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The beekeeping information is provided by individual members of the Kent Bee-keepers' Association.
Kent Bee-keepers' Association (KBKA) membership application. ONLY for new members joining between January & August 2013. Members pay their local branch treasurer.
The season began in earnest this year on 26th March. As usual, all of the bee inspectors gathered at the Food and Environment Agency (FERA) at Sand Hutton, York for our Technical Training Seminar. Always a good start to the season, the seminar is 3 days of intensive training for Bee Inspectors, revising our practices etc. ready for the new season ahead. Of course, prior to that, I was busy with lectures to various Associations throughout the SE region.
As always, I will start my report by thanking all the beekeepers who have taken the time to respond to my request for honey crop and price statistics. This year I’ve had an absolutely fabulous response with 470 replies.
Major report on bees and Neonicotinoids from the directorate general of the European parliament.
It has been a busy autumn here at the BBKA and although you may not see exactly what is going on, this is my opportunity to advise you of the some of the work that has been and is being undertaken.
Kent Bee-keepers' Association (KBKA) membership application form 1st October 2012 - 30th September 2013. Members pay their local branch treasurer.
Download the Fera Bee Disease Insect Pollinators Initiative March 2012 Newsletter.
