The 2010 Annual Report from the Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects (LASI) at the University of Sussex is now available and provides an interesting update on Prefessor Ratneiks’ bee research. Read More
John and Lilian recently paid a visit to the Teaching Apiary to check out the colonies. Read More
QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? In US Theatres beginning Spring 2011 Read More
Tune in to BBC Radio 4 on Sunday 6 March at 7:55am or 21.25pm, to hear the Bees for Development Trust Patron and beekeeper, Martha Kearney, present this weeks BBC Radio 4 Appeal. Read More
BBKA Members can get a special discount off tickets to The Edible Garden Show at Stoneleigh Park from the 18th – 20th March 2011. Read More
Plantswoman Carol Klein shares with us a year in her garden at Glebe Cottage. In this episode Neil, Carol’s husband, teams up with beekeeper Phil Chandler to talk about bees and top bar hives. Read More
Claire Waring has kept bees for over 25 years, starting with one colony that quickly multiplied to four during the first season. She is the author of “Bee Manual: The Complete Step-by-step Guide to Keeping Bees” which is published this June. Read More
The Royal Berkshire Show is just around the corner so why not come and visit us on our stand… Read More
On Sunday 5 September at 2.30pm at the Association Apiary we have our last apiary meeting of 2010. Read More
Come along to the Uffington White Horse show where we’ll have our regular stand. Read More
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