Many of the exhibitors will be offering special deals on orders made before the show.  If you’d like to hear about these, please send yo...

Please don't forget to complete the BBKA survey .   It is canvassing opinions about the future of your organisation so let your views b...

28th March 2015 starting at 1.00pm Tewin Village Hall AL6 0JX The show includes: Honey Competition – three entries from each div...

Two overwintered nucs for sale: Local Herts/Essex mongrel bees! 14” x 12” Frames x 6 Will be ready for collection from Bishop’s Stortf...

As you already know, an enthusiastic team works hard all year round to plan and bring you a bigger and better National Honey Show each year...

by Paul Cooper The weekend started with rain and ended with rain. There was also a lot of rain in between. But the Bishops Stortford Car...

by Peter Mathews We once again gathered at Redbourn, the show ground of our County Show. Freak weather for Redbourn - the skies were blue ...

by Peter Mathews Hertfordshire BKA President We are very pleased to welcome David Wingate of St Albans as our President for 2013-14. A...

THIRTY members of St Albans Beekeepers’ Association attended the first apiary meeting of the year at Prae Wood on Saturday, April 27. Unfor...

My son would only eat honey on his bread or toast, so I bought honey from a chap at work who kept bees in Welwyn Garden City. He had had ...

From BBC News A vote in the EU has paved the way for the European Commission to restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths in sc...

by National Bee Unit Following our post about bee starvation and what looks to be another few weeks of terrible weather, it is advisable ...

by National Bee Unit With the continued poor weather looking to persist through to the end of March, colonies may be starting to run out o...

Hertfordshire Beekeepers Association Annual General Meeting 11.00 am on Saturday, 23rd March 2013 Tewin Village Hall, Lower Green...

by Peter Mathews SUBSCRIPTIONS DUE ! You should have received your letter reminding you to renew your subscription. If you wish to benefi...

by Vita (Europe) Ltd Vita researchers have just revealed startling findings about the bite of the honeybee in the prestigious scientific j...

Person Posing as Bee Inspector The National Bee Unit has received reports that a gentleman in his mid-fifties and claiming to be a Bee Ins...

by Peter Mathews NEXT MEETING Tuesday,  2nd October at The Waggoners, Ayot Green 8.00pm.  Let me know if you want me to bring frames, fou...

The following beekeepers have all passed the BBKA Basic Assessment : Jeanette Collins Helen Cullen Marie Anne Beere Collette Booth Ann...

By Richard Peterson Eileen Remnant an experienced St.Albans member addressed around 25 members of the Association, mostly new beekeepers, ...

Thorntons has just put out the following press release: Vote For Famous Hertfordshire Flavour In Thorntons Great Chocolate Britain Compet...

AN EVENTFUL MEETING Fortunately the weather held fine for the July meeting of St Albans Beekeepers’ Association held at our apiary at Prae ...

by John Mumford I have received notice that bees around the Standon & Puckeridge area will be getting  a visit from the Bee Inspector ...

by Peter Mathews NEXT MEETING! Look forward to seeing you tomorrow ie Tuesday 31st at The Waggoners, Ayot Green. Let me know if you want ...

www.beechwoodbees.co.uk Offering an excellent range of beekeeping equipment at affordable prices. Providing quality and affordable beeke...

by Peter Mathews WELWYN STREET MARKET Whilst we did not enjoy a hot, sunny day we were extremely grateful for a dry morning. The Street ...

by Luke Adams For over six years now St.Albans have been running their annual Beginner’s Course at the beginning of each year attracting a...

by Peter Mathews HBKA members, have you thought of taking the BBKA General Husbandry Exam? Well, next year you can take it for free. He...

The Bishops Stortford branch has been helping Bishops Stortford College create an apiary for the benefit of the senior school. This was rec...

by John Mumford The Apiary Meeting held in Roy Cropley's garden on a miserable Sunday afternoon (10th June) proved to be very inter...

One of our members who lives midway between Ware and Widford has been notified by the National Bee Unit that a new outbreak of European Fou...