Our annual ’Bit of a Do’ event will be held on Saturday 8 October 2022 at Truro and Penwith College. Speakers will be:...
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Royal Cornwall Show – 9-11 June 2022, Wadebridge
This year’s Schedule and Entry form for the Royal Cornwall Show. There’s something for every member of the family at...
Shows – Callington Honey Show 2015
“What a fascinating show this has been to judge”. These were the departing words just before he left to go home by...
GDPR and BBKA membership procedures update
General Data Protection Rules (GDPR) and BBKA membership procedures – effective from 25 May 2018 All members are to be...
Opportunity to get your bees DNA tested
Ever wondered whether your bees are Italian, Buckfast, Carniolan or near native? Researchers are offering Cornish...
‘The Cornish Bee’ – notes from a talk by Rodger Dewhurst, Gwenen Apiaries
By Emily Scott, CBKA member: On August 12th I went to a ‘Bee Fayre’, which is an annual weekend event held...
Creating Asian Hornet Action Teams (AHATs)
Asian hornet sighting in Cornwall The National Bee Unit confirmed on 4th September that a suspect specimen caught in a...
Bit of a Do 2018 – some photos
The Cornwall Beekeepers Association and West Cornwall Beekeepers Association put on a great ‘Bit of a do‘ day of talks...
CBKA ‘Bit of a Do’ 2018 – Honey bee dances: new insights
Our first talk of our annual joint Cornwall Beekeepers Association & West Cornwall Beekeepers Association Bit of a...
CBKA ‘Bit of a Do’ 2018 – Skep beekeeping
The final talk of our annual joint Cornwall Beekeepers Association & West Cornwall Beekeepers Association Bit of a...
Callington Honey Fair 2018 – report from the team
Back in April the Callington Lions Club contacted us to say that they were proposing to rearrange the town hall layout...