- From the President – Jo Widdicombe
Now we have to look at the next 12 months and what we are going to do. I believe we should be aiming for 3 magazines per year, one every four months. - 53 AGM Notice
the AGM will take place at Harper Adams University TF10 8NB on Sunday 9th April 2017 - From the Chair – Phil Khorassandjian
Another use of technology has been to develop the email-based BIBBA Buzz… - Seventy years ago – Jo Widdecombe
Two quotations, From The Lore of the Honey-Bee by Tickner Edwardes & The Bee-Keeper’s Guide by W. Herrod-Hempsall. - Queen raising – Alan Brown
Every beekeeper can raise queens and they probably do so every year - Burzyan wild-hive honeybees – R. A. Ilyasov, M. N. Kosarov. A. Neal, F. G. Yumaguzhin
When the number of natural tree cavities declined sharply, beekeepers were forced to carefully treat the wild-hive bees more carefully. . . - Queen rearing on the Isle of Man – John Evans
First published in Bee Improvement No.1 1998 - The SMARTBEES project – Jo Widdecombe
Sustainable Management of Resilient Bee Populations - Conferences and Workshops – Roger Patterson
One and two day Bee Improvement courses & BIFA days - Working for a better bee – Mark Edwards
There are several key components in my opinion, to working for and achieving a better bee. - Polynucs – Peter Edwards
My aim is to be able to overwinter nucs with some degree of confidence. . . - QR at Keepers Cottage – Peter Edwards
Stands for mating nucs were then installed — appropriately made from hexagonal paving slabs — and we were ready to start! - Black bees in Wales – Eifion Williams
Adaptation and resourcefulness is a key factor to beekeeping and I wanted to create the boxes cheaply.
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