Newbattle Beekeepers Association

January Webinar The Scottish Beekeepers Association  January Webinar is scheduled for Wednesday 10th of January starting at 19.30, when US Air Force Security Forces Veteran and Iowa Bee Farmer - Master Sgt Katie Flinn will discuss overcoming Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and mental health problems through beekeeping. She will also introduce the charity ‘PTSD and Pollinators’ that she supports to help veterans overcome PTSD. If you would like to find out more about this fascinating subject and book your free place, please click on the link below BOOK YOUR PLACE

Read the 2024 Review Here 

Synopsis: The annual review of the year on The Apiarist. What, when, where? What’s popular and what’s not … and what does this tell us about the state of beekeeping?

Read an article in the October 2023 edition of Ecological Indicators

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It can be irritating when things go wrong, or your best efforts are thwarted. David has been keeping bees for long enough and he has a long list of pet peeves.

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Neil Rutherford has two National Brood Boxes and a manual extractor for sale

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The Royal Mint will strike eight new coins inspired by the flora and fauna of Britain. One of the first to come into circulation will be a £1 coin which features bees. The two bees on the coin symbolise the 250+ species of bees in Britain.

Read more here: Coins of the Nation 

The National Bee Unit is asking  all beekeepers to please login to BeeBase and make a note of the total number of colonies they will be taking into the winter as of 1st November 2023. This task is quick and simple, just click here, login and fill in the short form. Even if you have no overwintering colonies this season it is still important to update your BeeBase record to reflect that. This survey will run until 31st December 2023.

Synopsis: Drones occupy age-related locations in the nest and exhibit coordinated periodic hyperactivity. How was this determined and do these insights help our beekeeping?

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Steve, a past guest speaker at Newbattle Beekeepers Association is the newly appointed editor of the Bee Farmer magazine

The magazine is the official journal of the Bee Farmers Association which is the voice of professional beekeeping in the UK. The association represents 450 bee farmer businesses. Find out more from their website:

beefarmers.co.uk