The Drone with Deformed Wing Virus which appeared in one of Silvia’s colonies some weeks ago had a drone laying queen which she destroyed, this virus does not appear on a regular basis and is very is rarely ever seen. I have only found it once in one of my colonies and that was quite […]
Our President, Harry Owens, has had a busy schedule over the past fortnight, visiting Northern Island and respresenting the Fed at a number of beekeeeping groups.
Here is Harry planting an Irish Apple tree called “Peach” at the Mid Ulster Beekeepers Association new Apiary near Dungannon on Friday 24th February and meeting the Chairman […]
Save the Date – 29 April 2016! All Welcome – Beekeepers and non-Beeks; All interested in bees are very welcome to attend. Roger’s Illustrated Talk will be followed by a panel discussion on bee issues, featuring IOM Official Bee Inspector and President of the Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation, Harry Owens.
Together, Roger and Harry […]
One page in from the front cover of the April 2016 edition of the BBKA News we find the article below regarding the possibility that there has been an illegal importation of bees into the Isle of Man.
This story was also highlighted here.
BIBBA Comes to the Isle of Man – in 1973
Whilst the Isle of Man is gearing up to welcome international visitors to the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association Conference later this year – 20 to 22 September – at least one of our current members played a key role in the previous BIBBA Conference on the Isle of Man, held in June 1973!
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Has the integrity of our bees been compromised?
In a twelve minute interview, Harry Owens, Isle of Man Bee Diseases Inspector, and President Elect of the Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation, tells Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens TV of his concerns that there might have been an illegal importation of bees into the Isle of Man.
There is no certainty that this has […]
Manx Bee Improvement – thanks!
In January this year about 25 beekeepers were given a two day introduction to Bee Improvement, what it could achieve for the Isle of Man and how to go about it. For some (many?) of us, this was an eye-opening experience as Roger Patterson, vice Chairman of the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association and […]
A few days ago, we received an enquiry to this website from a Ballaugh resident who said:
Hi, we think we have bees – potentially in our chimney. We are coming home and finding anywhere between 10 and 20 very sleepy bees (pretty sure they are honeybees – they definitely aren’t wasps or bumble bees!) […]
During a discussion with IOM Bee Inspector Harry Owens and wife Audrey yesterday, Keith Osborn and I were privileged to be shown some of Harry’s extraordinary collection of beekeeping memorabilia.
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