- From the President – Jo Widdicombe
- 54 AGM Notice
- B4 Press Release
England’s first native bee reserve - Mount Edgcumbe – Mark Edwards
The apiary looks picturesque as the hives are situated in an old Victorian garden - BIBBA Conference – Roger Patterson
An interesting programme is being planned with three streams - More Queen Rearing Myths Busted– Roger Patterson
I have been raising queens for 50 years, and not always having ideal conditions I have had to make do with what is available
I have found that larvae for queen rearing can survive outside the hive and be transported for much longer than is usually said - Winter Losses – Beowulf Cooper
a necessary part of strain maintenance … - SICAMM Conference – Philip Denwood
Finland, from 12th-17th July 2018 - Locally Adapted Bees – Dorian Pritchard
Admittedly natural selection is not what it was 10,000 years ago, but we also don’t want a bee exactly like its post-glacial ancestors - Queen Assessment – Dorian Pritchard
Meiosis is a subcellular process that occurs in most diploid organisms in the
production of germ cells… - How not to Rear Queens – Kevin Thorn
After the course (and returning from my honeymoon) I found that one of my colonies had swarmed… - Beekeeping on Scilly – Jo Widdicombe
Within a bee population there are 19 or more different sex alleles, that is variations of the sex determining gene
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