2021 Honey Show Schedule and Entry Form
This year’s Honey Show and AGM will be held at Ilkley Rugby Club on Friday, 12th November. Members can download the schedule and entry form below. This has been changed in light of COVID precautions to remove the cake classes. More details of the evening will be...BBKA Asian Hornet Week, 6th – 10th September and photo competition.
BBKA has announced that this year’s Asian Hornet Week will run from 6th – 10th September. They are asking beekeepers to put an hour aside every day to watch for hornets hawking their hives during the week.BBKA and YBKA Support petition to stop the importation of honey bees into GB from the EU via Northern Ireland
This petition has been on the web since September, but is gaining little traction. Both BBKA and YBKA encourage all members to sign this petition. The BBKA says, “The problem is that at least one beekeeping business has said that they want to import bees to the...BBKA Spring convention videos available
BBKA have published the videos of the lectures by Tom Seeley, which were to be presented at the Spring Convention. They’re available on the BBKA website.
National Bee Unit News
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- Vacancy - Bee Health Operational Lead (Outbreak)
- EU SPS Agreement - Call for information
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- Risk areas for Yellow Legged Hornets Spring trapping 2026