BIM 49 – Spring 2017

  • From the President – Jo Widdicombe
  • Trials and Tribulations – Frank Hilton
  • Are you a Natural Beekeeper? – Brian Dennis
  • Natural Beekeeping – Philip Denwood
  • Racial Profiling of Mongrels – Paul Honigmann
  • Bee Improvement and QR – R Patterson
  • History of Manx beekeeping – Cilla Platt
  • Making Increase – Brian Dennis
  • Locally Adapted Bees – Wally Shaw
  • Bee Races in Switzerland – Balser & Padruot Fried
  • B4 Press Release – Plymouth University
  • SICAMM Conference – Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda
  • Intelligence v. Chemical Responses – Brian Dennis
  • This is a non-smoking area – Brian Dennis
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BIM 48 – Winter 2016/17

  • Miniature tracking device – Paul Cross
  • BIBBA Conference – Viki Cuthbertson
  • Quest to Improve the Manx honey bee –
    Johnny Kipps, et al

  • Bee house on the Isle-of-Man – Roger Patterson
  • BIBBA Conference; some thoughts – R Patterson
  • Varroa resistance – Gareth John
  • Dark bees in Cornwall – Bob Black
  • Ardnamurchan native bees – Kate Atchley
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  • Queen raising criteria in N.E. European Russia –
    Anna Brandorf & Marija Ivoilova
  • Bee Improvement – Roger Patterson
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BIM 47 – Autumn 2016

  • Queen raising – Alan Brown
  • Burzyan wild-hive honeybees – R. A. Ilyasov,
  • M. N. Kosarov. A. Neal, F. G. Yumaguzhin
  • Queen rearing on the Isle of Man – John Evans
  • The SMARTBEES project – Jo Widdicombe
  • Conferences and Workshops – Roger Patterson
  • Working for a better bee – Mark Edwards
  • Polynucs – Peter Edwards
  • QR at Keepers Cottage – Peter Edwards
  • Black bees in Wales – Eifion Williams
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BIM 46 – Winter 2015

  • The Honey Bee family – Brian Dennis
  • A word from Brother Adam – Brian Dennis
  • QR – some experiences – Roger Patterson
  • BIBBA Conference – Roy Norris
  • The BIfA workshop – Katey Slater
  • Grafting – Roger Patterson
  • Assessment of the black bee – Willie Robson
  • News from SICAMM – Philip Denwood
  • Dark Bee Seminar – Philip Denwood
  • The BIBBA Course – Mike du Feu
  • Dark Bee breeding project – Margie Ramsay
  • From the Archives – R Smailes
  • IBRA Press Release – Norman Carreck
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BIM 45 – Spring 2015

  • Looking for the best bees – M. Meixner & R Büchler
  • Introduction of exotic bees – Brian Dennis
  • Echoes from the past
  • 2014 Conference – Margaret Murdin
  • BIBBA/SICAMM Conference – Roger Patterson
  • BIBBA/SICAMM Conference – Dorian Pritchard
  • SHB press release – COLOSS
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BIM 44 – Summer 2014

  • From the Chair – Kevin Lincoln
  • BIFA Days – Roger Patterson
  • Letters to the Editor – Mark McVey
  • IBRA Press Release – Norman Carreck
  • A BIPCo visit – Jo Widdicombe
  • Pesticide Debate – Norman Benson
  • Queen raising for the Amateur – Alan Brown
  • In Memory of Janet Hinchley – David Allen
  • Sampling and Predicting – Brian Dennis
  • Bee v Pigeon – Jeremy Clay
  • Genuine Imported Queens – Will Messenger
  • Conference Venue
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BIM 43 – Spring 2014

  • BIFA Days – Roger Patterson
  • Moonlight Mating – Philip Denwood
  • Pure Mating by Time Isolation – John E Dews
  • Ownership of a Swarm – Brian Dennis
  • Annual General Meeting Agenda – Secretary
  • Annual Accounts – Treasurer
  • Trustees Report – Chairman
  • Draft Minutes – Secretary
  • BIFA meeting in Sussex – James Norfolk
  • Book Review – Philip Denwood
  • Patron Saints – Brian Dennis
  • Conference Speakers List – Roger Patterson
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