1930 Tuesday 6th September 2022 From 7.30pm Online via Zoom “Preparing for successful winter” Marin Anastasov NDBAs the seasons go from autumn to winter and from winter to spring, thecolony undergoes significant changes in the physiology of itsinhabitants. This ensures … Read more
1930 Thursday 7th July 2022 From 7.30pm Online via Zoom Jo Widdicombe, Sustainable Bee Improvement Bee improvement is relevant to all beekeepers. Jo will explain how we can apply simple principles and rules to maintain or improve the quality of our … Read more
Reading the Colony – The principals of understanding what can be seen, heard and smelled when looking at and inside the hive and how to put these clues into a meaningful context. Online via Zoom, link details will be emailed to … Read more
1930 Tuesday 5th April 2022 Welcome to the LRBKA AGM, meet the Trustees, hear their latest news and catch up with beekeeping friends. Our Guest Speaker will be Dr Chris Hanning “To sleep, perchance to dream?” – An introduction to … Read more
19.30 Tuesday 1st March 2022 Our speaker for tonight is Claire Waring, formereditor of Bee Craft magazine, talking about Bee Photography. Zoom link details will be emailed to members nearer the time.
1930 Tuesday 11st January 2022 Welcome to a talk by Marin Anastasov, BSc, MSc, NDB The mind is a set of cognitive faculties including consciousness, perception, thinking, judgement, memory and emotions. In this talk we will look at what information … Read more
1930 Tuesday 1st February 2022 Welcome to a talk by David Tarpy Professor and Extension Specialist (Apiculture) North Carolina State University, USA Diagnosing queen problems: is it the queen, the colony, both, or neither?! Practical advice—based on empirical research—looking at different … Read more
Leicestershire & Rutland Beekeepers Association Join us for a fun filled evening. Socialize with your beekeeping buddies. Meet those people who have only been a small tile on your screen for the last 18-months. Pub-style Quiz – with underwhelming prize … Read more
Prof. Pywell is the Senior Principal Scientist and Biodiversity Science Area Head at the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology. Professor Richard Pywell will tell us about the latest developments in National Honey Monitoring Scheme. This project works in partnership … Read more
Who would have thought that cutting-edge research into varroa is being carried out here in Leicestershire? Robert Atterbury, Associate Professor of Microbiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, has taught beekeeping to veterinary undergraduates for the last … Read more