Beekeeping Journals and Magazines : 47
COURSES NORTH WALES BEEKEEPING COURSES
with the National Beekeeping Centre Wales. Beginners’ intensive weekend courses in April and June. Taster days 16 May and 8 August. Evening classes start in September, monthly on Tuesday evenings. See
www.beeswales.co.uk for details.
REAR YOUR OWN QUEENS A two-day course in North Wales organised by BIBBA. 14/15 and 16/17 May. Practical and theory. Places are limited. Details from Steve Rose:
steve-rose@bibba.com
GET THE BUZZ! Mann Lake’s courses programme for 2015 includes taster days; full training courses for new beekeepers; queen rearing; microscopy; candle-making; cosmetics with bee products; mead making and more. All at Kent’s premier and only purpose-built training facility complete with two teaching apiaries. You will be able to handle bees and equipment before you start beekeeping. For more information, go to
www.mannlake.co.uk; e-mail:
beekeeper@mannlake.co.uk; Tel: 01227 833807.
HOLIDAYS ITALIAN SMALLHOLDING Self-catering family apartments from £55/night.
www.carossano.com; e-mail:
carossano@tiscali.it SNOWDONIA
Mawddach Estuary near Dolgellau. Mountains, forests and sandy beaches close by. Self-catering cottages on beekeepers’ smallholding. One bedroom, sleeps 2–4; 3 bedrooms, sleeps 5.
www.treesandbees.co.uk; Tel: 01341 251340.
Great care is taken to ensure advertisements are correct but no liability is taken for errors or omissions. IMPORTED BEES. Readers are reminded of the BBKA policy to discourage the importation of queen bees and colonies from outside the UK. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves of the origin of bees offered for sale. Display advertisement rates are available from Pauline Aslin (see above). Bee Craft accepts advertisements in good faith and cannot take responsibility for the health of any queens, bees or brood obtained in response to advertisements.
BEEKEEPING JOURNALS AND MAGAZINES
AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL Subscription:1 year £36; 2 years £70, including surface mail. UK agent: EH Thorne (Beehives) Ltd. Digital edition subscription available at
www.americanbeejournal.com BBKA NEWS, published monthly by BBKA, direct-mailed to all members. For information on joining BBKA, contact The National Beekeeping Centre, Stoneleigh Park, CV8 2LG, Tel: 024 7669 6679 or
bbka@britishbeekeepers.org.uk BEE CULTURE brings you new and better ideas for keeping bees. Monthly. Enjoy and profit from your bees. 1 year £31.50; 2 years £60. UK agent: EH Thorne (Beehives) Ltd. BEE IMPROVEMENT Magazine of the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders’ Association. £5.00 each. Free to members. Membership £20 pa. Iain Harley. 93, Dunsberry, Bretton, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE3 8LB. BEEKEEPERS’ QUARTERLY £26.00. Northern Bee Books, Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 5JS. Tel: 01422 882751. Fax: 01422 886157. BEEKEEPING Devon Beekeepers’ Association, 10 issues per year. UK £12.50; Europe £20.00, outside Europe £28. Alison Howes, 4 Deer Park Crescent, Tavistock, Devon PL19 9HQ. BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT JOURNAL – the journal for sustainable beekeeping. £26 per annum. Bees for Development, 1 Agincourt Street, Monmouth NP25 3DZ. Tel: 016007 14848;
www.beesfordevelopment.org THE FOUR SEASONS – Native Irish Honey Bee Society. Quarterly. Membership £20. Ms Aoife Nic Giolla Coda, e-mail:
pro@nihbs.org;
www.nihbs.org GWENYNWYR CYMRU – The Welsh Beekeeper – the Welsh Beekeepers’ Association. Beekeeping in Wales and abroad.
April 2015 Vol 97 No 4
Sample copy with SAE. Individual Membership Secretary: Ian Hubbuck, White Cottage, Manafon Road, Berriew, SY21 8BB. Tel: 01686 640205; e-mail:
ianhubbuck@hotmail.com IRISH BEE KEEPER – Read An Beachaire, published monthly. Subscriptions £20.00 sterling per annum, post free. Sample copy from: Dermot O’Flaherty, Rosbeg, Westport, Co. Mayo, Ireland, e-mail:
manager.beachaire@
irishbeekeeping.ie BEE WORLD Find out more from the International Bee Research Association. Free to IBRA members. Membership £36 per year.
www.ibra.org.uk; e-mail:
mail@ibra.org.uk THE JOURNAL OF APICULTURAL RESEARCH Bee science. Learn more from IBRA.
www.ibra.org.uk; e-mail:
mail@ibra.org.uk NZ BEEKEEPER Journal of the National Beekeepers’ Association NZ. Jessica Williams, PO Box 10792, Wellington 6143. Tel: 04 471 6254. Fax: 04 499 0876. e-mail:
secretary@nba.org.nz THE SCOTTISH BEEKEEPER Magazine of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association. International in appeal, Scottish in character. Membership terms from: Enid Brown, Milton House, Main Street, Scotlandwell, Kinross KY13 9JA, Scotland. Sample copy on request.
REGIONAL CORRESPONDENTS
EAST ANGLIA: Paul Metcalf EIRE: Eddie O’Sullivan NORTH: David Pearce SCOTLAND: Nigel Southworth SOUTH: Don Hannon SOUTH EAST: Roger Patterson WALES: Pam Gregory YORKSHIRE: Michael Badger
BBKA CONTACT
General Secretary, National Beekeeping Centre, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire CV8 2LG. Tel: 024 7669 6679; e-mail: generalsecretary@
britishbeekeepers.com
www.bee-craft.com
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