Newbattle Beekeepers Association

Danderhall Miners Club

88 Edmonstone Road

Danderhall EH22 1QU

Sandown Park Racecourse

Esher, Surrey, KT10 9RT

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Keen to enter?

Check out the web pages for an entry form and lots of useful information

Contact the General Secretary - Fiona Matherson

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To the many Volunteers that make NBA the success that it is.

We will be at the Pathhead Village Day this coming Saturday selling member honey and various beeswax products as well as handcrafted items made by our members

Test the honey before you buy and take a look at our busy bees inside our observation hive.

We look forward to saying hello on Saturday 

Callander Park, Oxenford Drive, Pathhead EH37 5QE 

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Today is World Bee Day - 20 May 2026. With the theme “Bee together for people and the planet – a partnership that sustains us all,” 

The theme is a powerful reminder that the health of bees, people, and the natural world are deeply connected and that real change happens when we work together.

We must all do what we can to BEE together.

We have a new addition to the Bee Academy Library

A CD containing over 200 rare beekeeping books. Each book is in PDF file format 

The catalogue Number for the CD is 648.

There is only one copy available.

Reserve the CD now at:

The Bee Academy Library

A weekend of guest lectures, trade exhibitors and informal catch ups.

Also the Scottish National Honey Show .

Early Bird Tickets £30 until 31 July. Students & Juniors £15.

Book your Tickets Here

Honey bees adjust how well they dance depending on the audience!

Researchers found that when the audience is small the dancing bee becomes less precise. The dance is not a fixed message about food but a flexible performance shaped by social feedback  

                                Read More Here

Do your bit to support to support wildflowers, pollinators an biodiversity. For beekeepers it offers a way to improve forage for your bees right outside the hive.

When you pledge to join No Mow May, you receive a FREE No Mow May Guide with tips and wildflowers and other pollinators to look out for.

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