The AGM was held earlier in March and there have been several changes as a result. Several of the principal officers have changed as can be seen from the box on the right.
One of the consequences of these changes is that we now expect to see a lot more activity on this web site. For the past year not a lot has happened here but it is planned to make big changes.
However those changes will not be happening immediately as I am away this week to Shropshire to the Bee Convention 2025. To those who have never been I draw your attention to the programme which contains many fascinating speakers. I was there last year and took part in a bee dissection class and then got really close up to the workings of bee when I took part in a session using a scanning electron microscope. Where else could you get such experience?
I have to say that bee anatomy is not my particular area of interest. Evolution has given us a bee which is well designed to cope with much that life throws at it - though it has yet to cope with Varroa. No, my interest is in the social organisation that takes place in the hive.
This spring I have been fortunate enough to be on a Bee Behaviour Course given by Lesley Gasson and hosted by Dorchester and Weymouth Beekeepers. This proved to be a very worthwhile course and has showed me with many avenues I wish to explore further.
Anyway that is enough for now - I have to pack.