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Highlights of June 2012 edition

Front cover story:

The June front cover features the BBKA Spring Convention 2012. This was a well-attended meeting, packed full of stimulating lectures, educational and entertaining workshops, a well stocked Trade shows and delicious food. What more could a member want?

Other highlights within this issue include: 

Disease Recognition: Another handy ‘best practice’ guide from the NBU; this one is designed to help ensure you can identify both normal and abnormal brood, on page 7.

Clipping your Queen may Help Retain your Colony: Queen clipping may seem an advanced technique that is for those who are more experienced than you. But with a little practise queen clipping could become your method of choice for limiting losses through swarming. For useful advice on queen clipping see page 19.

Solitary ‘Leaf-cutter’ Bees: Find out a bit about the bees that cut holes in your rose leaves, which they use to line their nests. See page 29.