Success in BBKA Basic Assessment

This year four members passed the BBKA Basic Assessment, the first step in improving beekeeping skills beyond the introductory course.  The assessment is practical, not written.  It involves frame building, and opening and examining a hive, while answering questions asked by the assessor.  Congratulations to all four members.  Hopefully others will be encouraged to follow suit.

You are invited to the NEWBKA AGM to be held on Wednesday, 23rd November, at 8 pm at Hanbury Village Hall.
On behalf of the secretary, Alex Bignell emailed all members last Tuesday (15th November) with details.
We look forward to seeing you there.

Message from Dr Jonathan North, after giving a talk on Bee Venom Allergy.

Thank you for arranging last night's meeting that I thoroughly enjoyed.

You might like to pass back to the group that Dr Karanam and I have discussed the opinion that perhaps all beekeepers should have adrenaline, and we think we might look into this further. We would have to gather data on the number of beekeepers, the number who have fatal reactions and perhaps try to determine how many get proper anaphylaxis and survive vs the number of peanut allergic children with the same data. We're not promising we can get this data and get it published but we'll have a go.

There was a good attendance for this talk, and many members had the opportunity to ask questions; Dr North responded.  A number of members made a point of saying how much they had enjoyed the talk.

Don't forget that the first of our Winter Talks will take place tomorrow, Thursday, 10th November, at 7:30 pm at the Bromsgrove School Biology Labs.

Dr Jonathan North, consultant immunologist at City Hospital, Birmingham, will be talking about

bee venom allergy.

We've all had bee stings; how can we recognise if we've become allergic to them?  Can we protect ourselves, especially if working alone in isolated places, and if so, how?  Come along and find out.  We look forward to seeing you.

If you are thinking of doing the novices' introductory course to beekeeping in 2017, now is the time to enrol.  The course takes place on Monday evenings, from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, at Bromsgrove School.  For more details, see "Meetings" page.

November is almost upon us, and although there may be little to do in the apiary, there are some local beekeeping meetings for you to attend.  

On Thursday, 10th November, at 7:30 pm in the Biology Labs at Bromsgrove School, the first of our winter talks will be held.  Dr Jonathan North, a consultant immunotherapist, will be talking about bee venom allegies.

Later in the month, on Wednesday, 23rd November, the association AGM will be held at Hanbury Village Hall, commencing at 8 pm.

For details of these and other meetings, please see the "Meetings" page.

Welcome to North East Worcestershire Beekeepers' Association's new online presence.  Please bookmark this page so that you can readily return to it.

We have had to make this change because our old website was hosted on the old BBKA server, and there is no space available on the new server.

This format of blogs supplemented by web pages appears to give us greater flexibility in keeping in communication with NEWBKA members.  Please look at the site regularly to keep up-to-date.