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SUMMARY:Lecture: Queen Management Essentials
DESCRIPTION:Queen Management Essentials\nwith Juliana Rangel\nHow to manage queens successfully including some of the common causes of\nqueen problems. Juliana will show us how to determine whether a queen is\naging appropriately and if her colony is doing well\, or if she is failing and it is\ntime to replace her with a new\, more vigorous queen. Good detective work in\nthe hive will increase our chances of managing productive\, healthy colonies.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-queen-management-essentials/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210211T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210211T213000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Swarm Control
DESCRIPTION:Swarm Control\nwith Ged Marshall\nSwarm control without the nine day checks . . .\nhow to survive the Summer without repeatedly inspecting the brood chambers\nand still get large yields.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-swarm-control/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210215T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210215T210000
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SUMMARY:Lectures: Geographic Origin and Authenticity of UK Honey Samples and Flower Power – The Science of Pollination. CABK
DESCRIPTION:Lecturer 1: Ayla Paul\, University of Reading \n  \nGeographic Origin and Authenticity of UK Honey Samples \n\nAyla 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 analysis – that she uses to develop an “Isoscape” for the UK. Is it possible to determine the geographic origins? \n\n  \nLecturer 2 : Hamish Symington\, University of Cambridge \n\n \nHamish Symington \n\nFlower Power – The Science of Pollination \nHamish explores how pollination works\, how much of our food relies on insects\, and how research at the university’s Department of Plant Sciences aims to make flowers more efficient at being pollinated\, thus helping to feed the projected 2050 global population of 10 billion people.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lectures-geographic-origin-and-authenticity-of-uk-honey-samples-and-flower-power-the-science-of-pollination-cabk/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210218T200000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Why are Queens Failing?
DESCRIPTION:Why are Queens Failing?\nwith Jeff Pettis\nAre your queens not living as long as in the past? Do your colonies fail to\nRe-queen themselves after a swarm leaves or when you expect a queenless nuc\nto rear a new queen? Queen problems are on the increase and Jeff will cover\nsome basic queen and colony biology and discuss some of the many things that\ncould be involved in why queens fail.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-why-are-queens-failing/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210219T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210219T170000
DTSTAMP:20260811T213143
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SUMMARY:lecture: Reactive Swarm Control with Wally Shaw
DESCRIPTION:This is the second of our talks about swarms and swarming this season and looks at what to do when queen cells appear…\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this Event\n\n\nRe-active Swarm Control \nThis 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 failed. Artificial swarming is the method that can be used if the colony has not already issued a prime swarm. If the prime swarm has already departed there are other methods that can be used to prevent cast swarming and further loss of bees. The talk includes an explanation of the Snelgrove II (modified) method. \nWally Shaw \nMy wife (Jenny) and I have been keeping bees for 30 years – a joint activity in which we are equal partners. We started beekeeping in order to provide pollination for a newly planted orchard. One hive grew into two\, then four and eventually into 50 in six apiaries. This escalation in number of colonies was mainly driven by a fascination with the honey bee. We are both ex-research ecologists and beekeeping became a sort of second (unpaid) career. Yes\, we do make honey and it does provide a small income stream (in good years) which more or less covers the cost of the obsession. Apart from our initial colony\, which was purchased from a local beekeeper of our acquaintance\, we have never purchased another colony or a queen but from the outset made our own by splitting hives or collecting swarms. We are fortunate on Anglesey having had for many years only a trickle of bees from other sources coming onto the island so by virtue of natural selection we do have a locally adapted bee – which not the case everywhere in Wales. \nThe part of beekeeping with which we initially had the greatest problem was swarm control but over the years we have come to a better understand what is involved. I have written two booklets for the Welsh Beekeepers Association (WBKA) which have been delivered FREE to all members. Their titles are ‘There are queen cells in my hive – what should I do?’ and ‘An Apiary Guide to Swarm Control’. Both are available on the WBKA website and can be downloaded FREE of charge. Both booklets have also been published by Northern Bee Books and are available from them and on the internet.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-reactive-swarm-control-with-wally-shaw/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210219T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210219T210000
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SUMMARY:Committee Meeting
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URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/committee-meeting-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210224T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210224T203000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Preparing for the Beekeeping Year Ahead. Stewart Spinks
DESCRIPTION:Stewart Spinks is from the Norfolk Honey Company and has many educational videos on YouTube
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-preparing-for-the-beekeeping-year-ahead-stewart-spinks/
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