Drone Congregation Areas – the place to be or the last-chance saloon? About this Event Fascinated by the idea that there might be specific meeting and mating places for drones and queens, Stephen Fleming started looking for them around his apiaries but found one where he least expected. As he discovered more, a pattern seemed […]

Wednesday May 5th, 8pm European Foulbrood Dr Chris Palgrave BSc(Hons), BVM&S, PhD, FHEA, FRCPath, MRCVS Chris graduated from the University of Edinburgh, where he also intercalated a PhD in immunogenetics and comparative pathology at the Roslin Institute. He worked as a practicing vet in the UK and USA before attending the anatomic pathology residency program […]

About this Event Diagnosing queen problems: is it the queen, the colony, both, or neither?! Practical advice—based on empirical research—looking at different symptoms and attributing whether or not the problem is the queen’s fault. A lesson in showing how we blame the queen way more often than is actually her fault. David R Tarpy David […]

Diagnosing queen problems with Professor David Tarpy Is it the queen, the colony, both, or neither?! This talk is packed with practical advice based on empirical research About this Event Diagnosing queen problems: is it the queen, the colony, both, or neither?! Practical advice—based on empirical research—looking at different symptoms and attributing whether or not […]

Thursday May 13th, 8pm Biosecurity & Apiculture Nicolas Vidal Naquet DVM, DIE d’apiculture-pathologie apicole Nicolas graduated in veterinary medicine from the Alfort Veterinary Faculty in 1987. Since then he has worked practice (pets) in Paris and currently works as an emergency vet for VetoAdom, an “at home” veterinary emergency service. In 2007, he started to […]

Thursday May 20th, 8pm The Genetics of the Irish Honey Bee Jack Hassett BSc(Hons), PhD Jack received his BSc. (Hons) in Pharmaceutical and Forensic Analysis from Limerick Institute of Technology in 2013. During his degree he studied a wide variety of scientific practices and has experience with an array of various instrumentation. Following the completion […]