BIM 36 – Summer 2011

  • Update on Morphometry – Peter Edwards
  • Beekeeping in Orkney – Jannine Hazelhurst
  • The way forward – Will Messenger
  • Inbreeding part 2 – Dorian Pritchard
  • Simple Queen Rearing – Dinah Sweet
  • The Native Bee – Pam Hunter
  • Dave Cushman – Roger Patterson
  • John Dews Obituary – various
  • Book Review – Philip Denwood
  • BIBBA Trustees
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BIM 35 – Winter 2010-11

  • Queen breeding – Bill Cadmore
  • Genetic findings – Jacob Kahn
  • Bee improvement in IoM – Roger Patterson
  • BIBBA Conference – Dinah Sweet
  • Local Queen program – Roger Patterson
  • Inbreeding part 1 – Dorian Pritchard
  • Thoughts on Morphology – Roger Patterson
  • Queen rearing for one – Albert Knight
  • Conference law – Dorian Pritchard
  • Trustees Report 2010 – Dinah Sweet
  • Financial Statements – 2010
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BIM 34 – Spring 2010

  • BIBBA Handbook – David Allen
  • Beekeeping notes – Willie Robson
  • Small scale queen rearing – John Dews
  • Expansion & queen rearing – Chris Broad
  • Queen rearing on a small scale – Tom Robinson
  • JZBZ frame bar – Roger Patterson
  • Inbreeding – Tom Robinson
  • Pesticides and colony losses – Eric Mussen
  • Isle of Man workshop – Doris Fischler
  • A note on MorphPlot – Peter Edwards
  • Galtee Group AGM – Mary Ryan
  • Helen Sanders – David Allen
  • BIBBA Conference
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BIM 33 – Winter 2010

  • Cornbrook revisited – Sandra Unwin
  • Local Queen Programme – Roger Patterson
  • Assessment of colonies – Jo Widdicombe
  • The BIBBA record card – Philip Denwood
  • Groups – Terry Clare
  • A model agreement – Terry Clare
  • Queen rearing group – Roger Patterson
  • Warnholz Mini BiVo nuc – Dave Cushman
  • The Harding Mini Nuc – John Harding
  • Bee improvement – Roger Patterson
  • Entombment follow-up – Dave Cushman
  • BBKA Forum – Roger Patterson
  • Morphometry Course – Dinah Sweet
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BIM 32 – Autumn 2009

  • The Harding Hive Debris Floor – John Harding
  • Three fertile queens in one colony – Roger Patterson
  • Variation in susceptibility to bee diseases among European races of honey bees – Dinah Sweet
  • Isle of Wight disease in Warwickshire – Brian Milward
  • Griff Jenkins – obituary by Albert Knight
  • Queens entombed in wax – Norman Walsh
  • Reply to Robin Dean’s article on the Black Bee – Jo Widdicombe
  • Galtee Bee Breeders’ Group Workshop Day – Mary Ryan
  • GBBG News – Mary Ryan
  • SICAMM Conference, Aviemore – Philip Denwood
  • Chairman’s Report – Dinah Sweet
  • Local Queen Programme – Roger Patterson
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BIM 31 – Spring 2009

  • The Harding queen raising system. John Harding
  • A tribute to Gordon Hartshorn. Tom Rowlands
  • Beekeeping in Northumberland. Dorian Pritchard
  • Three fertile queens in one colony. Roger Patterson
  • Brother Adam and the dark bee. Dorian Pritchard
  • Breeding Group news. Jo Widdicombe
  • The Bee Improvement Programme for Cornwall. Jo Widdicombe
  • Survey of native bees. Roger Patterson
  • Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects. Terry Clare
  • Gormanston Summer Course 2008. Dinah Sweet
  • Our heart is in the Highlands! Dorian Pritchard
  • Administration of BIBBA
  • BIBBA and publicity. Roger Patterson
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BIM 30 – Winter 2008

  • Why the native bee is the best bee for the British climate. John E. Dews
  • Discoidal shift. John E. Dews
  • My approach to bee improvement. Roger Patterson
  • Is the Dark Bee really native to Britain and Ireland? Dorian Pritchard
  • The Federation of Irish Beekeepers’ Associations (FIBKA) and BBKA examination systems
  • Breeding Groups Secretary. Jo Widdicombe
  • The one that nearly got away. Micheál Mac Giolla Coda
  • Bedfordshire Beekeepers’ Association queen rearing day. Wally Thrale
  • Bee improvement and conservation in Southern England. Terry Clare
  • Galtee Group queen rearing workshop. Jim Ryan
  • Bee improvement and conservation in County Louth.
  • Medway and North Kent Bee Breeding Group (MedBees). Terry Clare
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BIM30 – Winter 2008

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John Dew’s Views – the Best Bee

There is a tendency amongst some beekeepers to believe that the “grass is greener on the other side of the fence”, that imported bees are superior to the indigenous bee

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BIM 29 – Summer 2008

  • “The Dark Bee In Russia”, Moscow, 2008 Dorian Pritchard
  • SICAMM Presidential Address, Moscow 2008 Dorian Pritchard
  • Impressions of Russia Jo Widdicombe
  • The Queen Rearing Day, Isle of Wight Ian King
  • Queen rearing at Alnwick Brian Ripley
  • Setting up the Ulster Bee Improvement Group (UBIG) Mervyn Eddie
  • DEFRA Consultation Terry Clare
  • Update on Stratford-upon-Avon Bee Improvement Group Peter Edwards
  • Morphometry made easy — eventually! Peter Edwards
  • Varroa destructor and winter losses Terry Clare
  • Nature Reserves and Native Bees Dorian Pritchard
  • Bees in Europe and Sustainable Honey production (BEESHOP) Rodolfo Jaffé, Stephan Wolf and Robin F.A. Moritz
  • BIBBA Conference 2008 Dinah Sweet
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