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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…
How I select my ‘Breeder Queens’
At the start of a new season I like to make a shortlist of which queens are good enough to breed from, in other words, to become my breeder queens. I do this by looking at the current condition of the colony as well as looking at the record of past performance.
Sustainable Bees & Queens
For Everyone using low-cost, simple methods:
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 the unsuitability to our fickle climate.
Sustainability – Bees and Queens for Everyone using low-cost, simple methods
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