It's hard to estimate how many will just turn up on Sunday morning without having pre-booked.
It's hard to estimate how many will just turn up on Sunday morning without having pre-booked.
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Jon says - so far! We're over the hurdle of surviving the bar session last night and enjoying the talks.
Jon is last up this afternoon so he's on the coffee rather than the stout at the moment.
And here's the proof ...
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It is a superb meeting - great talks, great atmosphere and around 250 people here. Fantastic level of interest in native Irish bees.
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So, a brief resume. An introduction to the day from RTE's and BBC R4 Farming Today's presenter Ella McSweeney. Ella has been Tweeting on the NIHBS conference.
Trade stands, craic, friendliness, atmosphere, mists over the Shannon, and talks by .....
Romee van der Zee (twice)
Dara Scott
Robert Paxton
Eoghan Mac Giolla Coda
Jon Getty
It never occurred to me to point the phone at anyone until lunch, so here's Robert in his natural habitat:
and Dara in his :
I see Pete Little gets a mention!
http://www.advancescience.com/hive-alive
Special mention to Blackcavebees and (in another place) Teemore, nice to meet you guys.
Romee gave us a fascinating insight into the bees of Texel and other islands off the Dutch coast. Part of her first talk was a sneak preview of a paper coming out in January next year which promises to be of interest to all who follow the fortunes of Amm and who are not afraid to delve into the world of SNPs, DNA markers and multivariate analysis. In the afternoon we heard about colony loss data and what some of it may mean.
The leading role of the Galtee group and Micheal Mac Giolla Coda in particular in guiding the effort on native honeybees in Ireland was marked with the presentation to him of the latest in technology in the form of an iPad. Not sure who Micheal is, or indeed how to pronounce his name? Catch this interview with him here from Gormanston a few years back.
Eoghan (pronounced Owen) gave us a full and informative insight into how their breeding programme works. This slide illustrates a frame that would be scored as poor for brood pattern.
And lastly, this reprobate upstart from Belfast gave us his thoughts on setting up a breeding group. With a real drive in the northern part of the island which may result in seven active breeding groups by the end of next year, there was a lot of interest in this from the rest of the island.
Watch out for updates at the NIHBS site. Several of the presentations will be available there before long and we'll point you there when they are up.
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Last edited by gavin; 10-11-2013 at 11:16 PM.
Good to meet up with you Gavin, hope you got home safely. Good conference, hard to believe NIHBS just 1 year old. Jon did well too. Worth the the four hour drive. Craic was mighty.
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