This week has been designated by the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) as Asian Hornet Week. The intention is to increase public awareness of the threat that this voracious insect poses to our pollinators and, in […]
Nigel Semmence, Contingency Planning and Science Officer, Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA)/National Bee Unit (NBU) presents a special update on yellow-legged Asian hornets. See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3dYuz9oeSg
To use a footballing term this year has been a season of two halves. Up until the middle of June things looked dire and the prospect of feeding colonies was a serious consideration. But then […]
How the weather differs each year. Looking at the notes for last August it was rain we had to contend with causing the cancellation of the Centenary picnic. By mid June this year it looked […]
At last the weather has become ‘summery’ and the bees are making er, ‘honey’! Up until a couple of weeks ago I thought there wouldn’t be a summer crop; bees were eating what stores they […]
Each spring we have weather issues to contend with. Looking back at the previous years we have had: record amounts of spring sunshine; followed by air frosts on most nights during April the next year; […]
This conference provided an overview of the effect of the hornet in 2023 and plans for dealing with it in 2024. You can view a recording on YouTube here. Best to start from about 9 […]
At the National Honey Show on 27th October, Nigel Semmence from the National Bee Unit (NBU) gave a report on the current situation with the Asian hornet. It is a very informative video that all […]
A message from the Honey Show secretary, Sue Lang: “Thank you to everyone who entered/helped at the Honey Show and Festival on Saturday 7th October at The Discovery Centre, Luton. It was a brilliant day, […]
The main reason for these notes is to highlight to members the dramatic number of Asian hornet (AH) nests discovered this year. So far the number of nests located and destroyed stands at 71. That […]
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