Barry Crabtree from the Ipswich and East Suffolk BKA invites you to join him on Zoom to look inside a top bar hive this Saturday 13th. Register in advance via Zoom. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Continue reading →Dear MemberI hope that you are enjoying some aspects of lock down including the amazing weather.Bees have not heeded lock down rules and there have been plenty of reports of swarms. Some members do not seem to be aware of the excellent website that both they and the public can use: https://www.suffolkbeekeepers.co.uk/Swarms.html . It’s easy to find this … Continue reading →
Bees in a box rescue by Lewis Turner Being a beekeeper who has put his name down for swarm collection and having made myself known locally I am learning that it’s not just swarms you are called out for. So far in addition to actual swarms I have rescued a bumblebees nest in a bird box, … Continue reading →
The annual survey by the BBKA has been running year-on-year since 2007. It aims to determine its members’ honey bee colony survival and to understand the causes of success and failures in overwinter colony survival. The survey time period is from 1 October 2019 to 31 March 2020. So, as you complete your first inspections of … Continue reading →
Courtesy of BBKA and the National Bee Unit Beebase advice about Covid-19 and Beekeeping. It is suggested you print out and carry a copy when going to tend your bees at your BeeBase registered apiaries. Updated version with Logos200403_COVID19_guidance.pdf As well as social distancing and apiary hygiene advice please note the following paragraph: If you have … Continue reading →
