The deadline for the submission of any resolution or other matters to be considered under the agenda item AOB at the AGM on 7 April is 30 March.

Send details of what you want included to newbattlebees@gmail.com 

Nominations for the nine elected trustees for 2024/25 should be returned to the secretary no later than 27 March.

Return trustee nomination forms here 

Download nomination forms via the AGM page of the website

Here

2024 Annual General Meeting The AGM this year is in person, on Saturday 27th of April, from 10.30am, at The Spectrum Centre in Inverness (which has great links to public transport). They decided to move the AGM around the country to ensure that they can meet as many members as possible. The current agenda can be found here, and there are some guest speakers in the afternoon, which is open to non SBA members. To register your attendance please click here, and remember to have your SBA membership number handy. Registration closes on the 13th of April. There's still time to propose resolutions and provide nominations for Trustees (until the 6th of April) so please email these to the General Secretary secretary@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk including a proposer and seconder. Details of all resolutions and nominations received, as well as the Proxy voting form, will be posted in the Member's area of the Scottish Beekeepers Association website and emailed out shortly after the 6th of April closing date. They are looking forward to seeing you on the 27th April

April Webinar For our final webinar of this winter series, we’re delighted to host a Food Safety panel session on Wednesday the 3rd of April from 7.30pm with Andy Pedley.  Andy was an Environmental Health Officer for 46 years and has been a beekeeper for over 30 years. In this informative panel, Andy will be discussing the importance of knowledge of Food Safety processes for beekeepers and providing advice on practical actions.  We welcome questions, so if you would like to pose a question to Andy, please email this before the 3rd of April to Gino Jabbar at webinars@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk If you would like to join us please book your free place by clicking on the link below BOOK YOUR PLACE

Bumblebees can work together and pass on knowledge to overcome complex puzzles, researchers find.

Read the full story on the BBC news: bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment 

Take a look at the extractor Neil R is selling Here 

He has reduced the price to £80.

Read on blog or Reader The Apiarist Bigger queens, better queens – part 1 David February 16  Synopsis: Recent research on the maternal effect in honey bees suggests queen rearing using worker larvae may produce undersized and underperforming queens. Introduction The majority of books and articles I’ve read on queen rearing emphasise that bigger queens are better queens. The rationale is simple. Bigger queens are better because their larger abdomens contain more […] Read his thoughts here

Did you know about the For Sale & Wanted Page on the website?

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Crowning Glory: Elevating Your Apiary with High-Quality Queen Bees Walrus 13th February  I have written a fair few articles about raising queens, and, as time passes, my experience grows (or maybe my memory fades?). The only beekeeping I have been doing is feeding fondant to most of my nuclei, and a couple of hives that were a little light. So, here’s another queen rearing article that tries […] Read more of this post