Varroa talk

[Repwoc]

Just listened/watched David Evans deliver his varroa talk on Zoom. Great speaker and very interesting talk, particularly around the data that shows why it's important to treat sooner rather than later (autumn treatment) and with the correct miticide.

 

[The Poot]

Just listened/watched David Evans deliver his varroa talk on Zoom. Great speaker and very interesting talk, particularly around the data that shows why it's important to treat sooner rather than later (autumn treatment) and with the correct miticide.

Is it available on Yoootooob do you know?

 

[Repwoc]

I don't think so. I'll email the association to see if there's a link to a recording.

 

[elainemary]

I don't think so. I'll email the association to see if there's a link to a recording.

I’d be keen to hear it too, pls post details if there is a recording
Thanks

 

[North End Bees]

I’d be keen to hear it too, pls post details if there is a recording
Thanks

David gave a talk to our BKA recently. He gave permission for the recording to be made available to our own members but only for a limited time. Makes sense as otherwise his income from speaking events would soon dry up if they were all available free on YouTube!

Perhaps you can get your BKA to book him. The talks are really good and he was happy to keep going for as long as the questions kept coming in (which was well over 2 hours I think!)

 

[elainemary]

David gave a talk to our BKA recently. He gave permission for the recording to be made available to our own members but only for a limited time. Makes sense as otherwise his income from speaking events would soon dry up if they were all available free on YouTube!

Perhaps you can get your BKA to book him. The talks are really good and he was happy to keep going for as long as the questions kept coming in (which was well over 2 hours I think!)

Hi there, yes we've booked him to do a talk via Zoom to our members in february, on the subject of preparing for the season ahead

 

[Erichalfbee]

Hi there, yes we've booked him to do a talk via Zoom to our members in february, on the subject of preparing for the season ahead

Can other members share?

 

[Apiarisnt]

I listened in as well on Monday. Excellent talk from somebody who not only knows what he is talking about (not always true with beekeeper talks...) but is also a good communicator (also, not always....etc)

Most of the stuff , including the graphs, is on his website: You searched for varroa - The Apiarist

 

[elainemary]

Can other members share?

Hi we haven’t decided yet as the first time we’ve booked an external speaker via Zoom. Think we might keep it small to make sure we can master the technology!

 

[Newbeeneil]

I asked the organisers of the National Honey Show lectures to try and get David this year and never found out if they were successful but obviously it was much curtailed this year. Maybe next year as I love reading his blog.

 

[North End Bees]

Hi we haven’t decided yet as the first time we’ve booked an external speaker via Zoom. Think we might keep it small to make sure we can master the technology!

Zoom has been a steep learning curve for nearly everyone. I'd advise doing one or two practice runs beforehand, specifically practising all the 'host' functions to minimise attendee problems on the night (bearing in mind that some attendees are using it for the first time ever!)

E.g the host can instantly mute/stop video of all or any attendees who can't do it themselves, saving a potentially embarrassing situation.

I've attended several zooms where an attendee has started a conversation at home, oblivious that their mic is still on and drowning out the invited speaker (or sometimes, much worse, forgotten their video is running!) If the host/co-host had worked out all the controls, then the 90+yo attendee who's never used zoom before would be saved a lot of embarrassment!
Still, it makes it entertaining for everyone else...

 

[Erichalfbee]

Zoom has been a steep learning curve for nearly everyone. I'd advise doing one or two practice runs beforehand, specifically practising all the 'host' functions to minimise attendee problems on the night (bearing in mind that some attendees are using it for the first time ever!)

E.g the host can instantly mute/stop video of all or any attendees who can't do it themselves, saving a potentially embarrassing situation.

I've attended several zooms where an attendee has started a conversation at home, oblivious that their mic is still on and drowning out the invited speaker (or sometimes, much worse, forgotten their video is running!) If the host/co-host had worked out all the controls, then the 90+yo attendee who's never used zoom before would be saved a lot of embarrassment!
Still, it makes it entertaining for everyone else...

I was at a zoom meeting that got interrupted by some Russian gay porn. You should have seen the faces of some of the zoomees . Needless to say the meet was abandoned and restarted

 

[North End Bees]

Whoops!
Imagine you told your partner you're in a zoom meeting and not to be interrupted. And they came in the room just when that was on full screen!

 

[elainemary]

Zoom has been a steep learning curve for nearly everyone. I'd advise doing one or two practice runs beforehand, specifically practising all the 'host' functions to minimise attendee problems on the night (bearing in mind that some attendees are using it for the first time ever!)

E.g the host can instantly mute/stop video of all or any attendees who can't do it themselves, saving a potentially embarrassing situation.

I've attended several zooms where an attendee has started a conversation at home, oblivious that their mic is still on and drowning out the invited speaker (or sometimes, much worse, forgotten their video is running!) If the host/co-host had worked out all the controls, then the 90+yo attendee who's never used zoom before would be saved a lot of embarrassment!
Still, it makes it entertaining for everyone else...

Agree! We’ve all attended quite a few Zoom sessions hosted by other associations and learnt from their teething problems! Held a ‘Beekeepers question time’ last month with a panel of our own ‘In-house experts’ as our first attempt of offering online meetings to members. Went down v well and no hiccups. So we’re feeling a bit more confident we can host a higher profile speaker.

 

[The Poot]

I was at a zoom meeting that got interrupted by some Russian gay porn. You should have seen the faces of some of the zoomees . Needless to say the meet was abandoned and restarted

How did you know they were Russian? Did they still have their fur hats on?

 

[Swarm]

How did you know they were Russian? Did they still have their fur hats on?

I was going to ask that

 

[Erichalfbee]

How did you know they were Russian? Did they still have their fur hats on?

The video had a preamble of crude drawings of a willy labelled in Russian