1. WBKA 75th Anniversary Conference Aberystwyth

2. Headline speakers
Professor Thomas Seeley Professor Robert Pickard Professor Francis Ratnieks

3. Wide variety of speakers
Dr Mike Brown
Carys Edwards
Margaret Ginman
Dr Mairi Knight
Irene Power
Wally Shaw
Eric Verge

4. Workshops to educate
3 Microscopy workshops – half day workshops to show you the skills to dissect bees 2 Bee disease workshops run by the NBU National Library of Wales workshop – An introduction to the Eva Crane archive and how to access the resources at the library

5. Workshops to enhance your beekeeping
How to clean wax 2 Candle dipping workshops 2 Cosmetic making workshops

6. Gala Dinner
Join the party to celebrate the beginnings of the WBKA. A 3 course dinner with the ‘Good, the Bad and the Ugly’ of Welsh Bee Keeping. After dinner speaker: Wynne Evans

7. En-suite Accommodation

8. Kitchen and Lounge facilities

9. Facilities available Arts Centre with cinema

10. Sports Centre with
Swimming Pool
Nordic Saunarium
Gym

11. Places to eat
TaMed da

12. Places to eat
TaMed bach

13. Places to eat
Brynamlwg

14. Places to eat
Arts Centre

15. Modern conference rooms

16. Aberystwyth Beach & Town

17. Dates and times
Friday 13th July – workshop starts at 2pm, lectures at 3pm Saturday 14th July – Four streams of activities begin at 9am and end at 5pm ready for the pre-dinner talk at 6.30pm. Sunday 15th July – Four streams of activities beginning at 9am until the end at 1pm.

18. Booking and costs
Booking form available online Discount for bookings made before 31st May Full conference with accommodation £160 (£184 without discount) Day and half-day tickets available £25 (£30) and £15

19. Speaker and talk synopses
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