I attended the British Bee Keepers Association (BBKA) Spring Convention held at Harper Adams University. I attended a number of lectures and also attended the trade show.
Biology, diagnosis and control of SHB Peter Neumann
This is was an interesting lecture. Peter Neuman a Swiss expert who has travelled the world and given advice to various governments on various Bee diseases gave a lecture on the SHB.
How lucky we are; bees and the public Adam Hart
In this lecture professor Adam Hart spoken how bee keepers act with the public and how bee keeping can encourage people get interested with bees, bee keeping and science.
Honey bees surviving varroa without control Peter Neumann
Another intesresting lecture about the life cycle of varroa and its effects with honeybees. He also highlighted Breeding for Varroa tolerant bees
Thinking super-organismally: how evolutionary biology can make us better beekeepers Keith Delaplane
I enjoyed Keith's lectures enourmously so much so that I also attended the second lecture the following day. This was on what makes the Honey bee a super organism, and how they would behave and in the wild, and how some of those points could improve bee keeping in general.
How thinking super-organismally can improve honey bee breeding Keith Delaplane
This was a continuation of the lecture from the day before. However this lecture was sponsored by Bee Craft. He also mentioned lots of research that had been carried out here in the UK on bee breeding and how with the aid of artifical insemination he had been able to breed bees to be good at specifc traits. It was an intresting lecture.
I have made notes in most of these lectures and will get them written up and also upload them as a blog/diary entry.
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