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WEST SUSSEX BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION 49th Annual Bee Market and Auction 26th April 2025  Auction of bees and equipment at Brinsbury Campus, Pulborough.  Full details and entry form can be found at www.westsussexbeekeepers.org.uk/auction.html or from Graham Elliott at secretary@westsussexbeekeepers.org.uk.  Phone 01403 752493 or Mobile 07761 349281 BEVERLEY BKA ANNUAL AUCTION OF BEES AND EQUIPMENT Sunday 27th April 2025 11am Woodmansey Village Hall, Long Lane, Beverley, HU17 0RN NO BUYERS PREMIUM. For full details:  www.beverleybeekeepers.co.uk or E-mail auction@beverleybeekeepers.co.uk If you wish to have your course/event listed here then please email the details to:  bbka@bbka.org.uk

  The following members of staff are based at the Stoneleigh Office.    Leigh Sidaway General Manager also General Secretary gen.manager@bbka.org.uk   Erica Challis Deputy Manager Website & Fundraising Administrator erica.challis@bbka.org.uk   Kerstin Lilley Exam Secretary Correspondence Course Manager  Training Administrator sec.exams@bbka.org.uk  training.admin@bbka.org.uk  Diane Beck Management Accountant diane.beck@bbka.org.uk Michelle Walsh Finance Administrator Membership Secretary michelle.walsh@bbka.org.uk Amanda Males Accounts Assistant Purchase Ledger Clerk accounts.payable@bbka.org.uk   Media enquiries only: Please note that this number must only be used for media enquiries.  Please use 024 7669 6679 for all other enquiries bbka@bbka.org.uk 07544 8619...

Tuesday 18th October 2022  The British Beekeepers' Association (BBKA) is celebrating the first National Honey Day on Friday 21st October when we are encouraging people to buy a jar of local honey, produced by bees here in the UK.  Not only do we want to ensure people are aware of all the benefits honey provides but we are seeking to celebrate the pleasure of eating honey.  Honey has been enjoyed all over the world for centuries, it was found in the Egyptian tombs and is often depicted being collected by bees in ancient cave drawings.  We want friends and families to share pictures of themselves on social media with their honey and to show us how they like to use it. On toast, in porridge, baking cakes or perhaps making mead and cosmetics with honey? BBKA President, Anne Rowberry, says: “We are keen for the public to know where their honey originates and buying local honey means they know the area where the bees have been working. Local honey sh...