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SUMMARY:Lecture: Checkerboarding for Swarm Control
DESCRIPTION:John White will talk about a method of swarm prevention that means you don’t have to open the brood nest\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCheckerboarding is a simple swarm management tool that prevents swarming. It uses the bee’s natural swarm and survival impulses. When the basic seasonal brood nest behaviour is understood\, bees can be easily managed to prevent swarming and produce an exceptional honey surplus. \nCheckerboarding does not inhibit\, diminish or disturb the colony. Empty drawn comb frames are alternated with frames full of honey directly above the brood nest. This breaks up the solid band of honey that rings the top of the brood nest and encourages the bees to fill the empty spaces rather than swarming. \nIn this talk John will explain in simple terms how to perform Checkerboarding and some of the aspects of colony behaviour that relate to this method of swarm prevention. Checkerboarding will prevent swarming\, increase the hive population and lead to a larger crop of honey. Time and questions allowing we will look at some other aspects of colony behaviour and an early indicator that a colony is about to swarm. \n  \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nJohn has kept bees for 11 years and is a keen advocate of chemical free beekeeping. He keeps all his bees without the use of chemicals by rearing small cell bees. He likes to experiment with differant forms of beekeeping in order to try and understand first hand what works for the bees and the beekeeper. He has tried and still has colonies with top entrance hives and for the last two years has been\, along with other local beekeepers\, experimenting with a form of swarm prevention beekeeping – Checkerboarding.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-checkerboarding-for-swarm-control/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20210614T200000
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SUMMARY:Committee Meeting
DESCRIPTION:If members have any questions or items for the committee meeting please send an email to waterfordbees@gmail.coom
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/committee-meeting-6/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Breeding for Hygienic Bees
DESCRIPTION:Breeding for Hygienic Bees – a talk by Jack Silberrad\n\n\nby Cambridgeshire Beekeepers Association\n\n\n\n\nTo treat or not to treat?\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCambridgeshire Beekeepers’ Association are delighted to welcome back Jack Silberrad to talk to us about his latest beekeeping research. \nIt’s a contentious question in beekeeping\, but one thing we can all surely agree on are the benefits of breeding hygienic bees. \nSo what constitutes hygienic behaviour\, what are its benefits and how can we identify and perpetuate it? \nWith such a growing interest in hygienic traits\, Jack will talk to us about industry standard methods of tracking Varroa and hygienic traits that are simple and fast for any skilled beekeeper. He will speak about queen rearing for specific traits with minimal equipment and expense. \nThis talk promises to be a whirlwind tour of many key beekeeping disciplines\, to encourage attendees to rear their own queens\, and includes methodology compatible with any perspective on Varroa management. \n\n\n\nPhoto credit: Jack Silberrad \n\n\nAbout the speaker \nHaving worked variously as a microbiologist\, teacher\, and medical sales representative Jack completely changed direction\, from suits to boots\, and is now a qualified honey bee farmer. Over the last five years he has managed ~400 colonies with the London Honey Company\, and 750 double queen colonies seasonally with Manuka Island Honey\, and he now works as a beefarmer and Seasonal Bee Inspector in and around Cambridge. Most recently he represented the NBU for this year’s Invasive Species Awareness week\, speaking on Asian Hornet monitoring and reporting.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-breeding-for-hygienic-bees/
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