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We would like to invite all members of our Association to join us for annual Preident's Tea Party which will take place on July 1st at 4 pm. It will start with M. Davey talk about antiquities of beekeeping after wich we will have afternoon tea. Please bring plate of food to share and drinks of your chioce. Some deserts will be provided including big bowl of strawberries and cream.

This year the May Day Festival takes on a green theme, celebrating the local environment of the Hill and how to protect it for future generations. Join us for an afternoon of fun, food, music, dancing and activities for kids big and small. HBKA will have there its own stall.

Sunday 30 April 2017, 12.00-17.00

The Green, High Street, Harrow on the Hill, HA1 3LP

For more info please o to the below link:

http://www.harrowhilltrust.org.uk/may-day-festival

The Latin name of this amazing bee is Apis mellifera carnica. It is a subspecies of the western honey bee, first described by Pollmann in 1879.

It is a well-known fact that beekeepers are amongst the most amazing and interesting personalities we are likely to meet during our lifetime. That is probably why we are choosing to keep bees which is already extraordinary and pretty unusual hobby. Outside the beekeeping world many of us have stories to tell, have passions to share, to make our lives more rich and beautiful...

This year The National Honey Show once again is returning to Sandown Park . The new venue means there's plenty of space to enjoy the fantastic display of all the classes including honey, wax, mead, photography and many others in the main Surrey hall, with the Traders next door in the same hall.

The Federation of Middlesex Beekeepers Associations’ Beekeepers Day is for many of us the beginning of the beekeeping year/season when we can gather to talk about bees and beekeeping. This year’s annual meeting will be hosted by Ealing and District Beekeepers’ Association, on Saturday 25th February 2017 at Holy Trinity Church,Suez Avenue,off Medway Drive, Perivale, Middlesex, UB6 8LN.
There will be three very interesting lectures given by Dr Martin Bencsik, Clive de Bruyn NDB and Bob Smith NDB followed by the Annual General Meeting of The Federation.

For more information and directions please see the attached file below:

In summer 2016 the South East Region welcomed two new Seasonal Bee Inspectors to the team, Hilary Hayward and Mark Patterson. Hilary has been looking after the beekeepers of West Sussex, and Mark commenced work in the Greater London area, south of the river. Adjustment of other inspecting areas meant north of the Thames is now covered by Brian Mc Callum, whilst Kent and East Sussex have been ably managed by Kay Wreford and Michael Cooper.

If you are interested in methods in which queen bees are raised, we would like to reccomend a very useful and fascinating course run by The Federation of Middlesex Beekepers.

The BBKA Basic Assessment is the simplest qualification in beekeeping. It is designed to show a level of competence in the basic skills and knowledge of the craft. Acquiring the qualification can be really important if you want to keep bees on an Association apiary or on a local authority allotment site.