A PoshBee workshop focused on the protocols, demonstrations and practices to be applied when taking the samples on apis, bombus and osmia colonies took place in the last week of February 2019 in CREA in Bologna.

PoshBee team at workshop in Bologna.

During the workshop live colonies were available to demonstrate the skills required to take the necessary samples toward achieving the desired outcomes. The amount of bees, sentinel hive set-up, criteria for landscape, protocols for site selection, and landscapes for apples and oilseed rape locations were discussed. Storage labeling and criteria for samples were explained, complemented by additional demonstrations at the beehives.

Here are some tweets live from the event: 

The #ReadingBeeTeam are very excited to see our #hives for the @poshbee_eu project have arrived at #SonningFarm #FieldSeason2019 here we come! @UniRdg_SAPD @UniRdg_Research pic.twitter.com/xgl6FyDbqx

— Deepa Senapathi (@deepasena) February 28, 2019

Finally - bumblebees @poshbee_eu methods workshop @CREA_Ricerca@sphaerularia pic.twitter.com/EfMmo3DMUZ

— Jane Stout (@JaneCStout) February 28, 2019

Elena Cini from @CAER_Reading & @UniRdg_SAPD on her way to becoming an expert on handling #bees for @poshbee_eu #FieldSeason2019 - #PhDLife #WomenInScience pic.twitter.com/AnmVRk1dtn

— Deepa Senapathi (@deepasena) February 28, 2019