A key question any individual or group should consider is what method should I/we follow to Improve our bees and to produce queens. There are a few key choices depending on your aims, capacity (time and equipment) and capabilities. I’m assuming the reader is looking for a bee that is native and/or locally adapted.
Bee Improvement Strategies
A key question any individual or group should consider is what method should I/we follow to Improve our bees and to produce queens. There are a few key choices depending on your aims, capacity (time and equipment) and capabilities. I’m assuming the reader is looking for a bee that is…
Bee Improvement Strategies – Kevin Thorn – part three
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Bee Improvement Strategies – Kevin Thorn -part two
More advanced Strategies in Bee Improvement suitable for native bees Many people find queen rearing a daunting prospect. There is an overwhelming amount of information, methods and advice. For clarity you simply need to select your selection criteria, a method of starting queen cells, a method of mating your queens…
Bees for Sale
Local BIBBA Groups Before you look at the suppliers below, it might be worth having a look at if there is a local BIBBA group that might be able to help you out with bees or queens. We have a number of Bee Improvement Groups around the UK. Often these…
Beekeepers come swarming to the Sustainability days
BIBBA hosted nine events across the country (presented by Roger Patterson) called “Sustainability – Bees and Queens for Everybody using low cost, simple techniques”. Over 1,300 beekeepers at all stages of their beekeeping careers attended the sellout event. The day’s presentation was created by Roger after a Defra survey last…
Bee Improvement and Bee Breeding Groups
BIBBA encourages the formation of local queen rearing groups to aid the improvement of local bees and to support the objectives of BIBBA to improve and propagate the native and near native honey bees. Benefits of Local GroupsMany beekeepers only have a small number of colonies, so they find…
Improving bees by raising your own queens
The improvement of bees is an important part of beekeeping. The suitability of bees to the environment and their temper are issues that concern the caring beekeeper, but are not often included in tuition.
This course will cover many of the topics and techniques that will suit the “ordinary” beekeeper, with a large practical element
Why do the bees rear so many drones?
Why the production of a large number of drones is the inevitable consequence of the free mating of queens in drone congregations; and why this proliferation of drones is a key factor in ensuring the adaptability and resilience of the honey bee through the ages.
North Devon Bee Improvement Group-EX32
North Devon Group operating from an apiary on the outskirts of Barnstaple as part of the North Devon Beekeepers Association