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SUMMARY:Lecture: Planting for bees - a talk by Rosi Rollings
DESCRIPTION:Which plants attract the most bees?\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n  \nIn 2011\, Rosi Rollings wanted to start a plant nursery dedicated to ‘plants for bees’ but didn’t know much about it so she embarked on eight years of observations and formal research. \nRosi has now produced a 6 year study of which plants suit which pollinator. She has looked at honeybees\, bumble bees and solitary bees and come up with a list of the 30 best plants for all of them \nRosi’s primary finding is that the number of bees each plant attracts varies hugely. Some attract surprisingly few\, even supposedly ‘bee-friendly’ plants. This variation is significant for anyone wanting to maximise the amount of bee-food any area of land can provide. \nIn her talk Rosi will share both the findings from her research and plans for future research. She will also talk about how she has used those findings to provide ‘ bee friendly ‘ habitats. \nhttps://www.rosybee.com/ \ninstagram – @rosybeeplants \n  \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nI have been a business woman all of my adult life\, in roles such as Customer Service\, Marketing and latterly in Financial Services consultancy. But I have also been a passionate amateur gardener for 30 years which led to a love of plant propagation and a dream to run a nursery. \nThen in 2009\, my husband and I took up beekeeping and\, very naturally\, I found that I wanted to grow plants to support them. I quite quickly found that both information and the supply of plants was a little lacking. Now 11 years on\, there is much better information available but it can still be tricky to source the right plants and be confident that they provide the best support for the bees. \nI am now fortunate enough to been able to turn my hobbies into a business and am further developing my understanding of the complex relationship between plants and pollinators through continual research.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-planting-for-bees-a-talk-by-rosi-rollings/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211014T193000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: SPRING BUILD UP with Marin Anastasov\, Master Beekeeper\, NDB
DESCRIPTION:Preparing for successful spring build up – Marin Anastasov\, Master Beekeeper\, NDB\nAs the seasons go from autumn to winter\, and from winter to spring\, the colony undergoes significant changes in the physiology of its inhabitants. This ensures the bees have all they need to survive the winter and provides the foundations for productive colonies the following spring. There are a number of operations that we need to complete (and sometimes avoid) to ensure our colonies have the best chance of survival through the winter and come through it ready for the spring build up. This talk covers common reasons for winter colony losses\, the common reasons for colonies failing to build in the spring\, and some of the important management operations in the autumn\, winter and spring to ensure our colonies remain healthy and productive.\n\n\nMarin holds a BSc in Animal Science and an MSc in Organic Farming. He is passionate about sustainable food production and his entire working career has been in organic food and farming. Marin is a Master Beekeeper and gained his NDB in 2017. He currently manages 30 colonies in Gloucestershire. He is a trustee of Gloucestershire Beekeepers’ Association and Chairman of the BBKA Examinations Board. He is an assessor for the Basic\, General Husbandry\, and Advanced Husbandry certificates\, and has contributed to the development and running of the General Husbandry and Advanced Husbandry training programmes for the BBKA. Marin is co-author\, and led the implementation\, of the BBKA Certificate in Honey Bee Breeding\, including providing the training and support to both future candidates and assessors.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-spring-build-up-with-marin-anastasov-master-beekeeper-ndb/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T203000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Asian Hornet
DESCRIPTION:See your email for details and for the email address to register
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-asian-hornet/
LOCATION:On-Line
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211020T210000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Desperate times and desperate measures - a talk by Heather Mattila
DESCRIPTION:How honeybees defend themselves against attack by by giant asian hornets\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCambridgeshire Beekeepers’ Association are delighted to welcome Professor Heather Mattila to discuss her latest research on how honey bees in South East Asia have developed strategies to protect their abundant stockpiles of food and the large colonies they sustain. In Asia\, honey bees have evolved under tremendous predatory pressure from social wasps in the genus Vespa\, the most formidable of which are the giant hornets that attack colonies in groups\, kill adult defenders\, and prey on brood. Her study describes a remarkable weapon in the already sophisticated portfolio of defenses that honey bees have developed in response to the predatory threats they face. It also highlights the strong selective pressure honey bees will encounter if giant hornets\, recently detected in western North America\, become established. \nhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/honey-bees-use-animal-poo-to-repel-giant-hornet-attacks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nHeather Mattila is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College\, a women’s liberal arts college that is located just outside of Boston (USA). She completed her Ph.D. in 2005 at the University of Guelph (Canada)\, where her research focused on the effects of nutritional stress on colony health and productivity. She subsequently completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University (USA)\, where her research shifted to an examination of the mating behavior by honey bee queens and its impact on the colonies that they produce. Heather has been a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College since 2009. At Wellesley\, her research continues to focus on mechanisms of social communication and organization\, including honey bee behavior\, the chemical ecology of colonies\, the microbiology of queens and workers\, and the impact of nutritional stress on workers. Recently\, her research program has expanded to examine these topics in bumblebees\, Asian honey bees\, and hornets. Heather teaches undergraduate classes at Wellesley College on the subjects of organismal biology\, animal behavior\, and social insect biology. In addition to teaching at the College\, she is honored to receive opportunities to speak with beekeepers and other people around the world who are interested in learning about how to support the health and welfare of bees. Heather’s research program is supported by a dedicated group of Wellesley students\, collaborations with colleagues from universities across North America\, and by the many colonies of bees that her lab maintains on the Wellesley College campus
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-desperate-times-and-desperate-measures-a-talk-by-heather-mattila/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211027T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211027T213000
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SUMMARY:63rd EWBA AGM 27/10/2021 at 7:30pm
DESCRIPTION:The 63rd AGM of East Waterford Beekeepers Association will be held at Dunhill Ecopark Education Centre at 7:30pm on 27/10/2021. \nNotification will be sent to members soon. \nWe have will have some vacant positions on the Committee and will be seeking nominations and proposals.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/63rd-ewba-agm-27-10-2021-at-730pm/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211103T190000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Understanding Varroa resistant honey bees with Professor Stephen Martin
DESCRIPTION:Understand the evolution of natural Varroa-tolerance mechanisms in various beekeeping populations.\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nSince the arrival of the Varroa mite from Asia\, millions of honey bee colonies have died. For decades\, beekeepers have continued to control Varroa populations by the use of chemicals and other invasive methods. However\, throughout Africa and most of South and Central America mite-infested colonies survive without any form of mite-control. This has been linked with poor mite reproduction\, although what causes this has remained unknown. Throughout\, Europe the USA and Wales an increasing number of naturally evolved\, mite-tolerant colonies are been discovered. The talk will discuss the various tolerant mechanisms and how honey bee populations in Brazil\, Africa\, USA and UK all appear to have evolved similar ways to combat the Varroa mite \n\n\nAbout the speaker \nStephen has studied social insects (bees\, wasps\, termites and ants) for most of his career. His areas of specialisation are the ‘hornet ecology’\, ‘pest and diseases of honeybees’ and ‘chemical ecology of ants’. He holds a Chair in Social Entomology in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at Salford University\, Manchester. Prior to that he spent 12 years working at Sheffield University\, 7 years with the National Bee Unit and 7 years in Japan conducting research into hornets. \nStephen is best known for his work on the Varroa mite and its association with viruses\, especially the Deformed Wing Virus\, but more recently his expertise in hornet biology is in demand\, both nationally and internationally. His team of researchers at Salford\, funded in part by beekeepers\, are using the very latest molecular methods to read the genetic code of the DWV virus. The aim is to understand why some honey bee colonies have become naturally tolerant to Varroa and see if this information can provide beekeepers with a long-term solution to the problem.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-understanding-varroa-resistant-honey-bees-with-professor-stephen-martin/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211110T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211110T203000
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Voluntary Conservation Areas in Ireland
DESCRIPTION:East Waterford Beekeepers association will be hosting an online talk at 7.00pm on Wednesday 10 November on Voluntary Conservation Areas in Ireland for the Native Irish Honey Bee given by Aoife Nic Giolla Coda.\n\n\n\nAoife is a co-founder and current chairperson of the Native Irish Honey Bee society https://nihbs.org/\n\n\n\nEast Waterford Beekeepers Association at their recent AGM voted to designate Co Waterford as a Voluntary Conservation Area for the Native Irish Black Bee.\n\n\n\nThe talk will be hosted on Zoom and is open to members and non members alike.\n\n\n\nJoin Zoom Meeting\n\n\nhttps://zoom.us/j/91042095411…\n\n\n\nMeeting ID: 910 4209 5411\n\n\nPasscode: 282529
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-voluntary-conservation-areas-in-ireland/
LOCATION:On-Line
CATEGORIES:Lectures
ORGANIZER;CN="EWBA":MAILTO:waterfordbees@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211127T143000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211127T163000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Chronic bee paralysis: An emerging disease of honey bees by Prof Giles Budge Essex Beekeepers
DESCRIPTION:About this event\n\n\nChronic bee paralysis is a serious disease of the honey bee that can manifest as symptoms in individual adult honey bees as well as whole colonies. \nGiles Budge will provide the historical context of chronic bee paralysis\, introduce the causative virus and explain the symptoms before describing recent research that highlights the increase in cases across England and Wales. \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nProfessor Giles Budge obtained his degree in Molecular Biology and Genetics from the University of East Anglia and his PhD in Molecular Plant Pathology from the University of Reading. He previously worked for Horticulture Research International\, ADAS\, Central Science Laboratory and Fera before moving to Newcastle University in 2018 to set-up a pathology laboratory specialising in crop and bee health. \nGiles is an applied scientist with expertise in apiculture\, pathology and diagnostics. He worked as the research coordinator for the National Bee Unit for 12 years\, where he was responsible for developing an internationally recognised programme of applied research. Most notably he led a project funded under the Insect Pollinators Initiative on European foulbrood and a transatlantic partnering award. His researchinterests include combining experimental biology\, molecular detection and modelling to improve our collective understanding of disease epidemiology. Giles has provided expert evidence to inform government policy reviews surrounding pollinator health and is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society. \nMost recently Giles has been working on the repeated invasions of the yellow-leggedhornet\, helping to optimise government disease surveillance schemes\, and investigating the emerging honey bee disease chronic bee paralysis.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-chronic-bee-paralysis-an-emerging-disease-of-honey-bees-by-prof-giles-budge-essex-beekeepers/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220118T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220118T210000
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SUMMARY:Lecture Wednesday 18/01/2022..Bee Viruses
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 19th January\, 8pm with Professor Robert Paxton\nBee viruses past\, present & future: impact & management\nArguably the most serious threat to honey bees worldwide are viruses\, some of which can also be found in other\ninsect species. What is the evidence for spillover\, what impact do they have and how can they be controlled?\nRegister here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__4RFGq4ER0ebUx_8ajM1_A
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-wednesday-18-01-2022-bee-viruses/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220120T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20220120T210000
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SUMMARY:Lecture at 7pm
DESCRIPTION:A challenging season (2021) – what happened and why? with Geoff Blay MB\nThursday\, 20 January⋅19:00 – 21:00\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDescription:Geoff reflects on 2021’s unusual and challenging season and looks at what we lessons we can take from it to make the the coming year better. https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-challenging-season-2021-what-happened-and-why-with-geoff-blay-mb-tickets-230249822417?aff=eand
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-at-7pm/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221026T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221026T213000
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SUMMARY:Lecture - Wax Rendering and Candle Making
DESCRIPTION:Gavin Fitzpatrick will give a talk on rendering bees wax and candle making in Dunhill Education Centre at 7:30 Wednesday 26th October.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-wax-rendering-and-candle-making/
LOCATION:Dunhill Education Centre\, Dunhill Ecopark
ORGANIZER;CN="EWBA":MAILTO:waterfordbees@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221116T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20221116T213000
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SUMMARY:EWBA AGM 2022
DESCRIPTION:The 64th AGM of the East Waterford Beekeepers’ Association will be held on Wednesday November 16th 2022 in Dunhill Education Centre at 7:30.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/ewba-agm-2022/
LOCATION:Dunhill Education Centre\, Dunhill Ecopark
ORGANIZER;CN="EWBA":MAILTO:waterfordbees@gmail.com
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