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SUMMARY:Dr. Dewey Caron\, "Reading the Hive" Hosts: Bo Sterk & David Westervelt by Bees Beyond Borders..Note Time..12am-1:30am
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Dewey Caron\, Professor\, Author\, Legend\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n“Reading the Hive” – How to move beyond the debris (monitoring) board and hefting without opening to read the hive. Moving to action central\, the brood area\, to examine and how to read brood frames to understand what is happening in the hive during the season. A hive is like a mystery novel – turn the page (i.e. remove and read another brood frame) to solve the mystery of what the bees are attempting to tell u \nDr Dewey M. Caron is Emeritus Professor of Entomology & Wildlife Ecology\, Univ of Delaware\, & Affiliate Professor\, Dept Horticulture\, Oregon State University. I enjoyed professional appointments at Cornell (1968-70)\, Univ of Maryland (1970-81) and U Delaware 1981-2009\, serving as entomology chair at the last 2. I spent a sabbatical year at the USDA Tucson lab 1977-78. I helped establish graduate Entomology degree Univ of Panama and had Fulbright in Panama and Bolivia working with Africanized bees. Wrote Africanized bees in the Americas (2001). I retired from Univ of Delaware in 2009 and moved to Portland\, OR to be closer to grandkids. I am principal author of HBHC Tools for Varroa Management and Best Management Practices and Identifying and Mitigating Foulbrood in honey bee colonies; Information for Beekeepers and Veterinarians. \nIn retirement I remain active in bee education\, writing for newsletters\, giving Bee Short Courses\, assisting in several Master beekeeper programs and giving presentations to local\, state and regional bee clubs. I am author of Honey Bee Biology & Beekeeping\, major textbook used in University and Association bee courses and have a new bee book (my 10th) The Complete Bee Handbook published by Rockridge Press in 2020. I wrote 2 book Chapters in recently released Honey Bee Medicine.hive like a text book. Opening it page by page.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/dr-dewey-caron-reading-the-hive-hosts-bo-sterk-david-westervelt-by-bees-beyond-borders-note-time-12am-130am/
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SUMMARY:Apiary Practical Demonstration for EWBA Members and Presentation of FIBKA Prelim Certs
DESCRIPTION:A Practical demonstration for members will be held at our Dunhill Apiary on Saturday 02/10/2021 starting at 10:30am. \nThe demonstration is about ‘Preparing your Hives for Winter’ \nThis will be followed by the presentation of FIBKA Prelim Certificates to our 22 exam candidates.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/apiary-practical-demonstration-for-ewba-members-and-presentation-of-fibka-prelim-certs/
LOCATION:Dunhill Apiary
ORGANIZER;CN="EWBA":MAILTO:waterfordbees@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211006T193000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: The National Honey Monitoring Scheme with Prof Richard Pywell
DESCRIPTION:Next in the Scotish Beekeepers Association series of free\, online lectures is Prof Richard Pywell\, who will be sharing more information on the National Honey Monitoring Scheme.\n\n\nWorking in partnership with UK beekeepers\, this scheme aims to use honeybees to monitor long-term changes in the condition and health of the UK countryside.\n\n\nProf. Pywell is the Senior Principal Scientist & Biodiversity Science Area Head at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-the-national-honey-monitoring-scheme-with-prof-richard-pywell/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211013T190000
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Planting for bees - a talk by Rosi Rollings
DESCRIPTION:Which plants attract the most bees?\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\n  \nIn 2011\, Rosi Rollings wanted to start a plant nursery dedicated to ‘plants for bees’ but didn’t know much about it so she embarked on eight years of observations and formal research. \nRosi has now produced a 6 year study of which plants suit which pollinator. She has looked at honeybees\, bumble bees and solitary bees and come up with a list of the 30 best plants for all of them \nRosi’s primary finding is that the number of bees each plant attracts varies hugely. Some attract surprisingly few\, even supposedly ‘bee-friendly’ plants. This variation is significant for anyone wanting to maximise the amount of bee-food any area of land can provide. \nIn her talk Rosi will share both the findings from her research and plans for future research. She will also talk about how she has used those findings to provide ‘ bee friendly ‘ habitats. \nhttps://www.rosybee.com/ \ninstagram – @rosybeeplants \n  \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nI have been a business woman all of my adult life\, in roles such as Customer Service\, Marketing and latterly in Financial Services consultancy. But I have also been a passionate amateur gardener for 30 years which led to a love of plant propagation and a dream to run a nursery. \nThen in 2009\, my husband and I took up beekeeping and\, very naturally\, I found that I wanted to grow plants to support them. I quite quickly found that both information and the supply of plants was a little lacking. Now 11 years on\, there is much better information available but it can still be tricky to source the right plants and be confident that they provide the best support for the bees. \nI am now fortunate enough to been able to turn my hobbies into a business and am further developing my understanding of the complex relationship between plants and pollinators through continual research.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-planting-for-bees-a-talk-by-rosi-rollings/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: SPRING BUILD UP with Marin Anastasov\, Master Beekeeper\, NDB
DESCRIPTION:Preparing for successful spring build up – Marin Anastasov\, Master Beekeeper\, NDB\nAs the seasons go from autumn to winter\, and from winter to spring\, the colony undergoes significant changes in the physiology of its inhabitants. This ensures the bees have all they need to survive the winter and provides the foundations for productive colonies the following spring. There are a number of operations that we need to complete (and sometimes avoid) to ensure our colonies have the best chance of survival through the winter and come through it ready for the spring build up. This talk covers common reasons for winter colony losses\, the common reasons for colonies failing to build in the spring\, and some of the important management operations in the autumn\, winter and spring to ensure our colonies remain healthy and productive.\n\n\nMarin holds a BSc in Animal Science and an MSc in Organic Farming. He is passionate about sustainable food production and his entire working career has been in organic food and farming. Marin is a Master Beekeeper and gained his NDB in 2017. He currently manages 30 colonies in Gloucestershire. He is a trustee of Gloucestershire Beekeepers’ Association and Chairman of the BBKA Examinations Board. He is an assessor for the Basic\, General Husbandry\, and Advanced Husbandry certificates\, and has contributed to the development and running of the General Husbandry and Advanced Husbandry training programmes for the BBKA. Marin is co-author\, and led the implementation\, of the BBKA Certificate in Honey Bee Breeding\, including providing the training and support to both future candidates and assessors.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-spring-build-up-with-marin-anastasov-master-beekeeper-ndb/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Asian Hornet
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URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-asian-hornet/
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SUMMARY:Lecture: Desperate times and desperate measures - a talk by Heather Mattila
DESCRIPTION:How honeybees defend themselves against attack by by giant asian hornets\n\n\n\n\n\nAbout this event\n\n\nCambridgeshire Beekeepers’ Association are delighted to welcome Professor Heather Mattila to discuss her latest research on how honey bees in South East Asia have developed strategies to protect their abundant stockpiles of food and the large colonies they sustain. In Asia\, honey bees have evolved under tremendous predatory pressure from social wasps in the genus Vespa\, the most formidable of which are the giant hornets that attack colonies in groups\, kill adult defenders\, and prey on brood. Her study describes a remarkable weapon in the already sophisticated portfolio of defenses that honey bees have developed in response to the predatory threats they face. It also highlights the strong selective pressure honey bees will encounter if giant hornets\, recently detected in western North America\, become established. \nhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/honey-bees-use-animal-poo-to-repel-giant-hornet-attacks?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other \n\n\n\nAbout the speaker \nHeather Mattila is an Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College\, a women’s liberal arts college that is located just outside of Boston (USA). She completed her Ph.D. in 2005 at the University of Guelph (Canada)\, where her research focused on the effects of nutritional stress on colony health and productivity. She subsequently completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at Cornell University (USA)\, where her research shifted to an examination of the mating behavior by honey bee queens and its impact on the colonies that they produce. Heather has been a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Wellesley College since 2009. At Wellesley\, her research continues to focus on mechanisms of social communication and organization\, including honey bee behavior\, the chemical ecology of colonies\, the microbiology of queens and workers\, and the impact of nutritional stress on workers. Recently\, her research program has expanded to examine these topics in bumblebees\, Asian honey bees\, and hornets. Heather teaches undergraduate classes at Wellesley College on the subjects of organismal biology\, animal behavior\, and social insect biology. In addition to teaching at the College\, she is honored to receive opportunities to speak with beekeepers and other people around the world who are interested in learning about how to support the health and welfare of bees. Heather’s research program is supported by a dedicated group of Wellesley students\, collaborations with colleagues from universities across North America\, and by the many colonies of bees that her lab maintains on the Wellesley College campus
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/lecture-desperate-times-and-desperate-measures-a-talk-by-heather-mattila/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20211027T193000
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SUMMARY:63rd EWBA AGM 27/10/2021 at 7:30pm
DESCRIPTION:The 63rd AGM of East Waterford Beekeepers Association will be held at Dunhill Ecopark Education Centre at 7:30pm on 27/10/2021. \nNotification will be sent to members soon. \nWe have will have some vacant positions on the Committee and will be seeking nominations and proposals.
URL:https://waterfordbees.com/event/63rd-ewba-agm-27-10-2021-at-730pm/
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