Talking bees and bee-keeping - Claire Waring reports on the discussions surrounding the bee health strategy
	ONCE a year, representatives of all the major beekeeping organisations meet with those of the National Bee Unit (NBU), Central Science Laboratory Plant Health Division and other related government departments.

	Taking up the challenge - Claire Waring learns of a forgotten trophy brought back into the limelight at the Bath and West
	IN 2007, Gillian Searle issued a challenge to the 200 members of the Cornwall Beekeepers' Association. It was quite simple. Enter the honey classes at the Royal Bath and West Show and bring the Cornwall Beekeepers' Association Challenge Cup back to the county.

Bees buzz to Builth Wells

BRECON and Radnor Beekeepers (B&RBKA) is a charitable organisation founded in 1941 to "encourage, improve and advance beekeepingexchange and disseminate information and ideas and arrangelectures, demonstrations and exhibitions."

Discovering the birds and bees

The Wrexham Science Festival was established in 1998 to celebrate science writes Claire Waring. Over the years it has welcomed a whole host of speakers and has attracted a huge number of visitors.

Bee talk at York

Once a year, representatives of all the major beekeeping organisations meet with those of the National Bee Unit (NBU), Central Science Laboratory Plant Health Division and other related government departments, writes Claire Waring. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the current situation and the future of bees and beekeeping in the UK. This forms a very useful link and enables both sides to be updated and express their concerns and points of view.