Winchester and District Beekeepers' Association (WDBKA) meetings
Meetings will be subject to Covid 19 restrictions current on the date of the meeting. 
Please see our calendar for further details and future meetings.
For links to online talks and other useful beekeeping information please see our Learning resources page. 

World Bee Day 20^th May 2022
Find out more about World Bee Day 

Bee Health Day Saturday 18^th June 2022 09:00 - 16:30
In association with the Bee Inspectorate and Senior Bee Inspector at Sparsholt College near Winchester.
Details to follow.

New Forest Honey Show 26^th 27^th 28^th July 2022
Please see flyer for details.

New Forest Bee Health Day at Lyndhurst Saturday 24^th September 2022
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Hampshire Beekeepers Association Autumn Convention 19^th November 2022 09:00 - 16:30 
Sparsholt College near Winchester - details to follow.

Taking hives to the New Forest heather
Members please see May Newsletter for details.

Asian Hornet
The National Bee Unit has confirmed a sighting of an Asian Hornet in the Felixstowe area - spring 2022.
More information will follow in due course but in the meantime we all need to be vigilant.
Can you recognise an Asian Hornet nest?  See BBKA Asian hornet page.
Further information and advice about Asian Hornets on our Asian Hornet page.

Overturn the decision to allow the use of neonicotinoid pesticides - Petitions
Defra has granted farmers in England the temporary right to use the insecticide thiamethoxam on sugar beet
for a 120 day period in 2022.
The BBKA is totally opposed to the use of this and similar pesticides due to their effect on not only honey bees but
other pollinators and the wider environment. 
Read the transcript of the Parliamentary debate Wednesday 2^nd February 2022.
Sign the petitions: UK Government and Parliament petitions website, Greenpeace, Co-op Party.
Write to your MP.

Importing honey bees into Great Britain - Small Hive Beetle (SHB)
A major new risk to the health of the bee population - there is an imminent and serious risk that an exotic pest,
Small Hive Beetle, could be introduced into the British Isles. Please see article: Bee Diseases and Insurance Ltd. 
See also the Government response dated 29^th April 2021. 

Photography John Cleverley