East Waterford Beekeepers' Association

Zoom Committee Meeting
2020-12-08 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-18 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-11-03 19:00 - 21:00 (Europe/Dublin) | On-Line

Managing Bees on Oil Seed Rape
2020-12-02 19:00 - 21:00 | On-Line
Lecturer
Tom Shaw. FIBKA Certified Lecturer

Lecture: "Stay Cool: How We Can Use Honey Bee Thermoregulation To Keep Better Bees"
2020-12-01 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
Chelsea Cook presents “Stay Cool: How We Can Use Honey Bee Thermoregulation To Keep Better Bees”

About this Event

Stay Cool: How We Can Use Honey Bee Thermoregulation To Keep Better Bees
In this lecture, Dr. Cook will discuss thermoregulation of bees, both in the summer and in the winter, and how beekeepers can use cold storage of honey bees to keep better bees. This lecture was written specifically for beekeepers.

This event is kindly sponsored by Bord Bia, whose purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

Chelsea Cook is an Assistant Professor in Marquette University, Wisconsin, USA. Her research lab at Marquette University studies social behavior, from genes to the collective, using honey bees as their model system.
Chelsea is also co-founder and chief science officer at HiveTech Solutions, a company that develops tools to help beekeepers keep healthier bees.

Chelsea’s recent research has indicates that there are curious bees and single-minded bees – a really fascinating read.

Lecture: "Viruses: ongoing epizootic threat for our bees"
2020-11-26 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
Robert Paxton presents “Viruses: ongoing epizootic threat for our bees”

About this Event

Viruses are arguably the single most important cause for poor bee health and colony loss. Robert will talk on the diverse impacts of viruses on honey bees, as evidenced by recent literature and his own group’s researches. A particular focus will be on Deformed wing virus, among the most prevalent viruses worldwide, and he will also cover potential means of its control.

This event is kindly sponsored by Bord Bia, whose purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

Prof. Dr. Robert PaxtonChair of General Zoology, 2010-present
Institute for Biology, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
A graduate of Sussex University, where he undertook a PhD on sex ratios in solitary wasps in 1985, Robert subsequently held postdoc positions at Cardiff University, researching bees and pollination, Uppsala University, working on bee population genetics, then the University of Tübingen (Germany), researching the genetics of social evolution. In 2003 took up an academic post at Queen’s University Belfast from where, in 2010, he moved to the University of Halle (Germany), to take up a chair in zoology. His main research areas are: social evolution, host-parasite relations, pollination and conservation genetics, with a taxonomic focus on bees.

Lecture: Better Bees in Ireland
2020-11-25 13:00 - 14:00 | On-Line
Its that time of year again, this years UCD Annual Open Honey Lecture will be delivered by Dr Julia Jones -Better Bees in Ireland. Though she won’t speak about honey, she will speak about her recent project on the national apiculture programme as well as about some of her research into the linkages between genetics and honeybee behaviour.
Join us tomorrow, 25th November 2020, on Zoom at the link below. It is open to all.
https://ucd-ie.zoom.us/j/67006259836…

Jo Widdicombe Presents "The National Bee Improvement Programme"
2020-11-18 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
Jo Widdicombe will talk about BIBBA’s proposed National Bee Improvement Programme to see if the Irish beekeepers would like to take part.

About this Event

The National Bee Improvement Programme has been proposed by BIBBA to reduce the demand for imports of other sub-species and to increase the quality of our bees.
Ireland is in the same geographical region as England, Wales and Scotland and, although perhaps not to the same extent, is also subject to imports of other sub-species threatening the quality of our native stock. We all share the same native bee and quite a lot of native bees are sent to Britain from Ireland.
The use of brought-in stock from other areas in the region is permitted under the scheme in order to re-enforce the native strain. Participants in the Programme will refrain from using imported stock, or offspring of recently imported stock, of other sub-species.

This event is kindly sponsored by Bord Bia, whose purpose is to bring Ireland’s outstanding food, drink and horticulture to the world, thus enabling growth and sustainability of producers.

Born in Newtown Powys, Jo grew up in Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire before moving back to Wales and then to Cornwall where he has lived for over 30 years. He worked in agriculture (organic vegetable production and dairy) before returning to studies. He graduated from Plymouth Polytechnic with a B.Sc.(Hons) in Environmental Science. He has been running his own business (shop selling greengrocery, wholefoods, flowers, plants etc.) with his wife since 1980.
Jo has been beekeeping for over 30 years and has been a member of BIBBA for more than 25 years, serving on the BIBBA Committee. Jo worked as a Seasonal Bee Inspector for 5 years and is a Bee Farmer in Cornwall running over 100 colonies.
He believes that progress in bee improvement in Britain and Ireland is only likely to come from determined groups of beekeepers working together. Hence, wants to communicate with Groups, find out what they have been doing and their plans for the future.
Groups can learn from each others successes and failures.

Pam Hunter: Oil Seed Rape – a blessing or a curse?
2020-11-16 19:30 - 20:30 | On-Line
Pam Hunter: Oil Seed Rape – a blessing or a curse?

Zoom Webinar by Pam hunter talk: Oil Seed rape – a blessing or a curse?
Discusses the fascinating history of this ubiquitous crop and how it has evolved. Its value to bees and the beekeeper. The value of rape seed oil worldwide, its nutritional value and how modifications have been made are all included. How to manage colonies to get the best out of rape. The problems with it, especially for the beginner. The undoubted benefits if the colony is managed well.

{Please note in order to attend you will need to register via the Zoom registration link you will receive in your email once you have ‘checked out’ at the shop}
Webinar Speaker
Pam Hunter (Master Beekeeper )
Pam has been keeping bees for over 25 years and is a Master Beekeepers. She is also a member of BIBBA and the Central Association of Bee-Keepers.
Pam’s background is in biological sciences. She was employed in microbiological research in the pharmaceutical industry for 30 years before becoming a freelance consultant and writer.
Until recently Pam was Chair of the BBKA Examinations Board and is currently Manager of Research, Technical and Environmental matters.
Pam is particularly interested in scientific aspects of bees and their interaction with the environment and plants. Also the neglected area of historical aspects of bees, the environment and beekeeping. Gives talks on these topics around the country.

These talks are free but we would welcome a donation to one of our appeals

FIBKA AGM
2020-11-14 10:30 - 14:00 | On-Line

EWBA Voting Delegates Meeting
2020-11-11 20:00 - 22:00 | On-Line

FIBKA AGM Voting Delegates Zoom Meeting
2020-11-11 19:30 - 20:30 | On-Line

On-Line Lecture with Celia Davis. 'The Roles of Winter and Summer Bees'
2020-11-10 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
About this Event

The roles of Winter and Summer bees
This talk looks at the functional and physiological differences between the worker honey bee that lives a brief life in the Summer, and her sister who survives throughout the Winter to start the colony into action the following year. It focuses on the importance of these Winter bees and the effect that disease and nutrition has on their ability to survive.

Celia F Davis B Sc NDB
Celia’s interest in insects began when she was a child and initially focussed on butterflies and moths, a group she is still interested in and increasingly depressed about. The fascination endured through school and university, where she obtained a degree in agriculture and, when she worked as a teacher and lecturer in Biology. When she married Cyril, who was a keen photographer, the interest expanded into photography. Life changed completely when Celia got her first hive of bees, 40 years ago, and they became a passion. During the intervening years she managed 14 hives, but this has now been reduced to two at the bottom of the garden. She has, at various times, been President, Secretary and Chairman of Warwickshire BKA, served on the BBKA Examinations Board for 6 years and still tutors on the Correspondence Course and is involved in examining at all levels.
She has had 2 books published on the Biology and behaviour, and various other aspects, of honey bees and often writes articles for the major beekeeping journals.
Her books, The Honeybee Inside Out and The Honeybee Around & About are often used by those studying the Intermediate and Senior FIBKA exams.

Origins and Diversity of Apis mellifera in Ireland
2020-11-04 19:00 - 20:30 | On-Line
Webinar Wednesday 4th November 2020
at 7.00pm 19.00

“Origins and Diversity of Apis mellifera in Ireland”
Grace McCormack
The Link to this webinar is;
https://nuigalway-ie.zoom.us/j/93240576829?pwd=[REDACTED]

On-Line Lecture with Jamie Ellis. 'Worker Honey Bees and What They Do'
2020-10-20 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
About this Event

Worker honey bees and what they do
Have you ever wondered why some honey bees are called “worker” honey bees? What work do they do and why do they do it? In this lecture, Dr. Ellis will discuss the tasks worker honey bees perform and how these tasks ensure colony success.

Jamie Ellis is the Gahan Endowed Professor of Entomology in the Department of Entomology and Nematology at the University of Florida. He has a BS degree in Biology from the University of Georgia (USA) and a PhD in Entomology from Rhodes University in South Africa. At the University of Florida, Jamie has responsibilities in extension, instruction and research. Regarding his extension work, Jamie created the UF/IFAS Bee College and the UF/IFAS Master Beekeeper Program. As an instructor, Jamie supervises PhD and masters students. Currently, Jamie and his team have over 30 active research projects in the fields of honey bee husbandry, conservation and ecology, and integrated crop pollination.

On- Line Lecture with Randy Oliver 'Reading the Combs'
2020-10-14 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
Randy Oliver presents “READING THE COMBS: UNDERSTANDING BEE BIOLOGY OVER THE COURSE OF A SEASON”

About this Event

READING THE COMBS: UNDERSTANDING BEE BIOLOGY OVER THE COURSE OF A SEASON
A summary of Randy’s series “Understanding Colony Buildup and Decline.” By acquiring a better understanding of the biology of bees, nutrition, parasites, and pathogens over the course of the season, and by learning to “read the combs,” the beekeeper can then make better informed management decisions adapted to his/her particular situation.

From Randy Oliver’s website Scientific Beekeeping:
I started keeping bees as a hobbyist around 1966, and then went on to get university degrees in biological sciences, specializing in entomology. In 1980 I began to build a migratory beekeeping operation in California, and currently run around 1000-1500 hives with my two sons, from which we make our livings (update: Eric and Ian are in the process of taking over the operation–allowing me more time for research).
In 1993, the varroa mite arrived in California, and after it wiped out my operation for the second time in 1999, I decided to “hit the books” and use my scientific background to learn to fight back. I started writing for the American Bee Journal in 2006, and have submitted articles nearly every month since then (see “Articles by Publication Date”).
My writing for the Journal brought me requests to speak at beekeeping conventions, which has also allowed me the chance to visit beekeepers from all over North America and several other continents. I read most every scientific study relating to beekeeping, and regularly correspond with beekeepers and researchers worldwide.
What I try to do in my articles and blogs is to scour scientific papers for practical beekeeping applications, and to sort through the advice, opinion, and conjecture found in the bee magazines and on the Web, taking no positions other than to provide accurate information to Joe Beekeeper, following the suggestion in 1922 by New Zealand beekeeping author Isaac Hopkins:
That scientific accuracy, as opposed to rule of thumb, or guess-work methods, is much needed in commercial production to attain the success we should aim for, will be acceded by all intelligent beekeepers. There are many, however who do not realise this, or at all events, do not sufficiently appreciate the principle in their practice, but are content muddle along in a slipshod fashion to their great loss. I regularly update the articles on this site as new information becomes available, and solicit constructive criticism or comments.
Perhaps the best venue for such discussion is at the Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology. Be sure to subscribe to updates, and I’ll email you monthly when I add content to the site http://scientificbeekeeping.com/scientific-beekeeping-newsletter/.

On- Line Lecture with Kim Flottum. Common Sense Natural Beekeeping
2020-10-07 19:30 - 21:30 | On-Line
This talk takes the approach that looking after bees should be as natural as possible.

Kim Flottum retired from his position as editor from Bee Culture Magazine at the end of last year, but has continued working as a consultant for the next edition of The ABC and XYZ Of Bee Culture.
Kim is the author of The BackYard Beekeeper which is in its 4th edition, and is a great book for beginners. You’re invited to listen in to his podcast, Beekeeping Today Podcast where they’ve had some pretty interesting guests, now starting their third ye

EWBA 1st. Waterford Honey Show
2020-09-13 10:00 - 17:00 | George’s Court, Waterford, O' Connell St.,, Waterford

EWBA 1st Waterford Honey Show
2020-09-12 13:00 - 17:00 | George’s Court, Waterford, O' Connell St.,, Waterford

Committee Meeting
2020-08-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Dunhill Education Centre, Dunhill Ecopark

Committee Meeting
2020-07-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Dunhill Apiary

Committee Meeting
2020-06-24 19:00 - 21:00, 2020-06-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Dunhill Apiary
Observing Covid-19 HSE guidelines

Friday Meeting
2020-05-01 20:00 - 21:00 | Dunhill Education Centre, Dunhill Ecopark
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Zoom General Meeting
2020-04-30 19:30 - 20:30 | Dunhill Education Centre, Dunhill Ecopark
Uniquely maximize resource-leveling vortals with alternative ideas. Monotonectally visualize resource maximizing human capital vis-a-vis interdependent best practices. Intrinsicly promote market positioning e-markets for global information.
