News items
The Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Sussex talks bees at LASI
Neil Pringle from the BBC Radio Sussex's Breakfast Show visited the bee labs at Sussex University this morning to conduct a radio interview to be...
What Sussex Researchers want from the Doctoral School
Results of the Doctoral School launch survey: researchers prioritise networking opportunities, space, and interdisciplinary activities.
L'Oréal UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women
£15k awards for outstanding female postdoctoral researchers in the life or physical sciences.
Whistler Essay Competition 2010
Whistler Prize 2009 winner, and details for 2010 prize
Students’ ball raises funds for honey bee research
A student-organised ball raised funds for Sussex research into the honey bee.
The milder weather sees the Universities honey bees out collecting pollen
This shot was taken yesterday as the University of Sussex's honey bees were out foraging for pollen to feed the new brood. The milder weather tempted...
Creative Writing Olympics
The Universities of Sussex, Brighton and U3A, in conjunction with the Creative Campus Initiative are pleased to announce a writing competition.
Students think LASI is the bees knees
The Student Union is hosting the annual Ball which this year aims to raise funds for the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI). The 'Bee...
LASI hosts the networking meeting: 'What's the buzz? Bees, land use and the community'
A day of seminars, workshops and discussion forums focussing on the decline of honey bees and the impact of this on land use and the community as a...
LASI publishes their year end activity report
The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects publish their current report on the web. This is a record of the progress made during 2009 of the...
Sussex Teaching and Learning Conference announcement and call for contributors
The annual Sussex Teaching and Learning Conference will be on 3rd June.
Research team from LASI visit the South American rain forest
Members from the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects, University of Sussex, head of for their annual research trip to the Fazenda Aretuzina...
Concerted effort needed to save the honey bee
Perhaps the most accurate thing about Albert Einstein’s pronouncement on the importance of bees – “if the bee disappeared off the...
Royal Botanic Gardens honours ecology professor
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has conferred the title of Honorary Research Associate on Mike Hutchings, Professor of Ecology.
Green woodpecker attacks LASI hives
This unwanted visitor was captured raiding the University of Sussex' hives just outside the windows of the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social...
LASI celebrates it's first Christmas
The newly established Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects at Sussex University celebrates it's first Christmas. A festive get together with...
LASI expands to accommodate new honey bee researchers
The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) is expanding its research facilities to accommodate new members of its research team into...
Dr Margaret Couvillon, LASI, Sussex University, tests the cognitive ability of Africanised honey bee
Since being introduced into Brazil in 1956, Africanised honeybees – a hybrid of the African and European honeybee – have spread...
Counting ants at LASI
PhD student Tomer Czaczkes and a team of ant researchers counted the Lasius niger ants in colonies kept at the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social...
Professor Francis Ratnieks speaks at the BCPC Congress in Glasgow
Professor Francis Ratnieks spoke at the British Crop Protection Council (BCPC) Congress in Glasgow in a session entitled 'Bees: Understanding the...
BBC's 'The One Show' gets the buzz at LASI
A film crew from the popular BBC TV programme, The One Show, got to grips with buzzy bees at LASI. Presenter Mike Dilger learnt to 'listen' to how...
Tim Laughton, local MP (East Worthing) discovers bees needs at LASI
Tim Laughton, who is the local MP for East Worthing, spent an enjoyable afternoon learning about honey bees and the challenges currently facing them....
LASI's Tomer Czaczkes, explains foraging cooperation in ants
Second year PhD Student, Tomer Czaczkes, from the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects presented part of his work at the 1st ...
Ancient plants bring relief to the decline of honey bees
Nick Mann from HabitatAid together with Arne Herbs have come up with a selection of historic herb collections in an effort to raise money for crucial...
Caroline Lucas MEP sees bees at LASI
Caroline Lucas, a Green Party Member of the European Parliament since 1999, took time out from her busy schedule to pay a visit to the Laboratory of...
Events
The honey bee: Gateway to biology, cultural icon and agricultural helper
Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens, London
Thursday 25 March, 19:00
Invited public lecture, 50 mins talk Admission fee: £5.00. Open to the public http://www.kew.org/visit-kew-gardens/whats-on/The-Honey-Bee.htm
The honey bee:Gateway to biology, cultural icon and agricultural helper,and what we are doing at Sussex University
Denman College, Marcham, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX13 6NW
Monday 29 March, 14:00
An invited 50 mins lecture to WI in their college in Oxfordshire This talk is being given at a meeting on bees organized by the ...
What's the buzz? Bees, land use and the community
University of Sussex
Wednesday 28 April, 11:00
A day of seminars, workshops and discussion forums about the decline of honey bees and the impact of this on land use. The event is being sponsored...
The honey bee - one of the little things that we depend on
Café Scientifique, Brighton, East Sussex
Thursday 15 July, 0:00
Open to the public Time to be confirmed Contact: j.r.grozier@btinternet.com
Two talks as below
Copenhagen, Denmark
Wednesday 4 August, 0:00
The conference runs from 4th to 12th of August 2010 Professor Ratnieks will be giving the following talks: 1. Why do insect colonies use so...
4th European Bee Research Conference
Ankara, Turkey
Tuesday 7 September, 9:00
7th to 9th September 2010 sees the EurBee conference in Turkey. Please see the website for more details