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North Wales BIBBA groups have teamed up with South Clwyd Beekeepers and Bangor University.
The first study by Bangor concerned a survey of bee wings throughout South Clwyd. The wings were analysed using DrawWing and Morphplot. The samples were collected by BIBBA breeding groups and members of SCBKA and then tested by a number of BIBBA queen rearers and the Bangor researcher Elise Keller.

A similar study was conducted in 2015 by Bangor’s Sue Loughran and a third one in 2016 by Bangor’s Cheryl Owen.

Starting this winter it is hoped that a particularly interesting study will be conducted which compares the DNA of the samples collected in 2015 and 2016 with their wing patterns and behavioural traits.

BIM 40 – Winter 2012

From the treasurer – Iain Harley
Beekeeping in Switzerland – Roger Patterson
Help West Highland bees – Kate Atchley
Workshops – Terry Clare
Towards 50 years – Will Messenger
Project Discovery update – Terry Clare
Ludlow & District group – Mike Saunders
Coorecorder v DrawWing – Conan McDonnell
Morphometry in practice – Terry Clare
Imported Queens part 1 – Will Messenger

BIBBA Conference 2023

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