Information For Schools Considering Keeping Honey Bees

Many schools now keep honey bees on site and have found them to have a huge impact on  pupils. We strongly recommend that a school keeping bees becomes a member of the BBKA.  This means that a school employee needs to register as the contact with the local BBKA branch of beekeepers.  Find your local association here Costs to join are in the region of £25 pa but this varies according to local club fees. School membership includes a copy of BBKA News monthly magazine and free entry for pupils to take the Junior Beekeeping Certificate.   The Junior Beekeeping Certificate is a lovely way to encourage children's interest in beekeeping but especially perhaps those children who struggle with academic subjects.   Another benefit of joining a club is putting the school in touch with local beekeepers who may be able to help and mentor and provide advice.  Additionally beekeepers are sometimes able to visit the school and give lessons or take an ...

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Planning Documents

If you are a school thinking of having bees on site please refer to the following guidelines and documents to help with your planning: Managing your apiary, time commitment Schools' beekeeping management plan  Model rules for the Apiary Model risk assessment

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Beckham's bees

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Make a Donation

Thank you for your interest in honey bees and the British Beekeepers' Association.  Below are details of our current projects and how you can support us. Save the Bees Honey bees face many threats from climate change to loss of forage to the use of pesticides as well as pests and diseases.  Help the BBKA raise essential funds to finance research into how we can combat these threats which honey bees face.  Any funds you can give will be helping our honey bees in a very real way! Donate Now Apiary & Education Help the BBKA raise funds for our new Apiary Garden and Education Centre which is a live resource for learning, through discovery and creativity, about the importance of honey bees, pollinators, beekeeping and the environment.  Our offices in Stoneleigh provide the perfect location for our new Education Centre as we are in the heart of England and can welcome visitors from all over the UK. We are now able to invite school groups free of charge t...

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Junior Certificate

Under 18 and want to test your beekeeping knowledge? Then this could be for you. The Junior certificate consists of 4 elements 10 minutes of oral questions Examine a frame of bees Present a piece of coursework Present your beekeeping diary This examination is intended to meet the requirements of schools, Scout and Guide groups together with those not qualified to enter for the Basic Assessment. Additionally, it is intended that the examination will reflect the candidates interest of apiculture and encourage them to go forward to the next examination, the Basic Assessment. To apply for the assessment, please contact your local Exam Secretary. They will be able to email you a link to the application form. You can use this to apply and pay online. You will get a receipt by email to confirm we have your application. If you are not sure how to contact your local exam secretary then check with your local association. Independent members can contact the BBKA office to receive...

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Ashbrow School

“We have had our school apiary for 8 years now and our children love the bees. They learn such a lot through hands on experiences like this. Our children inspect the hives, learn about bees and beekeeping and each year have a go at bee breeding through grafting, cupkit, and cell punching techniques, honey extraction and bottling, and candle and cosmetic making.  We host an annual beekeeping festival for schools, and welcome others to our apiary. We offer help and advice to anyone who wishes to learn about bees and in particular setting up beehives in schools so please get in touch.  We are very proud of what we have achieved and what is still to come. The joy that beekeeping brings to our school is priceless. We are committed to providing an outdoor environment that cares for all our wildlife and all our pollinators and offers our children experiences that they will never forget, and we will continue to do so in years to come.” 

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Heron Hill School

The Bee Team at Heron Hill School has an excellent website which highlights the benefits of beekeeping for young people, as well as providing lots of useful information for schools who are interested in beekeeping and are looking to set up their own apiary. https://bee-team.co.uk/

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Spring Convention Trade Show

The Trade Show will be open on Saturday 9th only this year with all main suppliers and leading companies represented. Trade Show Exhibition Saturday 08.30 - 16.30 Trade Show Only day tickets, are available at £6 on Saturday at reception in the Faccenda building. All on the day payments by card please. Not for profit exhibition available Friday and Saturday.  Friday 9.30 - 17:30 Saturday 9.30 - 16.30 B9 Abelo Ltd. Old Station Yard, Common Road, Dunnington, York YO19 5EP www.abelo.co.uk A12 Andermatt Biocontrol UK Unit 30, Mackley Ind.Est., Henfield Rd., Small Dole, Henfield BN5 9XR https://ift.tt/3S1Rnk6 A7 Arnia (Agrisound Limited) York Biotech Campus, Sand Hutton, York YO41 1LZ www.arnia.co A5 BB Wear Unit NP1, Rosedene Farm, Threemilestone, Truro TR4 9AN www.bbwear.co.uk A2 BBKA The National Beekeeping Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Kenilworth CV8 2LG www.bbka.org.uk A8 Bee Farmers Assn. The Holding, Eglwys Cross, Whitchurch, Wrexham S...

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