Beekeeping Events Calendar & News

BEEKEEPING EVENTS for 2010
Check out LOCAL and NATIONAL Beekeeping events in your area in our Dates for your Diary section below . Happy Beekeeping.

Beecraft News - The latest buzz
On 21st January 2009 Hilary Benn announced an additional £4.3 million funding for honeybees. There will be £2.3 million over 2 years to support the National Bee Unit and £400,000 per year for 5 years for bee health research. The Co-op supermarket has also promised £150,000 in research funding. To read more about it click here

AWARD WINNING BEE CRAFT

Bee Craft won four gold medals at Apimondia in Australia.
Bee Craft won Gold medals for:

• the Bee Craft website; the Bee Craft magazine;
• Celia Davis' set of books - see the bee craft shop for details
• our handy Bee Craft Apiary Guides - see the bee craft shop for details.

Congratulations to the Bee Craft team.

DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

More4: Tuesday March 2, 22:00 (repeated a few hours later at 01:45)
 
True Stories: Last of the Honeybees (repeated from October)
 
The series showcasing international and domestic documentaries presents Jeremy Simmons' moving film about three American beekeepers as they move their hives thousands of miles to the Californian almond groves for pollination season. But like many of the world's apiarists, the three are suffering from unexplained colony collapse disorder, which can be disastrous to the bees and to the beekeepers' livelihoods. The film also hints at the global consequences of this phenomenon continuing unchecked

MARCH 6 – LANCASHIRE BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION CONVENTION.
at Claughton Village Hall close to the M6 north of Preston. Speakers: Margaret Thomas and Dr Giles Budge. Details from Barbara Roderick 01704 877855. beebarb@hotmail.co.uk or www.lancashirebeekeepers.org.uk

MARCH 21 – BEES ABROAD

Volunteer Welcome Day. Are you interested in beekeepers and how they carry out their beekeeping? Are you interested in helping fellow beekeepers in developing countries? Would you like to get involved in a Bees Abroad project? Find out more at our Volunteer Welcome Day at the National Beekeeping Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth CV8 2LG, 10.00–16.00. More information from Veronica Brown (info@beesabroad.org.uk; 0117 230 0231) or Pam Gregory (pamgregory@phonecoop.coop; 01570 493210).

25 MARCH – POLLINATING INSECTS

A Vital Tool To Agriculture. At the Royal Agricultural College Cirencester. Speakers and topics will include: Economic benefits of pollinators and pollination services, Tom Breeze, University of Reading; On-farm habitat creation for pollinating insects, Dr. John Holland, Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust,; Land management for Bumble Bees, Dr. Pippa Rayner, The Bumble Bee Conservation Trust; Neonicotinoid insecticides: a risk to bees, Dr. James Cresswell, University of Exeter; Pollination of wild plants and their benefits, Penny Fletcher, University of Reading; and Operation Pollinator, Robin Dean, Sygententa. For further information and/or to book your place, please contact Susey Bamber: Email: susan.bamber@rac.ac.uk Tel: 01285 889872 Booking essential

MARCH 27 – WELSH BEEKEEPERS 2010 CONVENTION

MARCH 27  ─ YORKSHIRE BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION in conjunction with the YORKSHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY
POTENTIAL HONEY JUDGES WORKSHOP
Hands-On Training for those who are or wish to learn the Art and Mastery of Honey Judging. Saturday 27th March 2010 at the Normanby Pavilion, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, North Yorkshire.  Full details by email only from Erica.osborn@talktalk.net
The candidates will be taken through step by step in the practical aspects of honey judging of all the honey types including liquid, soft-set and granulated, ling, blended heather, cut-comb, sections; wax; honey cakes and confectionery; mead; candles and combs of honey.
The course will be led by Michael Badger – Senior Honey Judge by examination in the British, Welsh, Scottish and the Institute of Northern Ireland Beekeepers’
The workshop will appeal to all who wish to take the various honey judging examinations or take the first steps to becoming involved in the judging process.
Course fee including lunch and refreshments £17.50 per candidate. Applications close 1st March 2010.

APRIL 3 – LINCOLN
DISTRICT BKA.
Sale of Bees and Equipment.
County Showground,
Scampton, Lincoln. 12 noon.
Details and to enter items:
Alan Campion 01522 522679.
Bill & Jenny Williams 01522
730365. Jonathan Korejko
01526 378222.

APRIL 10 – NOTTS BEEKEEPERS
auction of beekeeping equipment on Saturday 11 April at Newark Showground, Winthorpe, Notts NG24 2NY. Commencing 2:00pm. Sale goods received 8:00am onwards on day of sale. Further information: Maurice Jordan 01636821613 mob: 07966206932 or Andrew Barber 01636671844 mob: 07867797812

APRIL 16-18 ─ BBKA SPRING CONVENTION
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2LZ. A full programme of lectures, seminars and workshops. Tickets on sale and programme available January 2010. Members in advance £13, on the day £16. Non-members in advance £18, on the day £22. Details will be posted on the BBKA website: www.britishbee.org.uk.

APRIL 17 – PDBKA  ANNUAL AUCTION
of Beekeeping Equipment on Saturday 17th April at The Training Centre, Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, Peterborough (A1/A147 junction). Entries from 10.00 a.m. Auction 2.30. Live bees accepted. Contact G. Newton on 01733 243349

APRIL 24 – WEST SUSSEX BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION
Bee Market and Auction.  Annual auction of bees and equipment at Brinsbury Campus, Pulborough.  Full details and entry form can be found at www.britishbee.org.uk/local/westsussex or from Graham Elliott at grahammt@tiscali.co.uk or 01403 752493.

MAY 1 – MEON VALLEY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION
31st Annual Auction of beekeeping equipment and live bees. Saturday 1st May 2010, 1pm prompt at Greatham Village Hall, Greatham, Hampshire. Items for inclusion in the sale are now welcome. Information from James Laybourne, Highfield Cottage, Ashton, Bishops Waltham, SO32 1FQ Tel: 01489 892853 Email: jamesdeb12@tiscali.co.uk

MAY 8 – GLOUCESTERSHIRE BKA

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