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May 26
๐Ÿฅ‡๐ŸBEST JAR article of 2025! For celebrating the WBD, IBRA's Council announcing the best article for 2025 : โ€˜Physiological qualities of honey bee queens (Apis mellifera) overwintered in banksโ€™ by Maggie Lamothe Boudreau & Pierre Giovenazzo. doi.org/10.1080/00218839.202โ€ฆ
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May 19
World Bee Day ! ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ŸDear bee lovers! Continuing IBRAโ€™s initiative to launch an ART Competition on World Bee Day each year, we invite you to take part in the 4th IBRA International Art Competition. More info: ibra.org.uk/ibra-news/4th-ibโ€ฆ
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IBRA retweeted
#DYK | There are over 300 unique monofloral honey types worldwide. ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿ On #WorldBeeDay, discover why pollinators matter, and how you can take action to protect them. ๐Ÿ‘‰ bit.ly/4tYJu4L #SavetheBees
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๐Ÿ IBRA's 2026 ISSB webinar, on 17th and 18th June ๐Ÿ“ข Call for abstracts: shorturl.at/HVYo9 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Guidelines for YRA: shorturl.at/7k3I5 ๐Ÿ“ง Contact for YRA: wahizatul@umt.edu.my โณ May 15th, 2026 ๐Ÿ‘‰ Registration is FREE, but mandatory here: lnkd.in/dUsXdCx7
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๐Ÿ‘‰ ๐Ÿ“ข We are Hiring! ๐Ÿ We are interested for an enthusiastic and experienced scientist on both scientific and practical apiculture, for Editorial services! โณ Deadline for applications: 31st May, 2026 ๐Ÿ“ง applications@ibra.org.uk
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Apr 27
After a few years IBRA was back to BBKA Spring convention! Excited to talk with old and new mebers! @tandfonline @britishbee
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Apr 27
๐—™๐—ฅ๐—ข๐—  ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ก ๐—•๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—•๐—ข๐—ข๐—ž๐—ฆ! ๐Ÿ‘‰Natural Medicine from Honey Bees (Apitherapy) ๐Ÿ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐€๐ซ๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ž๐ž๐ค๐ž๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  -๐๐ž๐ž๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‡๐ฎ๐ฆ๐š๐ง๐ฌ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐๐ซ๐š๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐’๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐ž ๐๐ฎ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ ๐Œ๐žthod @IBRA
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IBRA retweeted
๐Ÿ“ข | Get ready for #WorldBeeDay 2026 โ€œBee Together, for People and the Planet - A partnership that sustains us allโ€. On 20 May, letโ€™s celebrate the special relationship between humans and bees. More: fao.org/world-bee-day/ #SaveTheBees ๐Ÿ
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๐ŸŽท Exciting news for IBRA members! Subscribe to IBRA ๐Ÿ‘‰ ibra.org.uk/join-now and have also FREE of charge online access to Natural Beased Beekeeping Magazine! northernbeebooks.co.uk/en-euโ€ฆ
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Mar 1
Today is the first day of the โ€˜no cutting and trimming periodโ€™ for hedgerows on or next to land used for agriculture. This is in place from 1 March to 31 August (inclusive). Read the Hedgerows management rules guidance to find out more ๐Ÿ‘‡ gov.uk/guidance/hedgerow-manโ€ฆ
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Jan 21
The International Bee Research Association is pleased to highlight Honeybee Democracy, an acclaimed book by Professor Thomas D. Seeley, which explores how honeybee swarms make collective decisions when selecting new home. northernbeebooks.co.uk/en-euโ€ฆ
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IBRA retweeted
Yellow-legged Asian hornet (YLH) identification materials. Please stay vigilant. nationalbeeunit.com/diseasesโ€ฆ
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๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€! โ€œTropilaelaps: At the Gate of Your Apiaryโ€ by Gill et al. offers a clear, practical overview of one of the most serious parasitic threats to honey bees today. shorturl.at/UBTtf northernbeebooks.co.uk/en-euโ€ฆ
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25 Dec 2025
NEW IBRA YouTube channel! Enjoy a very interesting podcast by J. Ellis, IBRA, IBRA council member for years and now member of the Advisory Board ๐Ÿ˜€๐ŸWhat IBRA does, and which are our main journal publications! youtu.be/QFaTLaF-C3o?si=p8JPโ€ฆ via @YouTube
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23 Dec 2025
IBRA Council wishes all, a Happy and prosperous New year! With health and peace around the world! Health and wellfare for all bees and pollinators, good income for beekeepers, lots of success to all scientists!
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20 Dec 2025
Books for presents ! ๐—ช๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—•๐—ฅ๐—” this fascinating book follows Dr Craneโ€™s travels to over 60 countries in pursuit of bee knowledge. Rich in personal stories, research insights, and photographs! northernbeebooks.co.uk/en-euโ€ฆ
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15 Nov 2025
๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ โ€“ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐Ÿ‘‰๐Ÿ6โ€“10 April 2026- AFU, Chitwan, Nepal IBRA is proud to be a sponsor of this important international event supporting innovation, sustainability, collaboration in beekeeping research and practice.
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