First open Apiary meeting since autumn 2019
Today, despite the threat of heavy rain PDBKA members gathered at the association apiary for the first time since autumn 2019
PDBKA Honey Show 11 September 2021, Rake Village Hall
It’s the Honey Show, but not quite as we know it.... The Committee have decided that having been unable to hold a Honey Show last year, this year we will hold an informal version which will be more of a social event than a formal Honey Show. It is proposed [...]
Association’s first on-line AGM
On Saturday 6 February PDBKA members (and their animals!) attended the Association’s first online AGM. All progressed remarkably smoothly. Reports and Accounts were received and approved; Officers & Committee Members were elected; three members were granted Honorary status and the Tresellier Unsung Hero Award was awarded - all in under [...]
A film on bees on the island of Malta
On Saturday 16 January PDBKA members escaped the grimness of a January evening to watch a film on beekeeping in Malta. Melita (a group of university students) has produced a film on bees on the island of Malta and the problems faced by the beekeepers. Due for release at film [...]
First Association Zoom meeting on Saturday 28th at 7.30pm
We are having our first Association Zoom meeting on Saturday 28th at 7.30 pm. Andrew Brown of the B4 Project will be talking about the native black bee, their work to conserve it, and the science that could affect the way you could choose to look after your bees. To [...]
COVID-19 and beekeeping
Please click on the link below for guidance from the bee health policy teams in England, Wales and Scotland regarding beekeeping during the COVID-19 pandemic. Click here:Covid-19_and_Beekeeping_Update_v1
All PDBKA Events Postponed / Cancelled until further notice.
In these extraordinary times we have taken the decision to postpone or cancel our planned events. The apiary will be closed for the foreseeable future. Therefore no final new beekeeper training session on Sunday 29th, no Apiary cleaning day or Sunday Apiary sessions. The summer shows are being cancelled by [...]
Bumblebees face mass extinction amid ‘climate chaos’, scientists warn
‘We have now entered the world’s sixth mass extinction event — the biggest, most rapid global biodiversity crisis since a meteor ended the age of the dinosaurs’ A massive decline of bumblebees — the world’s most important pollinators — is now underway due to “climate chaos” and other human impacts on the world, [...]
Pesticides impair baby bee brain development
Pesticides can impair brain growth in baby bumblebees, affecting their ability to perform a simple learning task as adults, according to a new study. […]