The Native Irish Honey Bee Apis mellifera mellifera Launched on the 18th September by our close friends and colleagues in Ireland, this book will become a ‘go to’ source of information not just for beekeepers in the island of Ireland but for all beekeepers who keep Amm bees or who…
Lune Valley New Breeding Apiary
OUR NEW BREEDING APIARY Dr Fred J Ayres, Chair of Trustees, Lune Valley Community Beekeepers Lune Valley Community Beekeepers was founded in June 2016 by a small group of beekeepers who wanted to engage in more bee-centric rather than beekeeper-centric approaches to beekeeping, and adopt a focus on improving the…
BIBBA Monthly – October 2021
Sustainable bees – sustainable beekeeping
Silent Earth – averting the insect apocalype
SICAMM online conference 2021
Lune Valley Breeding Apiary
Silent Earth
Silent Earth Averting the Insect Apocalypse Dave Goulson Dave Goulson is familiar to most of us. He is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex andthis is his sixth title, others included the Sunday Times bestsellers The Garden Jungle and A Sting in the Tale. The main theme…
Bee Improvement Strategies
A key question any individual or group should consider is what method should I/we follow to Improve our bees and to produce queens. There are a few key choices depending on your aims, capacity (time and equipment) and capabilities. I’m assuming the reader is looking for a bee that is…
NatBIP News No 7
Leave things better than we found them It is said that the duty of a gardener (and indeed, a farmer) is to leave the soil in better heart than it was found. As for beekeepers, the same could be said about our bees. It is good to leave better quality…
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Colony Increase – The Roger Patterson Method
This book describes a little known but simple way of quickly increasing honey bee colonies. Rather than just being one method, there are several techniques that can be used on their own if needed. The author has used the whole method or parts successfully for over 40 years. Although it…
NatBIP News No6
This month Jo gives us his musings on long-term bee improvement as well as answering the question, are queen larvae selected by the beekeeper as good as those selected by the bees? Ashbrow school report their successes in queen rearing- if 10year olds can do it, can’t you?
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