Estimating C-lineage Introgression
Conservation efforts for A. m. mellifera are underway in multiple European
countries requiring reliable and cost-efficient molecular tools to identify purebred colonies. Here, we developed four ancestry-informative SNP assays for high sample throughput genotyping using the iPLEX Mass Array system.
Mount Edgcumbe Cornish Bee Group – PL10
England’s first Black Bee Reserve was opened in 2017 at Mount Edgcumbe on the Rame Peninsula. The group focuses on education, conservation of Amm and ways to improve local stock.
Read MoreKarl Colyer
Deputy Chair& Publications
Read MoreShebbear Black Bee Conservation Project – EX22
Reintroduction of black bee colonies into the Shebbear area and encouraging existing bee keepers to switch to black bees
Read MoreCheshire Honeybee Improvement Partnership (CHIP)- CW9
Formed in 2016 by a group of Cheshire-based BIBBA members to help form local queen rearing groups to aid the improvement of local bees and support the objectives of BIBBA
Read More2018 Programme “Improve Your Bees and Beekeeping”
the conference in September offers a wide spectrum of topics; view the programme, with details of speakers and topics;
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Albert Knight
an appreciation of one of BIBBA’s stalwarts, by Brian P. Dennis and Roger Patterson.
Read MoreBreeding honeybees on a small scale – Dorian Pritchard
With an open mating system I find you can manage with just four colonies to breed successfully.
Read MoreBIM01 – Spring 1998
BIM01-Spring 1998
Read MoreWest Devon Bee Improvement Group
Mainly in the Tavistock and West Devon/Plymouth contact area
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