Winter 2026/2027
Norman Carreck: What drives queen imports and improving biosecurity (28 October 2026)
Norman Carreck: Links and references
Norman Carreck – 2026 ABJ article: The Conservation of Native Honey Bees of Britain and Ireland
Annual Meeting in Perth, 28 March 2026 – The Future for Native Honey Bees
Bee Bytes: Supporting Community-led Conservation Efforts for AMM
Winter 2025/2026
Prof Jacques van Alphen: Maintaining genetic variation to keep honey bees healthy (4 February 2026)
Jo Widdicombe: A Route to Better Bees (7 January 2026)
Tom Seeley: Nature-based Beekeeping (3 December 2025)
Norman Carreck: The Future of the Native Honey Bee in Britain and Ireland (5 November 2025)
Annual Meeting in Perth 29th March 2025
Darren Molyneux: Instrumental Insemination
Part 1 – PowerPoint
Part 2 – PowerPoint
Gavin Ramsay: Queen Rearing: Requirements, Options, Maintaining Diversity (PDF)
Professor Tom Seeley: The honey bee colony as an information centre (8 January 2025) (Start watching at about 1’30”)
2024
Dylan Elen: Queen rearing, my methods and top tips (5 December 2024)
Part 1
Part 2
Gabriele Soland – Breeding in small closed populations with the example of the Swiss System (16 January 2024)
2023
Ben Harden – Concepts of AMM and more (18 December 2023)
Various – Chalkbrood (20 November 2023)
Chalkbrood PDF
Gavin Ramsay – Inbreeding (16 October 2023)
Inbreeding PDF
Lars Kirkerud – Conservation of the Dark Bee in Norway (13 February 2023)
2022
Colm O’Neil – Support Colonies for Queen Rearing (19 December 2022)
David Evans – Bait Hives (28 November 2022)
Jack Hassett – Genetic Analysis of the Native Irish Honey Bee (26 March 2022)
Delphine Panziera – Perspectives on Rewilding etc
PDF
Paolo Pantaleoni (17 January 2022)
Regulation of Beekeeping in Italy
Paolo at his apiary – Part 1
Paolo at his apiary – Part 2
2021
Norman Carreck – Global Pandemics, Bee Imports and Native Bees (20 December 2021)
Breeder Groups – Creating and Managing Breeder Groups (November 2021)
Part 1
Part 2
PDF
Mark, David, and Matt – Talks on DNA (28 Mar 2021)
Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda – Selecting Good Bees (17 February 2021)
Andrew Abraham – Nuclei and their uses (21 January 2021)
Nuclei and their uses – PDF
2020
John Durkacz and Gavin Ramsay – Identifying our Native Honey Bee (16 December 2020)
Jon Getty – Introducing Queens (1 October 2020)