With thanks to the presenters involved and sponsors, particularly The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers for supporting the recordings, the BBKA is delighted to bring you presentations from recent Spring Conventions.
These presentations are available on the BBKA YouTube Channel. Please click on the titles below to access individual recordings. Subscribing to the channel is free, and if you subscribe to the channel and 'click the bell' you will receive updates when more videos are uploaded.

2023

• Chris Park: ‘The Feminine Monarchie’ - 1623 & Charles Butler
• Prof Stephen Martin & co-presenters: Path to varroa resistance in the UK 
• Randy Oliver: Science and Beekeeping 
• Prof Martin Bencsik: A novel honey bee signal Awaiting publication of original research
• Prof Giles Budge: Chronic bee paralysis Awaiting publication of original research
• Prof Samuel Ramsey: Treating Tropilaelaps Awaiting publication of original research

2022

• Prof Lars Chittka: The social intelligence of bees
• Prof Gene Robinson: Me to We with Bees. Searching for the genetic roots of social life 
• Prof Robert Paxton: Pathogen spillover from bee to bee 
• Prof Juliet Osborne: What motivates beekeepers & what motivates people to take action to conserve pollinators? 
• Dr Mark Barnett: Genetic testing of honey bees for beekeepers 
• Celia Davis: In Self Defence 

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2021

•      Prof Keith Delaplane: How honey bees use genetics to solve their problems and what we can learn from it
•      Dr Stephen Pernal: Developing markers for breeding bees
•      Dr Nicola Bradbear: Research needed for better beekeeping development 
•      Dr David Aston: Tipping Points and Perceptions
•      Lynfa Davies: Spring Cleaning the Honey Bee Way
•      Shirley Bond: From Comb to Candle
•      Dr Sara Robb: Making Kitchen Cosmetics
•      Margaret Murdin: BBKA Exam Technique and Module 1
•      Oliver St.John: Assemble the perfect home for your bees 
•      Chris Park: Tales from the Honey Isles

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2020 

• Prof Tom Seeley Bee hunting 
• Prof Tom Seeley The Lives of Bees 
• Prof Tom Seeley Darwinian Beekeeping
  
  

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