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The stories we tell reflect the BBKA's leading role as a campaigning charity working to improve honey bee health, in support of beekeepers throughout the country and the environment that supports them.
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The British Beekeepers Association ( BBKA) which represents more than 25,000 beekeepers is celebrating National Honeybee Awareness Day on August 18th by asking the public to make sure they plant for pollinators.Read more
The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) stand at BBC Countryfile Live show had more than 25,000 visitors over the 4 days of the event.Read more
The PoshBee study is looking at the exposure of honeybees to a range of chemicals and the impact it may have on their health. They are going to need 30 hives in two areas, Kent and Berkshire or Oxfordshire from next spring.Read more
Cheshire Beekeepers Association has won another gold for their planted stand at RHS Tatton taking their total to 4.Read more
The British Beekeepers Association ( BBKA) which represents more than 25,000 beekeepers has set out plans for a nationwide system of training beekeepers to rear new Queen bees.Read more
We have a new forum for beekeepers and anyone interested in beekeepingRead more
In the 16th Century beehives or skeps were also known as 'stalles' and could be included in a labourers inventory to be given to his daughter on his death. What regional or ancient words do you use in your beekeeping? - the Oxford English Dictionary really wants to know!Read more
A study published in Communications Biology may herald a 'step change' in attempts to track Asian Hornets back to their nests. Scientists at University of Exeter have shown that by placing a small chip on captured hornet and using radio telemetry to track it they can find previously undetected nests and destroy them.Read more
The annual survey carried out by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA ) to measure winter survival of honeybees shows that losses almost doubled from the 13% reported in 2016/7 to 25% or a quarter of colonies being lost in 2017/8.Read more
The award-winning citizen science project that IDs bees and unlocks vouchers for restaurants and cafes on the trail is backRead more
Bee campaigner Brigit Strawbridge describes why bees depend on trees and how we have lost so many of our wooded areasRead more
Ted Gradosielski, who has kept bees in Epping Forest for 38 years, has been awarded British Empire Medal in Queen's Birthday Honour.Read more
The public is invited to ‘plant or protect’ to celebrate World Bee Day on May 20thRead more
Our chair of trustees, Margaret Wilson, is asking all beekeepers to monitor the insects in their garden, allotment or hedgerows.Read more
EU member states have voted to ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides on outdoor crops. BBKA says we must be alert to what farmers will use instead of neonicotinoids.Read more
The British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) is disappointed to hear of the first confirmed sighting of an Asian Hornet in 2018. We are grateful for the sharp eyes of a member of the public who spotted it and hope continued vigilance will keep the Asian Hornet threat to honeybees at bay.Read more
An Asian Hornet has been found by a member of the public in a cauliflower in Bury in Lancashire. The finding has been confirmed by the Non Native Species Secretariat (NNSS).Read more
The module 7 paper taken by many beekeepers at the weekend was missing a diagram. The Examinations Board has sent out a letter explaining what it will do.Read more
DEFRA is surveying beekeepers in England about their Queen rearing practices - the BBKA would like all beekeepers to answer it, you can find the survey here: bit.ly/2DxKoeSRead more
Honeybees are starting to emerge from their hives and will soon be enjoying all the new pollinator patches of wildflower seeds you planted. Don't forget the competition to send in pictures of those patches and win £100 to spend at this year's Spring Convention.Read more
European Food Standards Authority (EFSA) has released its peer review of 1500 studies looking at whether neonicotinoids harm honeybees, bumblebees and wild bees. It says the risk is confirmed. British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) still supports EU ban on neonicotinoid pesticides.Read more
You can carry out a flowers and insects survey in your own garden or volunteer to help with surveys of 75 agricultural or semi-natural sites that will help the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology with their conservation work.Read more
Win a free signed book Bee Boy: Clash of the Killer Queens by Tony De Saulles the illustrator of the bestselling Horrible Science series.Read more
The British Beekeepers Association is backing four diverse projects to help honeybees in 2018.Read more