This course is suitable for beginners and new beekeepers. A series of 6 classroom based sessions will be held at Moggerhanger Village Hall on Wednesday evenings from 7.30 to 10.00pm covering basic theory; a break for coffee/tea is included. The […]
This course is suitable for beginners and new beekeepers. A series of 5 classroom based sessions will be held at the Discovery Centre, Stockwood Park, Luton on Sunday mornings from 10.30am to 12.30pm covering basic […]
Don’t miss the start of our autumn talks! Get a free ticket now to a talk on “Practical Beekeeping” by Professor Robert Pickard. This talk will be useful to all beekeepers whether beginner, improver or […]
Don’t miss out! Get your free ticket for another talk by one of our favourite speakers – Prof David Evans. Click here to get a ticket: Varroa remains the greatest threat to bees and beekeeping. The […]
Our annual Honey Show, run to National Honey Show rules, is where beekeepers and others submit their honey, wax items, cookery and craft items related to bees and beekeeping for judging by experienced judges, with […]
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 […]
The Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet (Vespa velutina) Defra update 03.11.23 – So far in 2023 there have been 71 Asian hornet nests found in 55 locations. The Asian hornet is the biggest threat to honey bees […]
We are now half way through the active beekeeping season. Looking at the state of colonies as they came out of winter it was hard to see how they could build up in time for […]
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