Help needed for research at Imperial College London

[Adam Bourne]

Hi all,

My name's Adam and I'm a Master's student at Imperial College London, and as part of my own Master's project I am focusing on beekeeping practices and honey bee disease. So I've created a short survey to get a better understanding of what techniques are being used by beekeepers in the industry, and to get your opinions on what factors beekeepers see as the biggest threats to hives.

Understanding the concerns of beekeepers will help guide the research done into honey bee health, which should lead to better advice on bee health and disease protection. (Also I'm thinking about keeping bees after I leave uni and so finding out more info from experienced keepers will really help me starting out!!!!)

At the bottom of this post is a link to the survey, which is completely anonymous. I would be happy to answer any questions you might have about our research or the survey itself, so please feel free to drop me an email ([email protected]). It'll only take a few minutes and it would be great for my project to get as many responses as possible so I appreciate all the help.

Cheers,

Adam

https://imperial.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5znAYTwAMVO2o6x

 

[Ian123]

I would suggest if you want commercial beekeepers you google the Bee Farmers Association site and make contact through there as well...Ian

 

[Adam Bourne]

I would suggest if you want commercial beekeepers you google the Bee Farmers Association site and make contact through there as well...Ian

Cheers, Ian. That's really help thanks

 

[beeno]

I would suggest you get a job with a major bee farmer to get some immediate practical insight into what you are going to research.

 

[Anduril]

Have you contacted the National Bee Unit, to view the disease literature that is available for beekeepers? also you could be shown the hotpots for the outbreaks, to look at any correlation with the food industry, In France there were different coloured honeys because there were bees by sweet factories. You would need to look at their biosecurity.

 

[Somerford]

Completed

 

[bobba]

Hi Adam.

You did not mention Chronic bee paralysis virus in your survey.

Good luck with your research.