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Free Downloads of Useful Software and Specialised Beekeeping Software/Tools |
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Virus Checker | |
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AVG Free Edition is free of all cost for personal use...
'Inoculate It' is no longer available. AVG is updateable by free schedulable download.
Do not be put off by the fact that it is "free"... It is among the best scoring in many organised tests. |
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Alternative Virus Checker | |
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| AntiVir Personal Edition is free of charge for personal use, I have used it extensively myself. It is also updateable by free download and has a remarkable performance. It is also among the top scorers in organised tests. |
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Personal Firewall | |
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| I use, and thoroughly recommend, this Personal Firewall from Zone Labs... It is surprising how many probes are intercepted and where they originate. |
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File Unzipper (Expander) | |
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| I use this File Expander from Aladdin Systems... A simple to use "freeware" solution for opening zipped files or archiving data, also available in Mac and Solaris flavours. |
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Enhanced WordPad | |
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| Cetus provide this 'WordPad' type of text editor that handles 'Rich Text' or 'Plain Text' with spell checking facility. It is a little more user friendly than the original windows 95/98 accessory. |
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TagCheck | |
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| I have used this HTML and XML Tag Checking routine from RHA minisystems for identifying unclosed or incorrectly nested tags. I write all my HTML & XML by hand using "notepad" it is surprising how many errors can be made in even a simple document. |
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CSE HTML Validator Lite | |
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| I find this validator (which is now in it's 7.01 edition) simple to use. I used the 3.00, 3.5 and 6.52 versions extensively as well. A functional and useful tool that also copes with many non-standard text formats. It is also available for NT, cross platform and vista in a more recent version. Scroll to the bottom of the linked download page for Chicago based versions. |
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Wing Morphometry Tools
I have re-drawn the Herold fans and discoidal card and they are
offered here individually for download and printing.
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Adam Tofilski's 'DrawWing' | |
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This newer version is able to automatically detect all important points on a honeybee forewing and to calculate cubital index, discoidal shift and some other indices. The new version is not under GNU license any more, but it is (and will remain) free for non commercial use. The old GNU version is still available for both Linux and Windows. There is an add-on spreadsheet known as MorphPlot, that will work with DrawWing, further down the page. |
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BIBBA file collection | |
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There is a collection of useful Morphometric software that is as a zipped folder of several files that can be downloaded in one operation. Many of these have been created by Albert Knight on behalf of BIBBA. For technical reasons, that are due to Internet servers, the original filenames have been changed to all lower case, but have not been modified in any other way. |
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David Heaf's Spreadsheet | |
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David Heaf has produced another version that collates Cubital Index and Discoidal Shift. The instructions can be found on David's page. |
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Record Cards Various formats of colony assessment cards can be downloaded and printed. Chris Slade's Version . BIBBA Version . (others will follow) |
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Peter Edwards' Stud Book | |
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Based on Stephen Lougborough's original this version deals with more criteria, but it is a heavy file at more than 750kb. The link is a page that covers archived previous versions of both the Spreadsheet and the Instructions as well as the latest ones. |
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| This instruction manual is in MS Word format. The latest version is in the menu at top left of the linked page along with the spreadsheet. |
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Peter Edwards' MorphPlot | |
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Based on BIBBA's Morph30 this version can import DrawWing data and calculate many useful indices automatically. Also included on the linked page are older release versions and some sample files for setting up and fault finding. |
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BIBBA Software | |
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| This Microsoft XL file was written by Albert Knight and provides an interactive way to prepare timetables for using the Jenter Cellplug Box. |
| Stephen Loughborough has created a very useful stud book. This is an Excel template, but will run on Excel compatible freeware spreadsheet applications. | |
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| This spreadsheet was originated by BIBBA, I think by Angus Stokes. |
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| This instruction manual is in MS Word format and is 55K in size. |
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| This is the template in MS Excel, which is 300K. |
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Veterinary Medicines Directorate | |
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This VMD Record Form has been redrawn by myself and is offered here as a service to beekeepers in the UK, many of whom are not aware of the now compulsory need to use it in recording all treatments. Whether such treatments are by approved drugs or by use of oxalic acid or other hive cleansing agents or to help control varroa. |
Complete set of files for:- |
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Printed from Dave Cushman's website Live CD version
