Links to Beekeeping

Bee Keeping Information

Main British site for beekeeping is  the British Beekeekeepers website. This is now a well developed site with many links to topics on beekeeping and other branches of the BBKA. 

The National Bee Unit delivers the Bee Health Programmes on behalf of Food and Environment Research Agency (Fera) and Welsh Assembly Government (WAG) in England & Wales.

The NBU website also provides information on the functional activities of the NBU, legislation, pests and diseases including their recognition and control, interactive maps, current research areas, publications, advisory leaflets and key contacts. Register online as a Beekeeper and you can request a free apiary visit from your local inspector who will provide any help and advice you need.

For a good coverage of beekeeping knowledge which is excellent the voted best beekeeping website of the world is www.somersetbeekeepers.org.uk .

Beekeeper Equipment

The major supplier of beekeeping equipment in our area is E.H.Thorne (Behives) Ltd they supply a large range of products through online shopping. You can browse the catalogue and see all the gadgets and equipment on offer for beekeepers. 

You can buy a Sherriff garment direct from Brian Sherriff's site. He also sells a range of bee gifts that may interest you. 

Caddon Hives located in the Scottish Borders, are a Father and Son team, and have been selling WBC and National hives now for nearly 5 years. Their hives are made to the BBKA standard from Cedar sourced from selected Sustainable forest management (SFM).

Books

Interest Groups

The neighbouring Devon Beekeepers Association is an active umbrella organization to represent all the associations in Devon and has a useful website http://www.devonbeekeepers.co.uk

For those looking for beekeepers near Newton Abbot try http://www.newtonabbotbees.org.uk they are part of the The Devon Beekeepers Association. 

The site http://www.honighaeuschen.de   contains a web catalog http://www.webkatalog-imkerei.de of several beekeeping sites and gives a possibly German view of beekeeping. 

Bees for Development’s  New website www.beesfordevelopment.org Incorporating a brand new feature:  The African Information Portal funded by the Wales for Africa Fund of the Welsh Assembly Government.
Important partners donating additional funds are: The Rowse Family Trust and the Anglo American Group Foundation. The Web site consists of several thousand pages and is the largest bee-information website, and the only such site focussing specifically on the developing world.