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    Interestingly my OH who is a professional editor of many years experience is in agreement with you about the size of the SBA mag. I took another look through my April edition and the one improvement that could be made IMO is the introduction of images to accompany articles - black and white if there isn't the money for colour. Huge wodges of uninterrupted text are a psychological disincentive to reading from beginning to end.

    And on the subject of fishing mags I always prefer to buy Flyfishing and Flytying - T&S a bit too old school I think.

    Gerry

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    On the subject of bee magazines. I have been a member of BIBBA for a number of years and have been impressed by the quality of the magazine sent to their membership. The membership of BIBBA is I think about the same size as the SBA membership and the subscriptions rates are about the same, therefore would it not be a better idea for the SBA to make the current monthly magazine a quartery magazine similar to BIBBA with a view to improving the quality of production.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gavin View Post
    I've just joined BIBBA this very minute. You can do so online, and it was the least I could do after their hospitality last weekend.
    Don't you just buy the Trout and Salmon for all those pictures of flies in the adverts?! Anyway, it is Trog that might buy that magazine, Popz's tastes will be more along the lines of Cetacean Spotter's Monthly. G.
    Yep, done the same and joined BIBBA - looks interesting, especially the amazing gallery of comittee membership photos. Some real worthies there, and they obviously mean some serious stuff - good.

    As to Cetacean Spotters Monthly. Anyone who spots (sights!), and that has to be a verified sighting of a whale, gets a mars bar. A whole one at that, and which they are entitled to munch on in front of everyone else. A rare priviledge and vastly superior to any magazine I think. Actually I am not too sure of the connection here but seeing as it is Sunday afternoon

    AND I HAVE JUST HEARD OUR FIRST CUCKOO!!

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    Hi Popz,

    A number of us Scottish BIBBA's are on the hunt for our Scottish native black bee which we know there are some still remaining. We intend to start a survey of Scotland and hope SBA members will submit samples to us for morphometric analysis. More about this in the future ie the SBA are intending to run a morhometic training course this year in Sept/Oct.
    I am willing to put up a pack of fun size mars bars or 2 king size mars bars if preferred for the first sample of bees that give a 100% morphometric result for AMM from a Scottish colony

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    Jimbo - now that is the sort of challenge I like to hear about - especially the reward!! I have already sent some samples (not of mars bars!) to Gavin last year, but they arrived with him in a rather parlous state. Maybe I should do it again. Gavin did a great job under the circumstances and apparently my ladies were heading for black but not really there yet. I am getting a nuc of 'pure' Amm this spring, and my neighbour has one colony of 'pure' Amm so maybe we will be heading in the right direction.

    However, if as is purported, drones can congregate over 40 miles, there seems little chance of a 100% result?? What about 90% - will that do? I am a real chocoholic and it is getting to be time for a bit of payback from my ladies?
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    Hi Jimbo and Popz

    Yes indeed. Popz did send me some bees but they were rather sweaty by the time they reached here. A handful of wings rescued from the pile were generally Amm but the sample was very small. I have to confess that I do have some sitting here from Trog on Mull who supplied Popz with his bees, and also some from Wester Ross. Did the disease test part, but haven't yet done the morphometry. The Mull bees were of mixed colour (at least in some colonies) so I doubt that they will be pure.

    Great to learn that you are making concrete plans for a Scottish survey. I'll do what I can.

    Thanks for the comments regarding magazines Jimbo. All useful suggestions.

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    Quote Originally Posted by drumgerry View Post
    Interestingly my OH who is a professional editor of many years experience is in agreement with you about the size of the SBA mag. I took another look through my April edition and the one improvement that could be made IMO is the introduction of images to accompany articles - black and white if there isn't the money for colour. Huge wodges of uninterrupted text are a psychological disincentive to reading from beginning to end.

    And on the subject of fishing mags I always prefer to buy Flyfishing and Flytying - T&S a bit too old school I think.

    Gerry
    I agree line drawings or b/w photos would be good; also heavier editing of long articles. Might be able to offer occasional drawings if contributors' sketches need to be tidied up as OH is a professional illustrator.

    It appears a few of us are flyfishers/tyers. Maybe we ought to start another thread in the blether section?

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    Popz.

    Anyone who spots (sights!), and that has to be a verified sighting of a whale, gets a mars bar
    I spotted a whale and her calf last year off the Pacific coast while I was lying in a hammock with a bottle of Corona in my hand. I claim my Mars bar! This was one I saw the previous year when we went out in a boat looking for them.

    humpback whale..jpg

    I think it is a humpback. We followed it in the launch for at least 15 minutes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Trog View Post
    I agree line drawings or b/w photos would be good; also heavier editing of long articles. Might be able to offer occasional drawings if contributors' sketches need to be tidied up as OH is a professional illustrator.

    It appears a few of us are flyfishers/tyers. Maybe we ought to start another thread in the blether section?
    In terms of images for the SBA mag might I offer another suggestion. For people submitting articles it might be considered a bit of a pressure to submit publication worthy photos as well. What could be done though is something that was done in another society magazine with which I am very familiar. In my working life I breed alpacas and the British Alpaca Society has quite a high powered quarterly mag. Breeders were asked to submit their photos for incorporation into a Society photo archive for use as and when necessary - as far as I know there was a good response. Maybe the membership of the SBA could be asked for similar. When an article required an image or two hopefully the archive could provide. Just a thought.

    Trog - I'm pretty much an ex-flyfisher/flytyer as I just don't have as much time to devote to it as it demands. Family and work commitments mean I have to confine my activities to near to home. Bees-wise this is fine as my apiary is in the garden!

    Gerry

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    Do you take your alpacas to the RHS? If so, we may have exchanged pleasantries.

    G.

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