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September 2026 BIBBA Monthly

Winter Courses 2026-27
Can Bees Smell Varroa Resistance?

As the active beekeeping season has closed, winter is the perfect time to review what you have done in the past, perhaps consider what you may have learnt from mistakes and plan for a more successful coming season. To help you, this winter BIBBA is running two practical one-day courses on the same weekend across…

The Early Years

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A one-day course to help and encourage beekeepers in their formative years who are keen to move on from their initial teaching, gaining ideas, knowledge and skills that should help them understand their bees more, so becoming better beekeepers

Sustainable bees and queens for everyone

With growing concerns around the risks of imported bees including pests, disease, and unpredictable aggression, this wide-ranging course focuses on how you and your local BKA can raise robust, locally adapted bees and queens suited to our fickle climate.

Recover

Resilience and Winter Losses Steve McGrath Winter losses are sad and frustrating, and in some cases they can be devastating. It will be a while before we have the survey data for the 2025/26 winter, but anecdotal evidence from multiple sources suggests that some beekeepers have experienced losses well above the historic norm, and in…

BIBBA Groups Newsletter March 2026

BIBBA Groups newsletter In this third issue (March 2026): Letter from the admin What can we learn from Ireland? Rebounding from winter losses Our new WhatsApp channel and guide for Groups Useful resources Coming soon Letter from the admin The mild but wetter than average winter in many parts of the country has given way…

CaSCA Offer

We now offer 12 months membership for only £15 if paid by direct debit Subscriptions run for 12 months from date of payment Direct debit offers significant savings in administration compared to other forms of payment, helping us run without paid staff and allowing us to offer a discount on subscriptions paid this way. The…

SheepCRM

Managing Your Membership in SheepCRMExpand When you login to the SheepCRM portal(click here) you will arrive at your dashboard; to view or edit your membership details click ‘MEMBERSHIP’ you can then add Joint Member details or change your renewal membership type Then you can change your type of membership from single to joint or…

Ben Harden – a simple method of raising queen cells

An undeniable pleasure in beekeeping is handling a good colony of bees headed by a queen that you have raised yourself. Some beekeepers, unfortunately are deterred from queen rearing considering the procedures too complex. The following is an easy to manage method of getting from a selected larva to a ripe queen cell. The method…

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Subtitle Here 50 word summary here before any deformed wings appear. This article explains how “invisible” DWV quietly drains nectar, shortens worker lives and undermines winter survival—and why breeding for viral resistance must join Varroa control in every beekeeper’s toolkit. by the Scientific & Technical Working Group: Karl Colyer and Paul Verrier main text here…