BBKA Spring Convention 2021 Programme
BBKA Spring Convention 2021 Programme Download here
Reading BBKA News online
April 2021 – Apologies there is a problem with the archive website and it is unavailable currently. Did you know the BBKA have a digital version of the BBKA News? It’s accessed via this link BBKANEWS.COM The username and password are shared in the paper copy of the magazine that you receive each month. These details…
Media
We are here to help you produce great stories by providing you with topical news, features and comment to start. You can also find the contact details of our press officer, press release archive and details of the resources we can provide to help you. We place a very high value on quality media coverage…
Winter Survival Survey 2021
Winter Loss Survey 2021 Please use the following link to access the BBKA Winter Survival Survey https://forms.gle/D49RppfNYdqkpDpE9 The survey period is from 1st October 2020 until 1st April 2021. Don’t complete the survey form before the 1st April but please do return it before the 30th April.
Past Presidents of the BBKA
Past Presidents In their own words List of BBKA Presidents and Secretaries The names are recorded on this framed list at the BBKA Headquarters. Presidents 1874 Sir John Lubbock 1878 Baroness Burdett-Coutts 1907 H.C. Todd 1908 M. Rose 1910 J.R. Dummelow 1912 A. Todd 1914 C.S. Routh 1916 C.J. Todd 1918 E.H. Gregory 1920 C.W.…
Beacon Schools
BBKA Beacon Schools Mission Statement BBKA Beacon School status is awarded to those schools who demonstrate sustained and demonstrable best practice in beekeeping and apiculture acting as Centres of Excellence in the provision of on-site school apiaries and bee clubs. Beacon schools encourage, enthuse, educate and inspire children and young people in the world of…
Promote No Mow
Help the bees by encouraging people to not cut their lawns whilst important early spring forage is flowering If you want to help promote this then please download and share any of these images. Some associations have written to their local press and got coverage of the importance of early flowers for food for bees.…
Prof Tom Seeley Spring Convention videos
Many of you have asked for videos of the lectures you would have seen at the Spring Convention. BBKA is grateful to both the C.B.Dennis Trust and the Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers for generous sponsorship of all three recordings below. These have been provided by Professor Tom Seeley, of Cornell University, who was to…
2020 Hive Count
More than 10,000 beekeepers, a record number, updated their details on BeeBase during this year’s hive count. There are currently more than 44,000 beekeepers registered on BeeBase, meaning that around 23% participated. This year’s hive count produced a figure of 260,268 colonies in the UK. This is slightly lower than the 2019 figure of 263,896.…
BBKA Talks for Children
Two brilliant lectures for children by our Past President Margaret Murdin. Margaret is a Master Beekeeper, holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping and is a Past President of the BBKA but describes herself as an ordinary, practical beekeeper, currently with twenty colonies across three apiaries. Margaret began as a member of Ormskirk and Croston Branch…