Annual Convention

The Lancashire and North West Beekeepers Association Annual Convention was held on Saturday October 20^th 2007 at :-

West Bradford Village Hall,
Grindleton Road,
West Bradford,
Clitheroe,
BB7 4TE.
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Speakers

This years guest speakers will be Prof. Robert Pickard the Director-General of the British Nutrition Foundation and Dr Juliet Osborne a Pollination Ecologist from Rothamstead Research.

Prof. Robert Pickard will be giving two talks entitled 'The Wonderful Things About Bees' in the morning and 'The Evolution of Societies' in the afternoon.

Dr Juliet Osborne will also be giving two talks entitled 'Bumblebee Behaviour & Radar tracking' in the morning and 'Bumblebee Ecology & Conservation' in the afternoon.
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Prof. Robert Pickard

Prof. Pickard is the Director-General of the British Nutrition Foundation, Emeritus Professor of neurobiology at the University of Cardiff, which he joined in 1972, and is a member of the Consumers' association Council (Which?). He is an international authority on the biology of honeybees, former editor of the Journal of Apicultural Research and President of both the Cardiff Beekeepers Association and the Central Association of Beekeepers. He is also a member of the EuroFIR Council, which co-ordinates composition records on 21,000 foods in 47 institutions in 25 different countries.
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Dr Juliet Osborne

Dr Osborne heads the department of Plant & Invertebrate Ecology at Rothhamstead Research and is a leading expert on bumblebees and bumblebee behaviour. She is currently studying the ecology of pollinator behaviour and is also examining insect flight patterns with harmonic radar.
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Exchange and mart

There will be a selection of second-hand equipment, books and magazines available to purchase. Please feel free to bring along any spare equipment you would like to sell. During the lunch break there will be stalls in the entrance selling home-made jams, pickles, hand-made soaps and lotions and a selection of plants.
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Programme

This years Annual Convention's programme of events are :-

9:00	AM	Convention opens (tea/coffee and biscuits available)
9:45	AM	Welcome by the President of Lancashire & North West Beekeepers Association
10:00	AM	Professor Robert Pickard 'The Wonderful Things About Bees'
11:00	AM	Tea/coffee break
11:30	AM	Dr Juliet Osborne 'Bumblebee Behaviour & Radar tracking'
12:30	PM	Lunch
1:30	PM	Raffle draw
1:45	PM	Presentation of trophies and certificates
2:00	PM	Professor Robert Pickard 'The Evolution of Societies'
3:00	PM	Afternoon tea/coffee break
3:30	PM	Dr Juliet Osborne 'Bumblebee Ecology & Conservation'
4:45	PM	Closing words by the Vice Chairman of the BBKA
5:00	PM	Convention closes

Lunch will consist of hot pot with pickled cabbage, crusty bread and homemade jam and cakes. It will cost an extra £4.00 on top of the admission price. A small fee will be charged for tea, coffee and home made cakes during breaks. Vegetarian option available.
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Admission

The ticket prices will be :-

£8.00	Full day
£4.00	Half day (morning or afternoon)
FREE	Juniors (under 18 years)

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Archive

Lancashire Annual Convention for 2006.
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