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 […]
Stewart Spinks is from the Norfolk Honey Company and has many educational videos on YouTube