{"id":8373,"date":"2024-09-04T23:01:51","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fifebeekeepers.co.uk\/?p=8373"},"modified":"2024-09-04T23:06:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-04T22:06:33","slug":"national-honey-monitoring-scheme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fifebeekeepers.co.uk\/?p=8373","title":{"rendered":"National Honey Monitoring Scheme Talk January 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A big \u2018Thank You\u2019 to Dr Jennifer Shelton (molecular ecologist at the UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology), who gave Fife Beekeepers Association an excellent Zoom lecture in January 2024 on how the National Honey Monitoring Scheme operates. Dr Sheltons interests in citizen science, pollinator diversity and beekeeping have culminated perfectly in running the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Honey Monitoring Scheme (NHMS)<\/a> was set up to monitor the health of the UK countryside, by working with beekeepers to determine the forage patterns of honey bees and to measure their exposure to agricultural pesticides whilst foraging. In the lecture Dr Shelton took us behind-the-scenes at the NHMS \u2013 from sample collection, through laboratory processing, to DNA sequencing \u2013 to help us understand how honey is used to find out what plant species honeybees have been visiting. She presented results from pollen analysis of 2019 honey samples, and give an overview of Dr Ben Woodcock\u2019s research on pesticide residues in honey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For those who were unable to attend, the lecture can be found on YouTube using the link below\u2026very well worth watching. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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