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Spring Day School
2008 Talk Details
Dr Giles Budge (A brief résumé)Giles Budge has worked in plant pathology research and
development for 10 years. He specialises in using molecular diagnostics
to answer epidemiological questions about the pathogens under study.
Giles started working for the National Bee Unit as the research
co-ordinator in October last year. Prior to this, he was responsible
for the development of real-time PCR-based diagnostics for bee pests
and diseases and the delivery of the EFB study. Giles will cover the
results from the first year of the EFB study and some work looking at
abnormal colony losses in 2007. Finally Giles will finish with a brief
overview of other NBU research. Robert Field (A brief résumé)Robert Field is chairman of the British Bee Farmers'
Association that has about 300 members. He is a commercial beekeeper
from Lymington and has 500 hives tucked away in fields and woodland in
Dorset and Wiltshire. Will Messenger (A brief résumé)Will Messenger, a beekeeper in the North Cotswolds, began
beekeeping in Somerset and was then briefly a member of Avon BKA. His
particular interest is beekeeping history and has researched the
Stewarton Hive in depth. Apart from the routine beekeeping that he
shares with Eve, his wife, he is currently researching the history of
Gloucestershire beekeeping and the Midland & South Western Counties
Convention. This includes the complicated story of beekeeping in
Bristol and district. In addition to his talk on beekeeping in
Slovenia, Will is bringing some material linked to that and will be
pleased to meet Avon beekeepers interested in their origin. |
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