Adrian Waring NDB Adrian died on 8th May 2019 An Appreciation Will there be Bees in the Heavenly Places Will there be Bees? Winging their way through the golden space To fructify the eternal trees … A Man and his Bees by Harold Lund Adrian Waring was an early member of BIBBA and…
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BOBBI Group – March April 2019 Newsletter
We know everyone is busy, but thought we’d draft a little newsletter of the topics covered in March and April. Tried to keep it short, but please get in touch if you need more information on any of the topics. Links and names have been included to try help you…
News April 2019
TOP: Strategy Document TOP: Beekeepers Come Swarming to the Sustainability Days
University of Plymouth Project
The University of Plymouth in partnership with B4 (a community interest company: Bringing Back Black Bees) and funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) have started a 4 year PhD project to investigate suggestions from bee-keepers that different sub-species have a suite of different behaviours and characteristics in comparison…
Beekeepers come swarming to the Sustainability days
BIBBA hosted nine events across the country (presented by Roger Patterson) called “Sustainability – Bees and Queens for Everybody using low cost, simple techniques”. Over 1,300 beekeepers at all stages of their beekeeping careers attended the sellout event. The day’s presentation was created by Roger after a Defra survey last…
Bucks Berks & Oxon Bee Improvement (BBOBI ) – RG9
Sharing resources and expertise, to encourage beekeepers, interested in queen breeding. Our aim is to produce the best possible, locally adapted British honeybee for Buck Berks & Oxon.
Strategy
BIBBA Strategy Summary Document (2019) Draft – for comment by members. Overall BIBBA Strategy 1.1 Continue to increase the number of BIBBA members 1.2 Improved benefits and engagement with members, groups, farmers and outside agencies. 1.3 Reduce queen and bee imports into UK and Ireland 1.4 To develop action plans,…
Appetitive floral odours prevent aggression in honeybees
Honeybees defend their colonies aggressively against intruders and release a potent alarm pheromone to recruit nestmates into defensive tasks. The effect of floral odours on this behaviour has never been studied, despite the relevance of these olfactory cues for the biology of bees. Here we use a novel assay to…