Around the Colony : 5 Living on the Edge
Scientists from the University of Northampton have found 1000–2000 little solitary bees, Anthophora squammulosa, living on the Masaya volcano, just outside Managua, the capital of Nicaragua. This is the first of its genus to be found living in volcanic ash. Ninety-nine per cent of the pollen these bees collect is from Melanthera nivea, a tough wildflower that can survive the volcano’s acid rainfall.
Apiguard® Approved for use in Australia
AROUND THE Colony News from around the beekeeping world
Meet the New Members of the Bee Craft Team Stephen Fleming
Stephen took up beekeeping in 1994, just as varroa was making an impact in the UK, and has been hooked ever since. A geographer by training and with a self-confessed smoker boy as an uncle and a very sweet tooth, the interest somehow seemed inevitable. He runs a small public relations company and especially enjoys the challenge of communicating complex ideas to a general audience. Born and bred in Belfast, he now lives in northern Hampshire with an apiary on Watership Down and enjoys cycling
at home and abroad, reading, writing, wine and honey. Clair Harwood
Clair discovered beekeeping over three years ago when she started helping to maintain two colonies on the business park where she worked. It quickly became a passion. She is excited to share her skills as part of the new editorial team. She hopes to bring many contributions to Bee Craft, including assisting in the design of publications, helping promote a larger online appreciation and creating awareness of beekeeping and bee conservation amongst a new generation.
Richard Rickitt
Richard has a background in the film and television industry. After holding various posts at the British Film Institute and the London Film Festival, Richard established his own animation company, creating visual effects for a host of well-known film and television productions. After moving to Wiltshire, he established a production company to make educational children’s TV programmes with BBC presenter, Justin Fletcher. Richard keeps about a dozen hives of his own and also maintains hives for a
number of commercial clients. He is the training officer for Melksham BKA and the editor of HoneyBee Times, the journal of the Wiltshire BKA. He is married with three children.
Angharad Westmore
Angharad lives with her family on Anglesey. She is a fluent Welsh speaker and has been the Wales editor for
netmums.com for the past nine years. She is a keen amateur beekeeper. She received her first nucleus from Anglesey BKA last summer and has just finished the Improvers’ course. She has worked in IT project delivery, preschool and primary education. She is also the press officer for the Welsh BKA.
September 2016 Vol 98 No 9 Apimondia Gold Medal for Popular Beekeeping Journals, 2007, 2013 and 2015 Apiguard® , the organically-
approved varroa control treatment from Vita (Europe) Ltd, has just been approved for use in Australia. It is the first varroa control product to be authorised by the Australian authorities.
Based on thymol and delivered in a slow-release gel, Apiguard® is extremely easy to use and very effective in controlling varroa populations. It is a proven worldwide success, has been through a rigorous authorisation process and is successfully used in up to 60 countries across the globe.
The Swarm
The Swarm is ‘an opera by bees’. A nine-piece choir will present remarkable soundscapes with the help of field recordings, beekeepers, neuroscientists and bees. Hiver beer and honey cocktails will be served in the Midnight Apothecary’s roof garden after the performance. There will be performances on 20, 21 and 22 September at The Brunel Museum, Railway Avenue, Rotherhithe, London SE16 4LF, , starting at 7.30 pm. Buy tickets at https://billetto.
co.uk/en/events/the-swarm- 9edba4-f37947-f9f4a5
Correction The photo of varroa mites on drones in the article about varroa treatments (August, page 32) was taken by Simon Croson and should have been attributed to him. Our apologies.
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