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La mauvaise réputation L’utilisation de l’abeille noire par les apiculteurs a fortement reculé car elle a la réputation d’être agressive et de produire peu de miel. L’abeille noire n’est certes pas une abeille docile. Pour certains, cette capacité à se défendre, cette réactivité au stress, est même un avantage car elle oblige les hommes à…
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- Queen raising – Alan Brown
- Burzyan wild-hive honeybees – R. A. Ilyasov,
- M. N. Kosarov. A. Neal, F. G. Yumaguzhin
- Queen rearing on the Isle of Man – John Evans
- The SMARTBEES project – Jo Widdicombe
- Conferences and Workshops – Roger Patterson
- Working for a better bee – Mark Edwards
- Polynucs – Peter Edwards
- QR at Keepers Cottage – Peter Edwards
- Black bees in Wales – Eifion Williams
Work with Bangor University
North Wales BIBBA groups have teamed up with South Clwyd Beekeepers and Bangor University.
The first study by Bangor concerned a survey of bee wings throughout South Clwyd. The wings were analysed using DrawWing and Morphplot. The samples were collected by BIBBA breeding groups and members of SCBKA and then tested by a number of BIBBA queen rearers and the Bangor researcher Elise Keller.
BIBBA Queen Rearing Table (Tom’s Table)
The original Microsoft Excel file was written by Angus Stokes and Albert Knight to provide an interactive way to prepare timetables for using the Jenter or Cupkit Cellplug Box. This is a more comprehensive version of “Tom’s Table” that has been rewritten by Roger Patterson in 2015, to include other methods of producing queen cells…
Read MoreA warm welcome to the BIBBA Conference 2016
We are delighted to be hosting this event on an island where beekeepers have much to celebrate. As well as its Varroa free status, formally endorsed by the European Union, the Isle of Man has also been awarded Biosphere Reserve status by UNESCO’s Man and the Biosphere programme, reflecting a successful balance between people and…
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The main problem of the black honeybee in Russia and European countries is the preservation of the indigenous gene pool purity; A new approach to the classification of the honeybee M mitotypes was suggested.
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Professor Dave Goulson – Bees, Pesticide and Politics: the impact of neonicotinoids on UK bumblebees
Read MoreGroup Presentation & Discussion “Bee improvement and bee breeding groups – some experiences and ideas”
Three representatives from existing bee breeding and bee improvement groups, operating in different areas, under different conditions, will each give a short presentation on their own group. They will tell us about their history, how they have progressed and how they may have dealt with problems or opportunities. An open discussion will follow, which should…
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