February Webinar Beebytes with Mark Barnett and Matthew Richardson
February Webinar Beebytes with Mark Barnett and Matthew Richardson
FEBRUARY WEBINAR
Our first webinar in February is all about genetics. Beebytes is a social enterprise specialising in honey bee genetics and DNA analysis to characterise genetic admixture and identify the sources of forage visited by honey bees, bumblebees and solitary bees https://beebytes.org/
Founded by Expert Beekeeper and Honey Bee Research Scientist, Dr Mark Barnett (Roslin Institute), Population Geneticist and Bioinformatician Dr David Wragg (Roslin Institute) and Expert Beekeeper and Information Scientist Matthew Richardson (University of Edinburgh and SBA President), its mission is to help beekeepers and bee farmers select and breed their preferred type of honey bee in the UK.
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