Hornets

Asian Hornet webinar – Thursday 29th June

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The next WBKA Webinar will be on Thursday 29th June when Nigel Semmence will be talking about Asian Hornets. As usual this webinar is open to all so please promote the event as widely as possible. As usual there will be the opportunity to ask questions after the presentation but if you have any questions or specific things about Asian Hornet that you would like to know can you please send them to Caroline Mullinex on ld@wbka.come by 22nd June.  These questions and topics will help Nigel to ensure that his presentation covers all the queries.
Asian Hornets – Nigel Semmence – Join us for a webinar on Jun 29, 2023 at 7:30 PM BST.

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Nigel started beekeeping whilst he was a teenager in Norfolk learning from his uncle and grandfather who were both bee farmers. After university he worked in scientific sales before joining the Oxford Bee Company where he enjoyed three years on pollination projects with solitary bees and commuted between the UK and California. In 2009 Nigel joined the National Bee Unit (NBU) as Regional Bee Inspector (RBI) for Southern region running a team of seven Seasonal Bee Inspectors (SBIs). In 2015 Nigel became the Contingency planning and science officer for the NBU with responsibility for developing contingency plans for exotic pests and diseases of honeybees such as the Asian hornet, Small hive beetle and Tropilaelaps mites. This was just in time for the first Asian hornet incursion in 2016 and the NBU has learnt much since then on how to deal with Asian hornets as well as how to run contingency responses.
Nigel’s talk will cover the current situation with Asian hornet in Europe and the UK, focusing on the contingency response by the NBU and how beekeepers can help.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

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Bee Health/Safari Day feedback

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Would all PBKA members who attended the Bee Health/Safari on Saturday 16th July, please fill in a feedback form – they only take a couple of minutes and it will help the National Bee Unit to justify more events like this in the future. Here is the link to the form.

Also the NBU has just (this week) made ‘live’, a video animation demonstrating the work of the NBU and encouraging people to register on BeeBase – click here

Note that all beekeepers have a duty to keep healthy, disease free bees and the PBKA strongly recommends that all beekeepers sign up to Beebase in order to ensure that they receive any warnings and can obtain advice etc. in the event of a disease outbreak.

We would like to express our sincere thanks to the National Bee Unit and their team, for a very interesting and most enjoyable course. 🐝

Successful Pembrokeshire Bee Health Day/Bee Safari held on Saturday 16th July

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We would like to extend our grateful thanks to the Bee Inspectors from the National Bee Unit, who presented an excellent ‘Bee Health Safari’ for Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association, at Scolton Manor, on Saturday 16th July.

The ‘Bee Health Safari’ included the Bee Inspectors giving practical demonstrations to attendees on how to perform a health inspection and spot any possible problems using colonies of bees at the association’s training apiary.

The inspectors were also on hand to offer expert advice, presenting information and displays on exotic pests and general bee health.

Many thanks also to the PBKA members who came along demonstrating such enthusiasm and a willingness to learn, with a barrage of questions….many of whom also turned up at the honey extracting demonstration the following day…….

Now that’s what we call dedication!!