Smallholder | Bees and Honey

Bees Abroad give others a happy Christmas with their cards

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:10:00 +0000

'Bees Abroad is a UK charity that seeks to relieve poverty in developing countries through beekeeping. Bees offer a low cost opportunity to not only provide honey and beeswax which can be used in the home or sold, but they also improve crop pollination in the vicinity of their hives.

Open mesh hive floors

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +0000

Brenda Davies looks at some important winter work in the apiary

Making mead

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:10:00 +0000

Sanna Sargeant on an age old home made honey treat

So you want to keep bees?

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 07:20:00 +0100

Top tips and pitfall avoidance techniques from average beekeeper Sanna Sergeant

IBRA strikes gold at Apimondia with Varroa publication

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:20:00 +0100

The International Bee Research association (IBRA) has won a Gold Medal at the International Apicultural Congress held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, for its book “Varroa - still a problem in the 21st century?”

Notes from an old beginner

Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:50:37 +0100

David Hetherington on how despite a late start with bees, fascination soon followed

Getting your first bees

Wed, 01 Jun 2011 12:17:03 +0100

Brenda Davies helps to get new beekeepers off to a good start It is June and the time when many new beekeepers will be wanting to get their first bees. As usual with beekeeping, there are decisions to be made. Should you buy an established full sized colony or a small nucleus colony or hope to catch a swarm? Let’s look at the options.

Award winning paper highlights bee declines

Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:20:00 +0100

A paper written by a team of researchers from the University of Reading, UK and from around Europe, has been awarded the Eva Crane Award by the International Bee Research Association as the best paper published in its Journal of Apicultural Research during 2010.

Varroa - still a problem in the 21st century?

Wed, 20 Apr 2011 17:20:00 +0100

On Saturday (16th April 2011) the International Bee Research Association launched an important new book on the major problem affecting bees worldwide, the parasitic mite Varroa destructor at the British Beekeepers Association Spring Convention.

Bees abroad and smallholders

Sat, 26 Mar 2011 14:20:00 +0000

Claire Waring talks to Pam Gregory about the work of this small UK charity.