Wheal Primrose

In addition to raising queens with native appearance and characteristics the group are looking to select queens with calm temper and Varroa resistance.

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Godolphin-Cornwall

We have been queen rearing and improving stocks of local bees since 2015, based in the medieval garden and a small more private are on Godolphin Hill,

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Countryfile – on the Rame Peninsula

The prospect of Countryfile coming to the Rame Peninsula and doing a report on native bees was a cause for excitement and some trepidation. We are all used to incorrect reports in the press, wasps being labelled as bees and so on. We also know about the hours of filming that go on for two minutes of viewing, which can give totally the wrong impression.

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Instrumental Insemination of Honey Bee Queens

Resources http://www.coloss.org/beebook/I/instrumental-insemination http://www.beeculture.com/instrumental-insemination/ Sue Cobey http://www.honeybeeinsemination.com/resources.html solution for cryopreservation http://www.amplab.de/en-EN/beebreeding.html Schley equipment http://www.besamungsgeraet.de/__en/insemination-instruments/

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2016 Archive

BIBBA Conference 2016 on the Isle of Man Tuesday 20th-Thursday 22nd September 2016 The conference was open to all beekeepers, whether BIBBA members or not. download Conference Programme as pdf There were two streams of presentations to choose from, click on the names to see full details: Accompanied persons programme There was insufficient interest to…

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