REPORT A SWARM!

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Spotted a swarm? Find your nearest swarm collector by clicking the button below and enter your postcode into the British Beekeepers Association website. Please remember we are a hobbyist organisation and collect swarms in our spare time - we are not paid to do it!
Click here for more information about identifying bees and advice on swarm removal. 

Join Somerset BKA

If you are a member of another association or are from overseas and would like to support Somerset BKA, then you can become a County Associate Member (which will provide membership until December 2022). It will give you access to lecture recordings as well as to our events and newsletter. 

Online lecture series 

The lectures are free and help to increase your knowledge of beekeeping practice and learn about the latest honey bee research. 
Which garden plants attract the most bees? with Rosi Rollings on Thursday, June 16. 
​Rosi not only has a bee-friendly plant nursery, but she’s carried out extensive research to discover the best flowers  for pollinators which included a collaboration with best-selling author Prof Dave Goulson of the University of Sussex.
Swarm control presented by Clare Densley & Martin Hann from Buckfast is now available to view in the Members' Area of the website. If you wish to join Somerset BKA, see details above.

​The Somerset County Honey Show is back!

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The County Honey Show, together with the Taunton and District Honey Show, is back after a two-year absence!
The Show will be held as part of the Taunton Flower Show at Vivary Park, Taunton on Friday and Saturday August 5th and 6th.
All Somerset BKA members are warmly encouraged to enter.
Closing date for entries: 27 July 2022
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Beginners' courses

Are you interested in keeping honey bees? Or do you know someone who is? Then take a look at our Beginners' Courses.

Join the SBKA

Primarily we exist for the benefit of our members and provide a wide range of activities and services aimed at active beekeepers and those with an interest in honey bees and apiculture.
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Enjoy practical training and education courses, talks and lectures, expertise and encouragement, insurance and much, much more!

LOCAL HONEY

Local beekeepers produce local honey! It’s usually raw (untreated), contains local pollen and is additive-free.  Honey is reputed to have a variety of health benefits and medical uses – and it tastes good, too!
Local honey is available directly from our members, also at many independent retailers as well as at our Honey Shows.

Swarm Collection

The best way to find someone to help with a swarm is to click the link below, which will take you to the British Beekeepers’ Association website, where you can find your nearest swarm collector.

Education

Honey bees and other pollinators are having a tough time because of pests and diseases, loss of habitat and pesticides. One of our key roles is to help our members keep healthy and strong colonies.
​Read our regular newsletters by clicking the button below.

OUR GOAL

Promoting beekeeping and supporting beekeepers and honey bees in Somerset

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