With thanks to the presenters involved and sponsors, particularly The Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers for supporting the recordings, the BBKA is delighted to bring you presentations from recent Spring Conventions. These presentations are available on the BBKA YouTube Channel. Please click on the titles below to access individual recordings. Subscribing to the channel is free, and if you subscribe to the channel and 'click the bell' you will receive updates when more videos are uploaded. Back to main Spring Convention Pages 2025 Peter Davies: 'NBU field response to Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet'   Dr Jeff Pettis: 'Small Hive Beetle Update'   Coming soon! Prof. Peter Neumann: 'The global threats facing honey bees'  Coming soon! Roger Patterson: 'Beekeeping:  Challenge what you are told'  Coming soon! Dr Jane Medwell: 'Swarm prevention and control'  Coming soon! 2024 Dr Eleanor Jones: '2023 Asian hornet outbreak' Plus Q&A ...

Dr R Vinkenoog & Catherine Baldock; Northumbria University Quantifying the importance of tree floral resources for pollinators in urban landscapes. Mr Wurm; Queen Mary University of London Use of molecular medicine for early and effective diagnostics and monitoring of honeybee health. Dr Richard Gill, Imperial College London Are pesticide impacts on honey bee metabolic rate, body temperature, and locomotion associated with impaired ability to thermoregulate colonies?     This project is jointly funded with Bee Diseases Ltd and CB Denis Trust. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH)  Role of habitat on transmission of pollinator disease. Dr Katherine Baldock & Beatrice Dale, Northumbria University Macronutrient analyses of nectar and pollen Christopher Rodrigues & David Chandler, Wawick University Molecular genetics and cell biology of the life cycle of Paenibacillus larvae, the causative agent of American Foulbrood Disease.  T...

For those arranging a Honey Show and needing a judge the list can be found on the learning platform:                                                                      BBKA Learning Online

This page contains information to help those who find themselves with a honey bee colony which has set up home within the fabric of a building. It is important to firstly identify if the bees in question are indeed honey bees by looking at our identification page. Bumblebee Honey Bee Wasp Bumblebees can set up home in the soffits and gutters of houses and other buildings. They are larger and hairier than honey bees and can be identified by their silhouette easily. These have a relatively short lifecycle and in most cases they will die out at the end of the summer and will cause no further problems. Beekeepers are not able to deal with bumblebees. The treatment of wasps is a specialised activity to be undertaken by someone licensed to use appropriate treatments. Wasps too have a short life cycle but this can continue into the autumn. Once wasps and bumblebees have finished their life cycle the hole which they have used to gain access ...