Andrée Rousseau

Experienced researcher and educator in apicultural sciences with expertise in honeybee queen rearing, instrumental insemination, and student supervision. Lead research projects, develop protocols, and disseminate findings through scientific publications and presentations. Demonstrated leadership and innovation in beekeeping at CRSAD.

• French
• English
• Spanish (intermediate)

• Observation of genetic gain with instrumental insemination of honeybee queens, Maucourt, S., Rousseau, A., Fortin, F., Robert, C., Giovenazzo, P., Insects, 14, 3, 301, 2023
• Impacts of indoor mass storage of two densities of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) during winter on queen survival, reproductive quality and colony performance, Levesque, M., Rousseau, A., Giovenazzo, P., Journal of Apicultural Research, 62, 2, 274-286, 2023
• Successful Indoor Mass Storage of Honeybee Queens (Apis mellifera) during Winter, Rousseau, A., Giovenazzo, P., Agriculture, 11, 5, 402, 2021
• Apiculture - L'élevage des reines, 3e édition, Rousseau, A., Centre de référence en agriculture et agroalimentaire du Québec, 2020
• Effect of shipping boxes, attendant bees, and temperature on honey bee queen sperm quality (Apis mellifera), Rousseau, A., Houle, E., Giovenazzo, P., Apidologie, 1-12, 2020
• Deleterious interaction between honeybees (Apis mellifera) and its microsporidian intracellular parasite Nosema cerenae was mitigated by administrating endogenous gut microbiota strains, El Khoury, S., Rousseau, A., Lecoeur, A., Cheaib, B., Bouslama, S., Mercier, P. L., Demey, V., Derome, N., Giovenazzo, P., Front. Ecol. Evol, 6, 58, 2018
• Preservation of Domesticated Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Drone Semen, Paillard, M., Rousseau, A., Bailey, J., Giovenazzo, P., J. econ. entomol, 0, 0, 1-7, 2017
• Optimizing Drone Fertility with Spring Nutritional Supplements to Honey Bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae) Colonies, Rousseau, A., Giovenazzo, P., J. econ. entomol, 109, 3, 1009-1014, 2016
• Apis mellifera (Hymenoptera: Apidae) drone sperm quality in relation to age, genetic line, and time of breeding, Rousseau, A., Fournier, V., Giovenazzo, P., Can. Entomol., 00, 1-10, 2015

Available upon request

• Professional Development Grant, 05/15 and 05/18, Les offices jeunesses internationaux du Québec
• Student merit award, 05/12, Quebec Entomology Society (SEQ)

• Storage and wintering of honeybee, Saskatchewan Beekeepers Development Commission, Annual meeting, 12/22
• La banque de reines, Webinaire CRSAD online, 12/22
• Successful Indoor Mass Storage of Honeybee Queens (Apis mellifera L.) during Winter, Poster. EurBee 9, Belgrade, Serbia, 09/22
• Recherche en élevage de reines, Mapaq veterinarian annual meeting, 03/22
• Plan de diffusion du programme de sélection génétique de l’abeille, Journée d’information des apicultrices du Québec (AADQ), 03/22
• Programme de selection génétique de l’abeille domestique au Québec, Cours Entomologie Université Laval (BIO-2203), 03/22
• Mass storage of honey bee queens overwintered at different temperatures in Canada, Coloss Meeting. Pulawy, Poland, 09/20
• Stockage et hivernement des reines de l’abeille domestique (Apis mellifera), Vétérinaires et répondants apicoles du MAPAQ, Trois-Rivières, 12/19
• Queen Banking overwinter, 2019 Annual General Meeting & Conference, Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, 10/19
• Selecting Quality Drones for Quality Colonies, Annual General Meeting & Conference, Ontario Beekeepers’ Association, Burlington, Ontario, 10/19
• Mass storage of honey bee queens overwintered at different temperatures in Canada, Apimondia 2019, Montréal, Canada, 09/19
• Applied research in honeybee queen rearing, Coloss Meeting. Tel-Aviv, Israël, 01/19
• Les bases de l’élevage de reines, Journée apicole chez Propolis etc. Ste Pie, Québec, 05/19
• Recherche appliquée en élevage de reines, Rencontre annuelle des responsables apicoles du Mapaq. Deschambault, Québec, 12/18
• Recherche appliquée en élevage de reines, Journée champêtre en apiculture, 07/18
• Évaluation des méthodes d’expédition des reines de l’abeille domestique, Journée d’information Fédération des apiculteurs du Québec. Trois-Rivières, Québec, 11/17
• Evaluation of Honeybee Queen Shipping Methods, CAPA/CHC Research Symposium. Kelowna, British Columbia, 10/17
• Deleterious effects of shipping honey bee queens, Poster. Apimondia 45e congress. Istanbul, Turquie, 09/17

• Running
• Play piano
• Reading

-Advanced class in Instrumental Insemination April 2015

Honey Bee Insemination Service (Susan Cobey), Coupeville, Washington

- Honeybee Diagnostic Course August 2013

National Bee Diagnostic Centre, Beaverlodge, Alberta

- Scholarship for International Internship in Mexico 2013 (instrumental insemination internship)

Fond de recherche Nature et Technologie (FRQNT)