Welcome to the latest news about honeybees!
We need the government to overhaul and update the labelling of the honey sold in the UK. Please consider signing this petition and ask your friends to sign it. This effects anyone who buys, sells or eats honey. 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
World Bee Day is celebrated every year on the 20th May. Read more
The first Asian Hornet of 2022 found on the British mainland has been captured at Felixstowe in Suffolk. Read more
Our BBKA News editor is retiring after 30 years service and we are looking to recruit a new editor. 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
Stephen Barnes, newly elected chair of British Beekeeper Association, said " The Government has not followed the science. Permitting the use of this dangerous neonicotinoid pesticide puts all pollinators at risk." Read more
The government has ignored the advice of its scientific advisors and allowed sugar beet farmers to use a banned bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticide in 2022. BBKA President says this decision will not just kill our bees now, but will affect them and the environment for several years to come . Read more
We have a new Area Association in the BBKA voted for at the Annual Delegate Meeting. Read more
International Meeting of Young Beekeepers 2022 is planned to be held in Russia Read more
Cleveland Beekeepers Association has set up a new observation hive in the Discovery Centre at Newham Grange Farm in Middlesbrough. Read more
Bees Needs Week is an annual event coordinated by Defra to raise awareness of bees and other pollinators. Read more
The Veterinary Medicine Directorate is encouraging all members to report unauthorised veterinary products and illegal activity. Read more
"We recognise the serious threat posed by small hive beetle. EU areas affected by this pest are not permitted to export to the UK. Strict controls apply to imports into the UK from other areas" Read more
National bee unit statement - April 2021 - Reporting Varroa Read more
Please Sign our parliamentary petition to stop the importation of honeybees into GB from the EU via Northern Ireland - Read more
Last chance to fill in Defra and the Welsh Government survey asking about training to improve biosecurity and husbandry standards. Read more
The BBKA is issuing a warning to beekeepers to check their bees for starvation and European Foulbrood. Read more
Beekeeping Associations, from all around the UK, are in agreement that the importation of bees from overseas is totally against best practices for the protection of our environment. Read more
Please fill in your form by the end of April to have your results included in the 2021 Winter Survival Survey Read more