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Tickets are now available for the Spring Convention 2012 - Details available here
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Spring Convention 2012 - Tickets now available click here
Details of the Spring Convention are available here
The BBKA Online Shop is now open. Click on the Shop Tab on any of the main pages or Click Here.
The 2012 ADM Delegate Papers are now available here
On Thursday 24 Nov the programme Four in a bed on Channel 4 will include a visit to a beekeeper to experience beekeeping. The programme participants visited an Apiary in Spaxton (Quantock / Somerset Beekeepers ) for the filming in the Summer this year.
Up to 35% off IHG weekend stays!
Enjoy up to 35% off next time you take a UK weekend break with friends and family at over 220 Crowne Plaza Holiday Inn or Holiday Inn Express Hotels. For more information Log in to the members area
Beekeeper awarenesss of the Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax)
This predatory hornet continues to extend its range and UK beekeepers are urged to be on the lookout for it especially in early Spring next year as its arrival in the UK is only a matter of time.
Beekeepers are recommended to log onto the website of the Nonnative species Secretariat, www.nonnativespecies.org and click on Species alerts! for Vespa velutina, which takes you to a page full of information on the Asian hornet. The risk assessment is also worth reading. Anyone who suspects they have seen an Asian hornet is advised to report it immediately.
Gill Maclean has now taken over as our Press Secretary and will also be responsible for the updating of the News section of the website. If you have any news items for publication please let Gill have them. Go to the Press Office section of the website for details of how to contact her.
Pierre Cope and Andy Bell make a donation to BBKA
See Pierre's note below for more information and also have a look at Pierre's blog
Dear Jane, I have just sent your charity the BBKA 155.0GBP , via JustGiving, as a donation on behalf of Andy Bell and myself. This was from his share of royalties received from online music downloads of our EP Sunsets Pink. Sunsets Pink consists of 5 Demos which we recorded back in the early 80's. I released it online back in March this year under the artist name of Dinger( Pierre Cope Andy Bell). The EP can be purchased through Amazonmp3 or Itunes. My share of the royalties is for "The Royal Marsden Trust". The EP did not get any major publicity or press coverage as it was released independently of any major record labels through an online distribution company, however, the old hard core Erasure fans and some friends did buy it. We hope that the money will come to good use for your association.
Kind Regards Pierre Cope
Our thanks go to Pierre and Andy for this generous donation.
Magners Cider and the BBKA Launch Bee Aid
The BBKA is pleased to be working with Magners Cider in their support of responsible beekeeping and recognition of the importance of honeybees in pollination.
A competition has been launched via Facebook in the search for 25 new beekeepers, who will benefit from BBKA training in 2012. This campaign is now live on facebook and will be launched in the press next week.
Further information is scheduled for circulation to all associations via email in the next few days.
Congratulations to Cheshire Beekeepers
Cheshire Beekeepers have once again won a Silver Gilt Medal at the RHS Flower Show, Tatton Park
Details of the latest NDB Short Courses and the Training the Trainers Newsletter are now available in Latest News.
Duncan Rynehart of RyneArts has made the very kind offer of a donation to the BBKA Research Fund for every poster sold in his Bee and Bee Products related series. See the advert in the right hand column of this page or go to RyneArts website for more details. Duncan also supplied the graphic for this page.
The Welcome page is still available in the Members' Area
