BEE IMPROVEMENT FOR ALL A joint BIBBA/ West Sussex BKA event In conjunction with the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA) the West Sussex BKA will be holding a “Bee Improvement for All” day. This is one of a number that BIBBA will be staging throughout the country on a regional basis. This is…
If you’ve been on any decent course about beekeeping – Julian’s being one such! – you will have been encouraged to keep records of each of your hives. This is a good practice for several reasons – we tend to forget if things aren’t written down, and it’s useful to be able to compare between…
In the hopes that plenty of honey will be collected through July and August, it’s timely to remind members that the association has a 4-frame extractor and settling tank. Chris Bailes is coordinating the borrowing of the extractor. He would prefer bookings to be made on his home telephone number of 01227768470. There is…
The 28th June deadline for entries to the Kent Honey Show is fast approaching! If you want to enter honey or other hive products into our County Honey Show at Detling on 12-14 July, get your entries in before 28th June. Entry form is here: Kent Honey Show 2013
According to today’s press release from the BBKA, honey bee colony losses are the worst since its winter survival survey began. A third of all honey bee colonies in England were lost over the winter of 2012/2013 – more than double the losses of the previous year – with increased losses recorded in all regions…
