We consider wide ranging topics which have a benefit to bees and beekeeping. These might include bee behaviour, bee husbandry, pollination, forage or the environment. Please contact the Chair of the BBKA Research Committee, Pam Hunter [email protected]. Applications are received on a rolling basis for panel meetings throughout the year.
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In this study we focus on honeybees and other pollinators in an urban landscape. The central point of the study are the Grey Street Read more
Honeybee Entrance Monitor System research by Cwyn Solvi – Queen Mary University of London. The main aim of this project was to develop an entrance monitoring system that can track individual honeybees entering and exiting their hive Read more
Update from Dr Nicholas Balfour and colleagues at Sussex University who were recipients of funding from BBKA in 2018 for an unusual and interesting project on building an online data base of pollinator interactions. Read more
The PoshBee project has produced a short survey for beekeepers and growers trying to attract pollinators. Read more
The BBKA supports the Posh Bee Project which aims to determine the effects of chemicals on the health of honeybees, bumblebees and solitary bees Read more
Research updates. Appeals from researchers and partner organisations bulletin Read more
BBKA has funded four new projects in 2018 and these cover a wide range of types of work. Read more
The BBKA gave it's research fund over to one major project in 2017 Read more