Summer Course 2009


Intermediate Lectures

Tuesday July 21st

Time Topic Lecturer
09.15 - 10.15 Sensory Organs of the Honeybee Lorna Browne
11.00 - 12.00 Acarine. Have we forgotten its presence? John McMullan
14.00 - 15.00 Hygiene, Inside & Outside the Hive Tom Prendergast
15.45 - 16.45 Spring Build-up Seamus O'Connor

Wednesday July 22nd

Time Topic Lecturer
09.15 - 10.15 Trials & Tribulations of Queen Rearing Gerald Williams
11.00 - 12.00 Darwin, Evolution and the Apis Genus John McMullan
14.00 - 15.00 The Hive Produce & Medicine today Lorna Browne
15.45 - 16.45 An Introduction to Honeybee Flight Simon Rees

Thursday July 23rd

Time Topic Lecturer
09.15 - 10.15 The Glands of the Honeybee Lorna Browne
11.00 - 12.00 Improve your bees and beekeeping Roger Patterson

Friday July 24th

Time Topic Lecturer
09.15 - 10.15 Selecting an Apiary Site Tom Prendergast
11.00 - 12.00 A New Approach Roger Patterson
14.00 - 15.00 The 'Ins & Outs' of Nukes Gerald Williams
15.45 - 16.45 Preparing Bees for Winter Seamus O'Connor


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