The Bibba “Bee Improvement for All” Workshopx A few months ago, one of our Committee members, Dave Barrett, came to me and said, “I think we should do this BIBBA One Day Course – I’ll organise it all.” “Great idea”, I said. So Dave booked the date with BIBBA, he…
“Bee Improvement for All” (BIFA) Days
“Bee Improvement for all” is a one day course that is designed to help beekeepers to improve their bees by using some of the opportunities that bees give them during the season, as well as giving information to those who wish to raise more queens .
BIM 46 – Winter 2015
- The Honey Bee family – Brian Dennis
- A word from Brother Adam – Brian Dennis
- QR – some experiences – Roger Patterson
- BIBBA Conference – Roy Norris
- The BIfA workshop – Katey Slater
- Grafting – Roger Patterson
- Assessment of the black bee – Willie Robson
- News from SICAMM – Philip Denwood
- Dark Bee Seminar – Philip Denwood
- The BIBBA Course – Mike du Feu
- Dark Bee breeding project – Margie Ramsay
- From the Archives – R Smailes
- IBRA Press Release – Norman Carreck
BIM 44 – Summer 2014
- From the Chair – Kevin Lincoln
- BIFA Days – Roger Patterson
- Letters to the Editor – Mark McVey
- IBRA Press Release – Norman Carreck
- A BIPCo visit – Jo Widdicombe
- Pesticide Debate – Norman Benson
- Queen raising for the Amateur – Alan Brown
- In Memory of Janet Hinchley – David Allen
- Sampling and Predicting – Brian Dennis
- Bee v Pigeon – Jeremy Clay
- Genuine Imported Queens – Will Messenger
- Conference Venue
BIM 43 – Spring 2014
- BIFA Days – Roger Patterson
- Moonlight Mating – Philip Denwood
- Pure Mating by Time Isolation – John E Dews
- Ownership of a Swarm – Brian Dennis
- Annual General Meeting Agenda – Secretary
- Annual Accounts – Treasurer
- Trustees Report – Chairman
- Draft Minutes – Secretary
- BIFA meeting in Sussex – James Norfolk
- Book Review – Philip Denwood
- Patron Saints – Brian Dennis
- Conference Speakers List – Roger Patterson
Roger Patterson “The Patterson Unit”
Roger is a practical beekeeper who started beekeeping in West Sussex in 1963. He is heavily involved in the craft, being a demonstrator at his local BKA since the early 1970s and manager of their teaching apiary. He had a full term as BBKA Trustee, is currently a BIBBA Trustee…
BIM 49 – Spring 2017
- From the President – Jo Widdicombe
- Trials and Tribulations – Frank Hilton
- Are you a Natural Beekeeper? – Brian Dennis
- Natural Beekeeping – Philip Denwood
- Racial Profiling of Mongrels – Paul Honigmann
- Bee Improvement and QR – R Patterson
- History of Manx beekeeping – Cilla Platt
- Making Increase – Brian Dennis
- Locally Adapted Bees – Wally Shaw
- Bee Races in Switzerland – Balser & Padruot Fried
- B4 Press Release – Plymouth University
- SICAMM Conference – Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda
- Intelligence v. Chemical Responses – Brian Dennis
- This is a non-smoking area – Brian Dennis
Event Info
COVID-19No events will be published until the current Teaching Events There are three types of BIBBA event to help and encourage beekeepers to raise their own queens from locally adapted colonies, rather than to use imported queens that may not suit their environment, or run the risk of importing pests…
BIM 47 – Autumn 2016
- Queen raising – Alan Brown
- Burzyan wild-hive honeybees – R. A. Ilyasov,
- M. N. Kosarov. A. Neal, F. G. Yumaguzhin
- Queen rearing on the Isle of Man – John Evans
- The SMARTBEES project – Jo Widdicombe
- Conferences and Workshops – Roger Patterson
- Working for a better bee – Mark Edwards
- Polynucs – Peter Edwards
- QR at Keepers Cottage – Peter Edwards
- Black bees in Wales – Eifion Williams
Group Presentation & Discussion “Bee improvement and bee breeding groups – some experiences and ideas”
Three representatives from existing bee breeding and bee improvement groups, operating in different areas, under different conditions, will each give a short presentation on their own group. They will tell us about their history, how they have progressed and how they may have dealt with problems or opportunities. An open…