BIBBA 2016 Conference Programme

Tuesday 20 Sept                                 

10.30 Opening

Room 1:         Welcome by BIBBA President, Manx Beekeepers Federation                                                President and Conference Organiser

Opening of conference by Richard Ronan, MHK, Isle of Man Minister of the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture (DEFA)

 

11.15 – 12.15 Presentations

Room 1:         Paul Cross:  “Development of a miniature vibration energy harvester for battery-less tracking of honey bees”

Room 2:         Clive deBruyn:        “BIBBA in the Isle of Man 40+ years ago”

12.15 – 1.30 Lunch

 

1.30 – 2.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Margaret Murdin:    “Bee Genetics Explained – Simply”

Room 2:         Phil Chandler:         “Balanced Beekeeping: Top Bars, Eco Floors and Black                     Bees”

 

2.30 – 2.45 Short break

 

2.45 – 3.45 Presentations

Room 1:         Randy Oliver:           “Randy Oliver–The Keeping of Bees in California”

Room 2:         Mike Saunders:      “A current attempt to recover Apis mellifera mellifera from                  mongrelised stocks in the Welsh Borders”

 

3.45 – 4.30 Refreshment break

 

4.30 – 5.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Jeroen Vorstman:  “Queen Rearing Simplified”

Room 2:         Trisha Marlow:        “(The) Status Quo: Rocking all over the Hive”

 

5.40

Room 1:         “Bee improvement and bee breeding groups – some experiences and ideas”

Johnny Kipps:        Manx Bee Improvement Group (MBIG)

Jim Ryan:                 Galtee Bee Breeding Group (GBBG)

Nick Bentham-Green:     Bee Improvement Programme for Cornwall (BipCo)

 

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 Wednesday 21 Sept     

Room 1:         Randy Oliver:           “Understanding Colony Build-up and Decline”

Room 2:         Tony Maggs:           “Bee Farming with Native/Near Native Bees”

 

10.30 – 11.15 Refreshment break

 

11.15 – 12.15 Presentations

Room 1:         Roger Patterson:    “The Patterson Unit”

Room 2:         Dorian Pritchard:    “Selective breeding without inbreeding; where’s the                             happy medium?”

 

12.15 – 1.30 Lunch

 

1.30 – 2.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Jo Widdicombe:     “The Principles and Practice of Bee Improvement”

Room 2:         Margaret Murdin:    “Understanding the Queen – her physiology,                                         characteristics and behaviour”

 

2.30 – 2.45 Short break

 

2.45 – 3.45 Presentations

Room 1:         Randy Oliver:           “Understanding Varroa”

Room 2:         Steve Rose:             “My Approach to Bee Selection”

 

3.45 – 4.30 Refreshment break

 

4.30 – 5.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda:            “Producing Honey Under Difficult                                     Conditions”

Room 2:         Philip Denwood:    “Towards a History of the Dark Bee in Britain”

 

7.30 Conference Dinner (Ticket holders only)

 

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Thursday 22 Sept

 

9.30 – 10.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Pete Sutcliffe:          “The hive as a processing centre”

Room 2:         Keith Pierce:            “Apideas. Their operation and maintenance”

 

10.30 – 11.15 Refreshment break

 

11.15 – 12.15 Presentations

Room 1:         Irene Power:                        “Beekeeping and a full time job ”

Room 2:         Jim Vivian-Griffiths:           “Mating Biology of Honey Bees”

 

12.15 – 1.30 Lunch

 

1.30 – 2.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Nick Bentham-Green:       “Bee Improvement in Cornwall, Achievements and                   Aspirations”

Room 2:         Jim Ryan:     “Beekeeping – If the bees wrote the book”

 

2.30 – 2.45 Short break

 

2.45 – 3.45 Presentations

Room 1:         Michael Maunsell:              “The Drone – More to its life than we may think?”

Room 2:         Jim Pearson:           “Myths, Legends and Lies”

 

3.45 – 4.30 Refreshment break

 

4.30 – 5.30 Presentations

Room 1:         Randy Oliver:           “A Biologist/Beekeeper’s Practical Perspective on                                Breeding the Ideal Bee for your Area”

Room 2:         Huw Evans:             “Electronic monitoring as a tool for better beekeeping and                  queen breeding”

 

5.30 Room 1:           Closing remarks from BIBBA President.

 

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