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Happy news and a honey tasting
Yesterday I came home to find a letter waiting. It had a nice surprise – I passed Module 2, which means I now have the BBKA’s Intermediate Theory Certificate. Please forgive me for posting about this,...
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Drawing the curtains for winter
Last weekend I took my Module 2 exam, Honey bee products and forage. I think it went well! Until the last five minutes, anyway. I had been wondering how I’d managed to finish on time and why I wasn’t...
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4th Honey bee products and forage revision post: the location and function of...
Before I became a beekeeper, I can’t remember ever learning about extra-floral nectaries. No-one goes to an extra-floral nectary show, or walks down the aisle clutching a bouquet of exquisite...
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3rd Honey bee products and forage revision post: an account of the...
2.19 an account of the importance of nectary guides to the foraging bee using a named example and describe how the following flowers, having been successfully pollinated, can indicate to bees that...
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2nd Honey bee products and forage revision post: an illustrated description...
A 2nd revision post, topic picked at random, for the BBKA’s Module 2 exam, ‘Honeybee products and forage‘ in November. I know the diagram below is no great work of art, but research evidence suggests...
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Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning exam feedback
In March this year I took the British Beekeeper Association’s Module 3 Honey bee Pests, Diseases and Poisoning exam. I was lucky enough to pass, but still asked for feedback as the examiners always...
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10th Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: Braula coeca: the...
This funny little creature, Braula coeca (Pronounced Browler Seeker), is commonly – but mistakenly – known as the ‘bee louse’. In fact it is a type of fly, although one which can’t, being wingless. The...
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A few titbits
I forgot to post a photo I took from Karin Alton’s talk – of her wearing a human-sized varroa mite she had made, in proportion to the size the mite is on a bee. Imagine carrying one of these around...
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9th Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: chilled brood and...
A 9th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 3 Honey bee Pests, Diseases and Poisoning exam, which I’m taking in March. I’m doing the BBKA’s correspondence course, so my tutor,...
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8th Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: collecting...
An 8th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 3 Honey bee Pests, Diseases and Poisoning exam, which I’m taking in March. I’m doing the BBKA’s correspondence course, so I have a...
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