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Smokers in Whitehall Demonstration, Geoff Mills, Life Member and past President of Essex BKA discusses CCD, Buying bees legally and Margaret Thomas gives hints for December.

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Local EBKA websites

  • Braintree Beekeepers
  • Chelmsford bees
  • Colchester Beekeepers
  • Dengie Hundred and Maldon
  • Epping Forest Beekeepers
  • Harlow Beekeepers
  • Romford Beekeepers
  • Saffron Walden Division
  • Southend Beekeepers

Upcoming Events

  • S/Walden: Manuka Honey, Jack Silberrad (The London Honey Company) 01/10/2020 at 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Meeting
  • Harlow - 'Reading the Colony' with Buckfast Abbey Beekeepers 01/10/2020 at 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm understanding the clues from inside and outside the hive, with Clare Densley and Martin Hann      
  • Romford Division, Kevin Thorn, Abberton Native HoneyBee Project 01/10/2020 at 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Zoom Meeting
  • S/Walden: Prosecco and Planning Evening 16/10/2020 at 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Meeting
  • Romford Div. Honey Show 17/10/2020 at 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm The Ascension Church, Collier Row Rd, Romford RM5 2BA This event has a Google Hangouts video call. Join: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/calendar/ZXNzZXhiZWVrZWVwZXJzQGdvb2dsZW1haWwuY29t.71q3vgrc1gj4n5csemr5f6t6uj?hs=121
  • CBK Monthly Meeting - Winter Preparations 20/10/2020 at 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Dave Lockie and Peter Aldridge will be talking us through preparing our colonies for the winter.
  • Nattional Honey Show 2020 22/10/2020 at 9:30 am – 24/10/2020 at 4:30 pm
  • Southend - Richard Ridler – ‘Propolis, the Magic Medicine’ 28/10/2020 at 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm zoom
  • S/Walden: Bees Abroad with Richard Ridler 29/10/2020 at 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom meeting
  • Romford, Buckfast talk, What the books don't tell you and why bees change their minds 05/11/2020 at 8:00 pm – 10:00 pm Zoom Meeting This event has a video call. Join: https://meet.google.com/ssy-rpfy-ipi

RSS National Bee unit News

  • Asian hornet nest killed in the Gosport area of Hampshire 15/09/2020
  • Asian Hornet Week 11/09/2020
  • Asian hornet confirmed in the Gosport area of Hampshire 10/09/2020
  • Asian Hornet Week 09/09/2020

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