, Gerald St, Lincoln, 7608, New Zealand From: Neil Stanley Cobb [mailto:Neil.Cobb@nau.edu] Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2020 2:11 AM To: Steve Pawson &lt;steve.pawson(a)canterbury.ac.nz&gt;nz>; rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org Cc: Lloyd Stringer &lt;Lloyd.Stringer(a)plantandfood.co.nz&gt; Subject: RE: Special issue on eradication of arthropods You really need to change the title by adding “Pests”. The current title “Eradication of Arthropods” is so insulting my jaw dropped, so you want to eradicate bees? From: rg70300-forent &lt;rg70300-forent-bounces(a)lists.iufro.org&gt; On Behalf Of Steve Pawson Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 1:52 PM To: rg70300-forent(a)lists.iufro.org Cc: Lloyd Stringer &lt;Lloyd.Stringer(a)plantandfood.co.nz&gt; Subject: [IUFRO RG 7.03 FORENT] Special issue on eradication of arthropods Sent on behalf of the coordinators. Hi You get lots of contribution requests, we all do. Please look at this one carefully because with your help, we hope to build something special on Arthropod Eradication. We would really value your contribution to this new special issue. If you can’t help, please send this invitation on. We look forward to hearing from you ! Thanks and stay safe Special Issue: Eradication of Arthropods: Science and Society<https://www.biomedcentral.com/collections/eradicationarthropods&… [cid:image001.png@01D64301.DBA85A00] Guest Editors: Lloyd Stringer, David Maxwell Suckling & Suk Ling Wee Published in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience Submission Deadline: 30 September 2020 Aims and Scope: This special issue will focus on reviewing the status and challenges of eradication of invasive arthropods and their impacts in science and society through reviews and think-pieces, to experimental and technical research. Manuscripts considered: Articles that relate to the following will be reviewed for publication consideration within this series: All aspects of research on and review of arthropod eradications including commentaries, data notes, or articles on novel or critical methodologies Topic areas may include new and current suppression approaches and technologies, components of eradication programs, modelling, surveillance systems, factors affecting success and Allee effect theory to social sciences Case studies in sectors such as forestry, natural ecosystems, urban areas or horticulture from the laboratory to global scale Economic and social challenges of eradication programs including license to operate, and food security, experience by jurisdiction, policy aspects or other pertinent topics. Keywords: eradication; suppression; modelling; surveillance; social license; food security; forestry; natural ecosystems; urban; horticulture CABI Agriculture and Bioscience<https://cabiagbio.biomedcentral.com/> is an open access journal published by BMC (part of Springer Nature) and is the official Journal of CABI<https://hes32-ctp.trendmicro.com/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3…57b9206955>. It is broad in scope, publishing original research and data in all fields related to agriculture and the biosciences. The full scope can be read at this link<https://cabiagbio.biomedcentral.com/about>ut>. CABI has an excellent track record in plant protection, and by offering open access, your work will freely reach a wide audience. Benefits to you include: · having your work freely available alongside the best in this field · publishing in CABI’s official journal · to our knowledge publishing in the first special volume in this theme of arthropod eradication Costs for authors: As an open access journal, and there are costs associated with publication. We are pleased to offer a discounted introductory article processing charge of £860/$1,290/€1,060. If your institution participates in BMC’s open access membership program, some or all of the publication cost may be covered (more details available on this membership page<https://www.biomedcentral.com/about/institutional-support/membershi…)p>). In addition, one of the projects we would like to offer you participation in is GERDA, the Global Eradication and Response Database. GERDA contains information on >1,100 government backed eradications from over 100 countries. 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