There is growing concern amongst beekeepers of all abilities and experience about the ever-increasing importation of bees and queens. This is on several grounds, including the possibilities of introducing pests, diseases and pathogens, aggression in subsequent generations and unsuitability to our fickle climate. Defra has recently conducted a Queen Replacement…
BIPCo Bee Improvement Programme for Cornwall-PL17
beekeepers who wish to conserve the Cornish Dark Honey Bee
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BIM 51 – Summer 2018
- From the President – Jo Widdicombe
- Albert Knight – J. Phipps, D. Allen and A. Stokes
- BIBBA Conference – Roger Patterson
- Shakespeare’s Bees – Gaynor Smith
- Just look what happens if . . . – Dorian Pritchard
- In Memory of Abess – Dawn Boswell-Challand
- Sustainable Beekeeping – David Ledger
- Two days at Cilgwri – David Spalding
- Stratford-upon-Avon BIG – Terry Hitchman
- West Suffolk BIG course – Kevin Thorn
- Book Reviews – Philip Denwood
- The Honey Badger’s Story – Mike Taylor
Presenters and Presentations
Please note Dylan Elen has replaced the previously publicised Per Kryger. Graham Royle has replaced Colin Pavey. The topics are different Presenters-and-Presentations-V008Download
Reports and Accounts
The Trustees’ Reports and Accounts for the last few years
Tolerance to Varroa destructor in Ireland
In North County Dublin, Ireland, a region that has a relatively self-contained beekeeping regime with little movement of colonies or queens into the area, tolerance (co-adaptation) to varroa mites is becoming established.
Estimating C-lineage Introgression
Conservation efforts for A. m. mellifera are underway in multiple European
countries requiring reliable and cost-efficient molecular tools to identify purebred colonies. Here, we developed four ancestry-informative SNP assays for high sample throughput genotyping using the iPLEX Mass Array system.
Mount Edgcumbe Cornish Bee Group – PL10
England’s first Black Bee Reserve was opened in 2017 at Mount Edgcumbe on the Rame Peninsula. The group focuses on education, conservation of Amm and ways to improve local stock.
Blackdown Hills Black Bee Conservation Project – EX15
Black Bee conservation project based on the Blackdown hills on the Devon/Somerset border in the South-West of England. Promoting the keeping and breeding of Apis melifera melifera