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National Honey Show 2008 Programme and Lecture Convention
Venue: St George’s College, Weybridge, Surrey KT15 2QS.
Speakers profiles
The 2008
National Honey Show
Workshops are also listed in the programme and need to be booked in
advance to guarantee a place.
Admission: £12.00 (Non – Members) Purchase Membership
Members FREE Accompanied Children, 16 yrs and under, FREE
Thursday 30th October
1.45 Doors Open.
2.00 Opening Ceremony - Vice-President, Scottish Beekeepers' Association.
2.45 Dr Dewey Caron - Colony Collapse Disorder – is it a
new threat?
3.00 Workshop - Peter Schollick - Preparing honey for the show bench.
3.00 Workshop - Dr Stephen Case-Green - How to prepare a perfect
piece of Commercial wax.
4.10 Mr Dennis Ryan - Queen rearing.
6.00 Show Closes.
Friday 31st October
9.30
Show Opens.
10.30 Prof Keith Delaplane - Small Hive Beetles - the imminent threat?
11.00 Workshop - Claire Waring - How to prepare the perfect photograph.
11.00 Workshop - to be announced.
12.00 Dr Giles Budge - Varroa related losses in the UK – an update.
2.30 Workshop - Judge Mary Hill - Preparing Granulated and Set honey.
2.30 Workshop - John Hendrie - Introduction to beekeeping.
3.00 Mr Steve Ryan - Propolis it uses by bees and man.
4.30 Dr Dewey Caron - Pollination – Integrating native bees
with honey bees.
6.00
Show Closes.
Saturday 1st November
10.30 Prof Keith Delaplane - Bee parasites & their impact on plants & pollination. Jean
Blaxland Memorial Lecture
11.00 Workshop - Dr Sara Robb - Making toiletries.
11.00 Workshop - Jill Tinsley - Preparing honey for the show bench - The
art of displays.
12.00 Clive DeBruyn - Beekeeping around the world.
12.00 Workshop - Chris Deaves - Introduction to beekeeping.
2.30 National
Honey Show AGM. Followed by the Annual Meeting of the National Council and
the Draw.
4.00 Presentation of Trophies and Awards by The Lord Gisborough, President
of the Yorkshire Beekeepers.
4.45 Show Closes.
National Honey Show Workshops
Spaces in all workshops will be limited and as a result anyone wishing to take part must book in advance. Please therefore see the NHS schedule (available August) for booking arrangements.
Speakers Profiles
Not available at the moment.
Sponsors
The National Honey Show gratefully acknowledges the sponsorship
of The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers and Mr R Blaxland, former Master
of the Wax Chandlers. Download
article about their
activities [28KB PDF].
Bee Craft Ltd - Beecraft: essential reading. www.bee-craft.com Pollination – Integrating
native bees with honey bees.
BBKA www.britishbee.org.uk Varroa related losses in the UK – an update.
E.H. Thorne (Beehives) Ltd. – helping beekeepers keep bees. www.thorne.co.uk Small
Hive Beetles - the imminent threat?
