Archive of BIBBA (unincorporated charity)
at the 2022 AGM, the members of the unincorporated charity “Bee Improvement & Bee Breeders Association” (charity no 273827) approved a motion to set up a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and to transfers all assets of the current association.The charity commission approved the new CIO in November 2022. AGM 2023 BIBBA 2022 Trustees Report BIBBA 2022…
Read MoreQueen Cells – Are They Always Bad News?
Many beekeepers see queen cells in a colony as a problem and something that should be destroyed. This presentation will help beekeepers to understand them and treat them as an opportunity.
Read MoreThe Finnish Black bee
Webinar- Monday 18th March
Marrku Pöyhönen will tell us about his plans and achievements in breeding black bees in Bodö-Pörtö island group about 20 km from Helsinki
Read MoreQueen Cell Production in a Single Brood Chamber Colony
The following simple method was observed by BIBBA’s Director, Ken Ibbotson, in Holland. It is suitable for a beekeeper with single brood chamber colonies wishing to rear a small number of queens. It should produce 7-10 very good queen cells.
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Read MoreApril 2024 BIBBA Monthly
March 2024 BIBBA Monthly
Increasing your Chances of Getting Through the First Five Years of Beekeeping
Karl Colyer
A simple summary of the top-level objectives over the first years as the colony increases in size and age and the beekeeper deals with the challenges and opportunities that being a beekeeper presents over that time-frame.
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Why the bees are also dying: the costs of artificial selection
Jacques van Alphen
Modern techniques of selective bee breeding have high potential to improve economically important traits of honey bees. However, this breeding neglects fundamental rules of natural selection.
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