I'm taking my first bbka module exam.

[Murox]

Are we talking about this 'Basterfield' ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

Are we talking about this 'Basterfield' ?

Yes

 

[Murox]

try this.

https://beekeepingforum.co.uk/threads/bbka-persecuting-the-whistleblower.38494/

Deeply shocking. Hopefully the present trustees are more open.

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

The way they treated the Basterfields - both father and son was appalling. The worse thing was, both tried their best to put it behind them and continue to serve and improve the BBKA through it all, and it all came to nothing. All they got was smear, innuendo, false accusations, underhand dark actions and rumours tantamount to slander.
Shoddy behaviour.

 

[elainemary]

On the subject of education, I attended a very good series of webinars by Dan & Ken Basterfield over the summer. Covered key subjects including queen rearing, swarming, reading the bees, wax refining etc. They also run a ‘summer school’ each year, a full week of practical hands on beekeeping supplemented with talks geared towards beekeepers with 3-5 years experience who perhaps (but not exclusively) want to go on & take their General Husbandry assessment. Has anyone attended one of these & can share their views? I’m a firm believer in spending time with other beekeepers, picking up tips, watching & listening to their ways of management, to help develop your own views, so this appeals to me. Held at Pershore college.
Elaine

 

[Erichalfbee]

On the subject of education, I attended a very good series of webinars by Dan & Ken Basterfield over the summer. Covered key subjects including queen rearing, swarming, reading the bees, wax refining etc. They also run a ‘summer school’ each year, a full week of practical hands on beekeeping supplemented with talks geared towards beekeepers with 3-5 years experience who perhaps (but not exclusively) want to go on & take their General Husbandry assessment. Has anyone attended one of these & can share their views? I’m a firm believer in spending time with other beekeepers, picking up tips, watching & listening to their ways of management, to help develop your own views, so this appeals to me. Held at Pershore college.
Elaine

Link below

Are we talking about this 'Basterfield' ?

 

[Erichalfbee]

And before anybody sends me or JBM a PM
The links to the BBKA have been disabled by The Management

 

[elainemary]

Link below

Yes that’s their site Advanced Beekeeping

 

[Apple]

Moving on......

BIBBA run a number of courses throughout the season on queen rearing and bee improvement, not sure how this will pan out over the next few seasons whilst we all cower from the influence of a leaderless government and its reaction to Covid 19
However the BIBBA courses are run by passionate beekeepers with real world experience as opposed to a bunch of certified clowns!

** Why allow some retail shops such as "Garden centers" and "The Range" for example to trade in non essential goods and close others completely beats me?

 

[Brian Bush]

I cannot see where all this is going.
Judging by numbers quoted this thread is more popular than its BBKA equivalent. Surely this is a feather in this forum's cap?
Asking a question regarding the module exams seems to be a sensible thing to do. The BBKA exams, with all their faults are the only ones I know of out there.
I have taken a number of modules and I am well aware of their errors and flaws.
Has it made me a better beekeeper? Probably not! But the reading and learning I did for the exams has given me a wider perception of why things happen and the mistakes I make. I now have an idea of when I need to take the blame instead of putting it all on the bees!
If you are posting on this forum you should ensure that anything you say can be backed up with evidence.
I still read posts on here that do not take account of recent research. For example the work by Gudren Konigan is not understood or acknowledged by members of this forum or the BBKA. I am not claiming that Gudren is always right but her modern peer reviewed work should be given some prominence over work carried out many years ago by an amateur beekeeper.
Let us all help and advise each other. A little gentle mockery and a large dollop of humour go a long way. (Although I must admit I do not understand some of the humour in some threads!)

 

[Brian Bush]

Just looked at the figures at this moment.
66 members and 276 guests.
Why do so many people like to view this forum as a guest?
Probably because they can find good advice, I don't know.
OR are the guests BBKA libel lawyers waiting for someone to say something controversial???

 

[Apple]

Just looked at the figures at this moment.
66 members and 276 guests.
Why do so many people like to view this forum as a guest?
Probably because they can find good advice, I don't know.
OR are the guests BBKA libel lawyers waiting for someone to say something controversial???

CRIKEY... I never knew that the BBKA had that many members adept at using such a modern device as a computer!

 

[roche]

I have no kowledge of that, though that information does explain some of the more vehement replies/responses. There is always the charity commission to appeal to or even just ask advice from them.

When the BBKA was busy taking money from pesticide companies (the reason this forum exists) the Charity commission was not interested, in spite of the flagrant disregard of the Constitution of the BBKA.

 

[Curly green finger's]

I cannot see where all this is going.
, Judging by numbers quoted this thread is more popular than its BBKA equivalent. Surely this is a feather in this forum's cap?
Asking a question regarding the module exams seems to be a sensible thing to do. The BBKA exams, with all their faults are the only ones I know of out there.
I have taken a number of modules and I am well aware of their errors and flaws.
Has it made me a better beekeeper? Probably not! But the reading and learning I did for the exams has given me a wider perception of why things happen and the mistakes I make. I now have an idea of when I need to take the blame instead of putting it all on the bees!
If you are posting on this forum you should ensure that anything you say can be backed up with evidence.
I still read posts on here that do not take account of recent research. For example the work by Gudren Konigan is not understood or acknowledged by members of this forum or the BBKA. I am not claiming that Gudren is always right but her modern peer reviewed work should be given some prominence over work carried out many years ago by an amateur beekeeper.
Let us all help and advise each other. A little gentle mockery and a large dollop of humour go a long way. (Although I must admit I do not understand some of the humour in some threads!)

Antidotal, myth, and hear say is part of human life, one man's truth is another man's flaur.

The humour on here is brilliant I've read through posts when I've been feeling not so good, and I've laughed so much
Not good when you are drinking something...
As it ends up everywhere.
Do you have any links to gudrens study pls.

 

[Brian Bush]

CRIKEY... I never knew that the BBKA had that many members adept at using such a modern device as a computer!

I am one of those members and can just about use a computer despite my advancing age!!!

 

[Brian Bush]

Antidotal, myth, and hear say is part of human life, one man's truth is another man's flaur.

The humour on here is brilliant I've read through posts when I've been feeling not so good, and I've laughed so much
Not good when you are drinking something...
As it ends up everywhere.
Do you have any links to gudrens study pls.

This is the book to which I refer
Mating Biology of Honey Bees
Read the book first and then watch her talk to the National Honey show. This is my advice as she has a strong accent and although her English is better than my German watching the lecture first I found difficult. Reading the book and watching again it was most enlightening.

 

[Curly green finger's]

This is the book to which I refer
Mating Biology of Honey Bees
Read the book first and then watch her talk to the National Honey show. This is my advice as she has a strong accent and although her English is better than my German watching the lecture first I found difficult. Reading the book and watching again it was most enlightening.

Thanks Brian I will look it up.

 

[The Poot]

Just looked at the figures at this moment.
66 members and 276 guests.
Why do so many people like to view this forum as a guest?
Probably because they can find good advice, I don't know.
OR are the guests BBKA libel lawyers waiting for someone to say something controversial???

No they’re beekeepers unwilling to join the fray on here, but wanting to learn. I for one would encourage them to raise their heads above the parapet and thus help us all to learn

 

[Erichalfbee]

Thanks Brian I will look it up.

There’s a good honey show lecture on this on their YouTube channel.

 

[madasafish]

The first ADM of the BBKA I attended was the 2018 one where the majority of the discussion covered the proposed dismissal of a trustee.

On the covering note to our local committee which accompanied my notes on the meeting I note I stated it was the "worst meeting I have ever attended " (after a half century of meetings)

Subsequent ones have improved greatly with new management.