The British Beekeepers’ Association is thrilled and delighted to celebrate 150 years in 2024! Read more
The BBKA is calling on the public to help fight a major threat to honey bees and other pollinators - Asian hornets! Read more
First institutional member of the British Beekeepers' Association for 80 years. Read more
Statement from the British Beekeepers' Association President, Anne Rowberry, on banned bee-killing pesticides. Read more
BBKA President Anne Rowberry astounded police guarding a side entrance to Buckingham Palace when she was invited in to hand a jar of honey to a member of the King's household who assured her it would be on his breakfast table on National Honey Day. Read more
The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) is celebrating the first National Honey Day on October 21st Read more
A nest of Asian Hornets has been located by a track & trace operation in Rayleigh in Essex and destroyed. Read more
An Asian Hornet Team member found three hornets in Essex and they have been confirmed as Asian Hornets Read more
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Asian Hornet Week is 5-11 September and we are encouraging you to download the latest version of the Asian Hornet Watch app which has two new species added and pictures of Asian Hornet nests. Read more
Ukraine Women's Federation of Beekeepers have appealed for funds to support a village whose school has been badly damaged by Russian bombs. Read more
Defra says they have received a "compelling" report of an Asian Hornet near Chelmsford in Essex. Read more
The CB Dennis British Beekeepers Research Trust, Bee Diseases Insurance Ltd and The British Beekeepers Association are funding a three year post graduate research post. Read more
Winter hive losses of just 16% and worst areas in Eastern & South East regions Read more
The National Apiary Garden has been formally opened and the Master of the Wax Chandlers planted a tree for the Queen's Jubilee Read more
Bees Needs Week, 10th - 16th July 2023, when we ask you to do 5 simple things to help pollinators Read more
The British Beekeeper's Association (BBKA) Show Team have been giving families at Compton Verney mansion in Warwickshire a fascinating show of Beekeeping skills. Read more
A long service award for 50 years of beekeeping has been presented to Frank Bell of Newcastle and District Beekeepers Association. Read more
The first Asian Hornet of 2022 found on the British mainland has been captured at Felixstowe in Suffolk. Read more
The phones in the BBKA office are not working due to a powercut - we will let you know as soon as normal service resumes Read more
Despite uncertainties related to Covid, the 2022 Spring Convention at Harper Adams University in Shropshire proved popular. Read more
The first school visit to the BBKA's new Apiary Garden and Education Centre has taken place. Read more
The BBKA welcomes the National Honey Show's initiative in setting up a Just Giving Page in recognition of the long association beekeepers here have with Ukrainian beekeepers. Read more
BBKA President Anne Rowberry has been talking to our Patron Jimmy Doherty about the importance of the bee population. Read more