2017 Speaker schedule
February 15, 2017 'Varroa Free Beekeeping: The Honey Bee Sanctuary of Colonsay'
In June of 2016 Gordon Mackay took a trip to the wee Island Of Colonsay off of the west coast of Scotland to attend a beekeeping course. Andrew Abrahams has been the beekeeper on Colonsay since the late 1970's. In 2013 he was successful in establishing a honey bee sanctuary there. This talk hopes to capture some of the experience of visiting this stunningly beautiful island.
In June of 2016 Gordon Mackay took a trip to the wee Island Of Colonsay off of the west coast of Scotland to attend a beekeeping course. Andrew Abrahams has been the beekeeper on Colonsay since the late 1970's. In 2013 he was successful in establishing a honey bee sanctuary there. This talk hopes to capture some of the experience of visiting this stunningly beautiful island.
March 15, 2017 Bob Liptrot: 'Tugwell Creek Meadery' Rumour has it a tasting will occur, yum ! Value added bee products.
April 19,2017 Alison McAfee PhD. One of Alison's projects is studying a form of disease resistance called “hygienic behaviour” in the honey bee. This is a social immunity trait whereby worker bees detect diseased, parasitized or dying brood and remove them from the hive, resulting in a cleaner, healthier colony. A handful of olfactory proteins are tightly linked with hygienic behaviour, and my thesis revolves around determining their functional role, such as what odorants the proteins bind to and what happens to the behaviour if the proteins are overexpressed or knocked down. To view her blog go here ...https://alisonmcafeeblogs.wordpress.com/
May 17, 2017
June 21, 2017
July 19, 2017
August 16, 2017
September 20, 2017
October 18, 2017
November 15, 2017
No meetings December and January
