Native Irish Honey Bee Society – Apis mellifera mellifera

Native Irish Honey Bee Society
Apis mellifera mellifera

NIHBS AGM 24th February

The AGM of our Society will be held online on Saturday 24th February from 7 pm to 9 pm. We hope that you will be able to attend. The link for the AGM zoom will be sent to all members next Friday 23rd Feb

Following on from the business of the AGM, Juliana Rangel Posada
will give a presentation:

“Behavioral ecology of swarming in the Western honey bee, Apis mellifera”

Born in Colombia, South America, Juliana Rangel, Ph. D. is Associate Professor of Apiculture in the Department of Entomology at Texas A&M University (TAMU) in College Station, TX. Her research program focuses on the biological and environmental factors that affect the reproductive quality of honey bee queens and drones, the behavioural ecology and population genetics of unmanaged honey bees, and the quality and diversity of honey bee nutrition in a changing landscape.

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