Roger Patterson presents “The Coming Season - Are You Prepared?” About this Event Many beekeepers switch off as soon as they bed their bees down for the winter, then put their feet up, only to panic in the spring. There is a lot to think about. What went wrong last year? How can we overcome […]
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New Year Management with Ged Marshall Everything you need to do before your bees start moving up into the first super. Prepare for the season ahead and pre-empt problems. Ged uses over-wintered nucs as part of his system and will cover the management of these also.
Impact of Pesticides on Bees with Jeff Pettis We know that pesticides in the environment can harm bees. Jeff will cover some of the ways pesticides and bees interact and a unique defence strategy that bees have to isolate contaminated pollen called entoumbed pollen. He will discuss the role of monocultures and changes needed in […]
Wednesday 27th January, 8pm Landscape and Bees with Jane Stout Bees are highly mobile organisms and use different habitats in the landscape for feeding, nesting, mating and overwintering. The diversity and arrangement of different types of habitat, and its quality in terms of providing resources for bees, affects how bees can live in and use […]
Marin Anastasov talk: Nutritional requirement and supplemental feeding Nutrition is a basic biological need and the pre-requisite for a healthy and productive colony. Carbohydrates provide bees with the energy for flight, movement and heat, while protein, fats, vitamins and minerals are needed for the growth, function and development of the colony. This talk will cover […]
Queen Management Essentials with Juliana Rangel How to manage queens successfully including some of the common causes of queen problems. Juliana will show us how to determine whether a queen is aging appropriately and if her colony is doing well, or if she is failing and it is time to replace her with a new, […]
Swarm Control with Ged Marshall Swarm control without the nine day checks . . . how to survive the Summer without repeatedly inspecting the brood chambers and still get large yields.
Lecturer 1: Ayla Paul, University of Reading Geographic Origin and Authenticity of UK Honey Samples Ayla is now completing her PhD thesis and will speak about her research on the origin and authenticity of UK honey samples. She will give insights of the various methods – mass spectrometry, trace element (geology) analysis and pollen […]
Why are Queens Failing? with Jeff Pettis Are your queens not living as long as in the past? Do your colonies fail to Re-queen themselves after a swarm leaves or when you expect a queenless nuc to rear a new queen? Queen problems are on the increase and Jeff will cover some basic queen and […]
This is the second of our talks about swarms and swarming this season and looks at what to do when queen cells appear... About this Event Re-active Swarm Control This talk covers the methods of management that can be used to deal with colonies that have started queen cells ie when pre-emptive swarm control has […]