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SUMMARY:Nutrition in Honey Bees
DESCRIPTION:Focussing on the nutritional requirements of bees at different times of the year\n-the role of the fat body in overwintering\,\n-the nutritional contents of different pollens\n-why bees need variety in their diet. \nPresenter: Margaret Murdin \nMargaret has been keeping bees for over 20 years and is a Master Beekeeper.\nShe has won the prestigious Wax Chandlers Award for the highest marks in the BBKA exams and holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping. Until recently\, Margaret  was a BBKA Trustee and is a Past President\, assistant moderator and examiner. She is a BBKA National Speaker. \n 
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/nutrition-in-honey-bees/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:What makes Bees Tick?
DESCRIPTION:(Glands\, hormones\, pheromones\, sense organs and much more! ) \nThe talk will describe how various glands (including those producing pheromones and hormones) and sense organs act together\, sometimes in very complex ways\, to control the colony. How does the bee manage when it has an impervious outer skeleton?  What does a superorganism mean in relation to the honey bee colony? The impacts on foraging\, swarming\, development of the individual bee and the colony will be discussed. \n  \nPresenter: Pam Hunter  \nPam is based in Sussex. She is a Master Beekeeper and BBKA National Speaker \n 
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/what-makes-bees-tick/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:  ‘Fast and slow beekeeping’.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 3rd December 2025 7.30.p.m. \nThe art of decision making in Beekeeping:- Knowing when to take timely action and when to be patient. -Making the right decisions for your bees. -Getting the best outcomes for you and your bees\nPresenter:   Kevin Thorne\nKevin is a Beefarmer with 50 hives in and around Lavenham\, Suffolk. Kevin is\npassionate about improving his bees to be calm\, healthy and productive and working\nto educate beekeepers in this area. He and his wife Julie run Stour Valley Apiaries\nand Busy Bees Cosmetics. Kevin has established a Bee Improvement Group at\nAbberton Reservoir in Essex\, working with local beekeepers\, Colchester BKA\, Essex\nand Suffolk Water and Essex Wildlife Trust to reintroduce the native black bee to the\narea.  Kevin is a BBKA  national speaker.
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/fast-and-slow-beekeeping/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:How can BBKA help you be a better beekeeper?
DESCRIPTION:This session will introduce the BBKA Qualifications and resources available to members and consider how you might prepare for BBKA qualifications\, as well as their value. \nBBKA Learning Online has a range of visual\, practical materials for both tutors and learners\, and we’d like to know what you want\, as well as what you think about what is already there. \nThe joy of beekeeping is that there is always something new to learn! \nThis session will be led by Jane Medwell (BBKA) who manages the ‘Learning Platform’ with Julia Hoggard (Kendal BKA) and Peter Weatherill (Cockermouth BKA) also providing information about the support that they can provide at the local level. \nPresenters:  \nJane Medwell: Jane Medwell learnt beekeeping from her mother in the 1970s – then learnt it all over again in the 1990s\, when she set up her own apiaries. She is a Master beekeeper\, BBKA Examiner\, trainer and member of Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers. In her other life\, she is an Associate Professor of Education. \nJulia Hoggard: Julia is a highly experienced beekeeper and trainer. She runs the Brigsteer Bee Reserve\, just outside Kendal. Until her recent retirement\, Julia was a Seasonal Bee Inspector. \nPeter Weatherill: An experienced beekeeper\, Peter is currently secretary of the Cockermouth Branch and is Education and Exam Secretary for Cumbria Beekeepers Area Association. \n  \n  \n  \nThursday 13th November 2025 \nat 7.00.pm.
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/how-can-bbka-help-you-be-a-better-beekeeper/
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