Posts by Nick Mawby
Shebbear Black Bee Conservation Project – EX22
Reintroduction of black bee colonies into the Shebbear area and encouraging existing bee keepers to switch to black bees
Read MoreCheshire Honeybee Improvement Partnership (CHIP)- CW9
Formed in 2016 by a group of Cheshire-based BIBBA members to help form local queen rearing groups to aid the improvement of local bees and support the objectives of BIBBA
Read More2018 Programme “Improve Your Bees and Beekeeping”
the conference in September offers a wide spectrum of topics; view the programme, with details of speakers and topics;
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Albert Knight
an appreciation of one of BIBBA’s stalwarts, by Brian P. Dennis and Roger Patterson.
Read MoreBreeding honeybees on a small scale – Dorian Pritchard
With an open mating system I find you can manage with just four colonies to breed successfully.
Read MoreBIM01 – Spring 1998
BIM01-Spring 1998
Read MoreWest Devon Bee Improvement Group
Mainly in the Tavistock and West Devon/Plymouth contact area
Read MoreRoger 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 and Vice President of Bee…
Read MoreIs the Dark Bee Really Native to Britain and Ireland?
This article by Dorian Pritchard was originally published in BIM 30 Winter 2008
Read MoreLilac Cottage – TA11
Lilac Cottage British Black Bees aim to work with the B4 project to establish breeding stock, and a mating area in North Somerset
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