Category Archives: Exams

7th Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: Being a bee detective – investigating the death of a colony

Posted on December 23, 2012 by Emily Scott

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4th Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: viral diseases, patchy brood, bald brood, stone brood and nosema

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Emily Scott

I’ve now received my first set of feedback from my BBKA correspondence course tutor, Pam Hunter. She went through all my answers very thoroughly and gave me the additional advice “Try not to be dogmatic – ‘may’ rather than ‘will’ … Continue reading →

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2nd Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: Diagnosis and treatment of AFB & EFB

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Emily Scott

A 2nd revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 3 Honey bee Pests, Diseases and Poisoning exam, which I plan to take in March. This year I’m doing the correspondence course, so I have a tutor who will set me papers and give me comments … Continue reading →

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1st Honey bee pests, diseases and poisoning revision post: EFB and AFB

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Emily Scott

This is a 1st revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 3 Honey bee Pests, Diseases and Poisoning exam, which I plan to take in March. This year I’m doing the correspondence course, so I have a tutor who will set … Continue reading →

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Battle of woman vs beekeeping exam: and the winner is…

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Emily Scott

Yesterday I came home to a long-awaited letter. As soon as I saw the British Beekeeping Association’s address on the back, I realised it must be my Module 1 Honeybee Management exam results. Opening exam results is hard, isn’t it? I … Continue reading →

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9th Honeybee Management revision post: the value of honey, pollen, water and propolis

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Emily Scott

A 9th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, Honeybee Management, which I’m taking…on Saturday (arrrgh so not ready!). I’m at 1.15 on the syllabus: “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- the value of honey, pollen, … Continue reading →

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7th Honey bee Management revision post: honeybee drifting

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Emily Scott

A 7th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, Honey bee Management, which I’m taking in March. Moving to 1.13 on the syllabus: “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- the drifting of honeybees, the dangers … Continue reading →

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6th Honey bee Management revision post: the year’s work in the apiary (July to December)

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Emily Scott

Continued from my 5th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, which covered apiary work from January to June. Timings based on the Greater London area. “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- the … Continue reading →

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4th Honey bee Management revision post: good apiary hygiene

Posted on January 7, 2012 by Emily Scott

A 4th revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, Honey bee Management, which I’m taking in March. Skipping forward a little again, onto 1.9 on the syllabus: “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- 1.9: good apiary … Continue reading →

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2nd Honeybee Management revision post: how to begin beekeeping

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Emily Scott

This is a 2nd revision post for the British Beekeeping Association’s Module 1 exam, Honey bee Management, which I’m taking in March. I’m skipping forward a bit on the syllabus, onto: “The Candidate shall be able to give a detailed account of:- 1.6: how … Continue reading →

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