WBKA Winter Zoom Talks – Colony Nutrition by Pete Sutcliffe

The honey bee relies on (apart from water) just two relatively simple, readily available, natural products. As you know, these are nectar – a variable solution of sugars – and pollen – a very variable, sometimes poor source of protein. With such apparently poor beginnings, how do they manage to produce the miracle food that is Royal Jelly? This talk takes you through the various processes involved in providing the colony with a healthy diet and looks at the lessons for the beekeeper.

Speaker: Pete Sutcliffe, Cheshire BKA

Peter works in a beekeeping team with his wife: together they keep an average of 20 colonies on various sites in the Dane Valley in Cheshire. Following his retirement, Pete put himself through the various BBKA examinations and eventually achieved the accolade of “Master Beekeeper”. He is still rather diffident about this title, as the bees seem to be the masters a lot of the time! Pete was a member of the BBKA Examinations Board, a BBKA Trustee and Chair of the BBKA’s Education and Husbandry Committee. He is presently Chairperson and Education Secretary.

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