A Blast from the Past
During a discussion with IOM Bee Inspector Harry Owens and wife Audrey yesterday, Keith Osborn and I were privileged to be shown some of Harry’s extraordinary collection of beekeeping memorabilia. Here...
View ArticleTawny Mining Bees – Dasypoda hirtipes
A few days ago, we received an enquiry to this website from a Ballaugh resident who said: Hi, we think we have bees – potentially in our chimney. We are coming home and finding anywhere between 10 and...
View ArticleManx Bee Improvement – thanks!
In January this year about 25 beekeepers were given a two day introduction to Bee Improvement, what it could achieve for the Isle of Man and how to go about it. For some (many?) of us, this was an...
View ArticleHas the integrity of our bees been compromised?
In a twelve minute interview, Harry Owens, Isle of Man Bee Diseases Inspector, and President Elect of the Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation, tells Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens TV of his concerns...
View ArticleBIBBA Comes to the Isle of Man – in 1973
Whilst the Isle of Man is gearing up to welcome international visitors to the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association Conference later this year – 20 to 22 September – at least one of our current...
View ArticleIOM Varroa risk features in BBKA News
One page in from the front cover of the April 2016 edition of the BBKA News we find the article below regarding the possibility that there has been an illegal importation of bees into the Isle of Man....
View ArticleIllustrated talk by Roger Patterson at Noa Bakehouse
Save the Date – 29 April 2016! All Welcome – Beekeepers and non-Beeks; All interested in bees are very welcome to attend. Roger’s Illustrated Talk will be followed by a panel discussion on bee issues,...
View ArticleFlying the Flag for the Federation
Our President, Harry Owens, has had a busy schedule over the past fortnight, visiting Northern Island and respresenting the Fed at a number of beekeeeping groups. Pl anting an Apple Tree called...
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