Nigel the postman with Colonsay queens; showing the local island community; all intrigued and learning about the queens received from Andrew Abraham on Colonsay. Introducing a Colonsay queen – Andrew Lawson The Head Gardener Tresco Abbey gardens The package arrives from Colonsay; posted Monday and arrived Thursday morning and all…
Let’s Go Beekeeping!
Let’s Go BEEKEEPING Richard Senior Let’s Go Beekeeping is a series of practical beekeeping videos that are there to help beekeepers keep, understand, and manage their bees better. Relentless Rosie Presented by Roger Patterson, this series of videos draws on half a century of practical beekeeping knowledge. During August 2021,…
BIBBA Monthly January 2022
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Let’s Go Beekeeping
Why do bees rear so many drones?
Lune Valley webinar
Why do the bees rear so many drones?
Why the production of a large number of drones is the inevitable consequence of the free mating of queens in drone congregations; and why this proliferation of drones is a key factor in ensuring the adaptability and resilience of the honey bee through the ages.
Webinars – January 2022
WEBINARS in January 2022 If you have not already done so, sign up here for reminders about webinars An Introduction to Lune Valley Community Beekeepers Dr Fred J Ayres 25th January 7.30pm https://youtu.be/ximXsjF92fQ Fred took up beekeeping in 2000 and obtained his first nucleus that year. As his interest in…
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BIBBA Monthly – December 2021
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Sandringham Report 2021
Sandringham Native Bee Project One of BIBBA’s Members, Eric Marshall, approached the Trustees to see if they would support a project to breed and rear native bees. Eric lives close to the Royal Sandringham Estate and it has been a key aim of BIBBA to develop a Special Apiary Project…
Tim Smit’s View
We are now taking forward our flagship National Bee Improvement Programme (NatBIP) into its next phase and, as part of this, we need promote our message about native honey bees and bee improvement to a much wider audience. We are therefore very pleased that Sir Tim Smit (from the Eden Project) offered to help us promote that message through this short video.