Prof Tom Seeley ’The bee colony as a honey factory’ . Tom will explore how a colony of honey bees operates as a factory that produces honey efficiently despite tremendous day-to-day swings in the supply of nectar, the raw material for making honey.
Steve Donohoe & Paul Horton (Author & Commercial Beekeeper(s)) – Honey in Abundance: How to Maximise Your Honey Crop
NOTE CHANGE OF DATE
Jim Vivian Griffiths (Master Beekeeper from Monmouthshire) Spring preparations: Nutritional requirements; Swarm prevention & Control
Sean Stephenson (BBKA Moderator & Exam Board Member) – The Importance of Drones
Dan Basterfield (Commercial beekeeper). Bees for honey and money. For those thinking of expanding beyond a hobby
Richard Ricketts (Editor of Beecraft) – From Buckfast to Buckingham Palace – Interesting beekeeping & unusual beekeepers
Kirsty Stainton (Scientist) – To Treat or not Treat for Varroa, the pros and cons
