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New Beginners Training Course Now Booking
For 2023, we have restructured our beginners’ training. The course is in three parts: Early summer: Taster session at an association apiary Throughout the summer: Apiary visits with an experienced beekeeper Autumn/Winter: Theory Course We are now booking places for…
Get your BBKA Membership Number
A message from Linda Schofield at BBKA: Officers are often asked to supply members with their membership numbers for a variety of reasons, including, for example, access to the BBKA News Archive. We have now set up a simple link to enable members to be informed by…
BBKA Honey Petition
The BBKA is asking Associations and their members (and members of the public) to support their new honey petition, which calls on the Government to change the Honey labelling rules so consumers can easily recognise all countries of origin of the honey contained in a…
World Bee Day
To celebrate World Bee Day, Otley Film Society, in association with Wharfedale Beekeepers, present Maya the Bee 3 at Otley Courthouse. Sunday 22nd May at 15.00. Doors open 14:30pm. Book here More information about World Bee Day
Combings April 2022
The April issue of Combings has been sent out by email to all members.
Combings December 2021
The December issue of Combings has been sent out by email to all members. Below are some links to recent bee-related articles in the news which are mentioned in this edition. Honeybees use social distancing when mites threaten hives – study Bee population steady in…
Beekeeping: Uses of chemicals and why we should stop using them
This short article, by David Heaf, was published in July this year. https://myaimreport.com/2021/07/30/beekeeping-uses-of-chemicals-and-why-we-should-stop-using-them/ It uses language which may be unfamiliar to some readers, for example… Microbiome: this is the…
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 UK…