BIBBA Conference Programme 2023
"BIBBA: Supporting Practical Beekeeping"
There are two streams:-
Room 2: “Early Years” for beekeepers who are developing their knowledge and skills and want to
move on from what they may have been taught as beginners.
Room 1: “Later Years” for more advanced and general.
Participants are free to attend whichever presentation they wish.
Friday 1 Sept
10.00 onwards. Venue open
15.00 Town Walk: Philip Johnes: Details TBA
18.20 Welcome
18.30 Presentation
Kevin Williams: "History and Traditions of Bee Keeping in Wales"
19.30 Dinner
20.30 Quiz
Saturday 2 Sept
8.15 Registration
9.15 – 9.30 Introduction and Open Conference
Room 1: Caroline Mullinex. Welsh BKA Chair:
9.30 – 10.30 Presentation
Room 1: TBA
10.30 – 11.00 Break
11.00 – 12.30 Presentations
Room 1: Steve Riley: "Identifying varroa resistant traits"
Panel: "We have varroa resistant bees; do we have resistant beekeepers?"
Room 2: Lynfa Davies: "Queen rearing with just a few colonies"
Panel: "Is small scale queen rearing difficult?"
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch
13.30 – 15.00 Presentations
Room 1: Ceri Morgan: "Making a living from Locally Adapted Bees"
Panel: "Locally adapted bees: are they an important resource?"
Room 2: Karl Colyer: "Beekeeping on a Budget"
Panel: "Can beekeeping be a zero cost hobby?"
15.00 – 15.30 Break
15.30 – 17.00 Presentations
Room 1: Lynfa Davies: "How and why encourage drones?"
Panel: "Should we promote drone management more?"
Room 2: Jo Widdicombe: "Native, near-native, locally adapted or imported?"
Panel: "An alternative approach - Moving towards sustainable bee
improvement"
19.00 Dinner
Sunday 3 Sept
8.15 Registration
9.00 – 10.00 Presentations
Room 1: Dan Etheridge: "The Tropilaeplaps mite - Varroa’s exotic house mate!"
Room 2: Helen Tworkowski: "Lessons from the Bee Shed"
10.00 – 10.30 Break
10.30 – 12.00 Presentations
Room 1: Roger Patterson: "BIBBA: Defining and Supporting Small-Scale Commercial
Beekeepers"
Panel: "What and how can BIBBA do more to support Small-Scale
Commercial Beekeepers?"
Room 2: Kevin Thorn: "Producing locally adapted queens is more fun than buying them"
Panel: "Bought queens: Do we always know what we are getting and why
should we care?"
12.00 – 13.00 Lunch
13.00 – 14.30 Presentations
Room 1: Colm ONeill: "Colony assessment: How to identify top performers"
Panel: "Should we assess colonies to suit the bees, beekeeper or both?"
Room 2: David Parker: "Beekeeping with a full time job"
Panel: "Hints and Tips for Beekeepers with limited time"
14.30 – 15.30 Presentations
Room 1: Dorian Pritchard: "Genetic priorities for honey bee conservation and their application
in a new Dark Bee reserve"
Room 2: Peter Jenkins: "The Kiss Approach to Beekeeping"
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