A study in Sheffield points to the brain power of bees as a way of improving AI systems.

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To Visit our Stand at the 

Dalkeith Show

Dalkeith Show is held on the second Saturday of July each year at Dalkeith Country Park, with Dalkeith Palace as an impressive backdrop. The show returns to The Park this year on 8 July.

The Show includes a huge range of competitions, in categories for cattle, sheep, horses, ponies, dogs, crafts and baking. There will be around 100 trade and craft stands including Newbattle Beekeepers Association showcasing farm machinery, motor vehicles, furniture, shepherds’ crooks, and gifts.

We will have honey for sale and other "products of the hive"

Attractions also include a large display of vintage tractors, a children’s area (with bouncy castles and slides) and catering and bar marquee – there’s definitely something for everyone!

Tickets can be purchased on the day:

• Adult – £12
• Concession/child under 16 – £6
• Carers & Children under 5 – Free
• Family ticket: (2 adults and 2 children under 16) – £30

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The bees arrived in a swarm and gradually formed a nest on the railings outside the Glasgow bar.

Read the full story by Katy Scott on the BBC Scotland news website

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Sami is looking to sell two colonies of bees

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The National Bee Unit have redesigned their BeeBase website. In addition to a sleek new look and more e-learning resources, data is now available in map format. This includes data on disease incidence, inspections and colony and apiary density at 10 km square resolution.

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A £6.5m scheme to help prevent the extinction of priority species in Scotland has been launched.

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WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY  On Monday the 5th, the global community will be celebrating World Environment Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness and action for the protection of the environment.  This year's theme is Solutions to Plastic Pollution. The UN states that more than 430 million tons of plastic are produced each year, two-thirds of which is cast aside as waste after just one use. If you would like to find out more about how to beat plastic pollution then head over to the UN's World Environment Day Website.  FIND OUT MORE ABOUT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Bees for Development are holding their Bee Garden Party Fundraiser, on Wednesday 14 June. It is going to be a completely unique celebration of bees.  There are only a few days left to buy tickets - don't miss out!

Also, wherever you live there are opportunities to join the fun online:

The celebrity Bee Art and Prize Auctions will be live tomorrow, 2 June with some great prizes - take a look now using the green link below.   Bees for Development are delighted by the tremendous support they have received towards their fundraiser. 

Bees For Development Fundraiser

Volunteers Week takes place 1-7 June every year. It's a chance to recognise the fantastic contribution our volunteers make to our association and say thank you.

It is a time to celebrate and inspire. We want to highlight that our diversity is our strength and show that there’s more than one way to volunteer and encourage our members to be the change that we want to see. 

Our members engage and help with the running and management of the association in many different ways, by becoming a mentor, sub group member, work party participant, delivering outreach activities and last but not least trustee management board members. Our volunteers are active throughout the year, so taking the time during Volunteers’ Week to celebrate and recognise their efforts and all they contribute to our association which is part of the voluntary sector and local community is so important.

We are arrange and deliver events, both online and in–person, for our members and wider community.

Activities will be happening during the week in preparation for the Scottish Beekeepers Association  exams the following week. Are you involved? Its not too late to volunteer!

Many thanks to our members who participated in making our participation at the Midlothian Schools Careers Event of P5/6 pupils at the National Mining Museum such a great success. We were able to engage with pupils from ten Midlothian Primary Schools over the course of the day as well as the class teachers and parent helpers. In all around 300 pupils attended the event and many of them visited the Newbattle Beekeepers Association stand and engaged in conversation with our outreach team.

Jonathan H  and his wife created an interactive visual aid to show the importance of pollination and pollinators in the food chain. It was very popular with the young visitors to our stand was instrumental in starting of many of our conversations with the children.