Notice Board

This is where you will find any information of current interest or importance.

Affiliated to The British Beekeepers Association through the Hampshire Beekeepers Association

On Friday 31 October, S&DBKA members attended the 2008 National Honey Show.

 

The pictures from the day have been used to produce a slideshow and both a high and low resolution version have been added to the Gallery.

 

 

New Slideshow content added to the website

BeeCraft goes digital - Get 3 editions FREE!

Bee Craft is now available in both printed and digital formats. Get the first three digital editions (November and December 2008 and January 2009) absolutely FREE! Simply send your e-mail address and full name to secretary@bee-craft.com with ‘UK Bee Craft Digital’ in the Subject field.

 

Click here to open the link and get access to a document looking identical to the printed version.

 

The first three issues (November to January) will be ‘unlocked’ so the link can be forwarded to friends for them to access the document on their own computers.

Association Inbox

Members can click here to access topical items from the Association Inbox.

Do your colonies require feeding?

A number of beekeepers are finding colonies without sufficient stores to survive the coming weeks let alone the winter months.

 

Click here to see the additional notes for ‘Things to do and see’ in September.

 

Silver Spoon official statement in response to S&DBKA enquiry:

 

“UK sugar beet is not sprayed with any neonicotinoid pesticide and none are approved for such use.  Sugar beet is not a flowering plant and hence does not attract bees.  Neonicotinoid pesticides are approved for use in the protective seed coating used to aid plant germination and early growth.  The coating degrades naturally in the soil and beet plant, and is inactive by May when the plant becomes established.  Home produced sugar is subject to a comprehensive residue testing programme and no neonicotinoid pesticides have been detected in British sugar.  Therefore home produced beet sugar poses no risk to bees.”