Microscopy Courses

Open to All Surrey Bees Training Members – one off Microscopy Workshops

Held Dec – March each year on the following topics:

• Pollen Mounting
  • Identification of pollen
  • Mounting Pollen grains
  • Identification of pollen in honey
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• Adult Bee Diseases
  • Acarine identification and testing
  • Nosema identification and testing
  • Symptoms and Treatment
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• Dissection
  • Principles of the Dissecting Microscope
  • Dissection of Honey Bee exoskeleton
  • Preparing slides of honey bee exoskeletons
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• Bee Anatomy
  • Preparing Permanent Mounts
  • Bee anatomy mounting

Courses open to Members firstly, and max class sizes 6. SBT have their own Compound and Stereo Microscopes. Costs for each class £25 to cover materials.