Newbattle Beekeepers Association

November Webinar At 19.30 on Wednesday the 13th of November join the webinar to take you on a sensory journey of honey. We're delighted to welcome Dr Gian-Luigi Marcazzan and he shall be discussing 'Honey Sensory Analysis and The Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey'. If you would like to join the webinar please book your free place by clicking on the link below BOOK YOUR PLACE Gian Luigi Marcazzan is the president of the Italian National Register of Experts in the Sensory Analysis of Honey and also a scientist at the Bee Research Group at CREA the Italian government's agricultural laboratory, for more info please visit https://www.crea.gov.it/en/web/agricoltura-e-ambiente/-/national-register-of-experts-in-the-sensory-analysis-of-honey

Wednesday's Webinar The first webinar of this season is On Wednesday, 2nd Oct at 7.30pm, hear from Justin Ruger on how to make beekeeping accessible for all. Justin will also be sharing more details on the work his not-for-profit organisation Accessible Beekeepingundertakes. SBA webinars are free and open to everyone, they just ask that you register in advance. To book your free place please click on the link below BOOK YOUR PLACE

The National Bee Unit - NBU - update one of their best practice guidelines in August 2024. You can read the updated guidelines by clicking on the link below. 

Click Here to read the updated guideline

The Scottish Government has recently announced that they will now refer to the Asian hornet, Vespa velutina nigrithorax, as the `yellow-legged hornet, also known as Asian hornet’, and have produced a newsletter to raise awareness and encourage extra vigilance for yellow-legged hornets over the coming months. To download this newsletter please click below Newsletter

When Ross Main tracked down the abandoned beehives his grandfather had kept in a disused quarry, he was surprised to find that the bees were still there.

Read the full story  on the BBC website - click here 

More About Bees on the BBC Website - click here

Closing date for applications - 30 September, 2024

Examination Fee £28 per module 

You must be a member of Scottish Beekeepers Association  

For an application form click:

Here

Accessible Beekeeping

with Justin Ruger

Founder of not-for-profit Accessible Beekeeping 

Click Here to visit the website 

Book Your Place

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The annual honey show takes place on Saturday 28 September at the Loch Leven Community Campus, Kinross.

Entry is FREE 

Closing date for entries Sunday 22 September.

Download the schedule and rules

Here 

Download the Entry Form 

Here

The National Honey Monitoring Scheme has a new improved website.

Click Here to visit the site

The development of the Mount Edgcumbe native bee reserve featuring Jo Widdicombe and Kathy Lovegrove.

Click Here to watch the video