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Bee Farmers Association News 091007
By John Howat
Published: Sunday 28th October, 2007

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In the south of the UK, a record spring crop presaged a bumper year. Unfortunately, on the bank holiday Monday, 7th May, the good weather ended and had not really reappeared by mid-August. For two months cool, wet weather prevented the bees from gathering what looked to be a really good lime crop amongst others. Read More... - 37417 Views - View Comments (1)

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Attention! Foot and Mouth, Bird Flu and your Bees
By John Howat
Published: Tuesday 11th September, 2007

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"Bees don't get Foot and Mouth, or bird flu. Why should I worry? Hen "

In the Foot and Mouth epidemic, many BFA members had a lot of trouble because they were not allowed to go to their bees on infected farms. Foot and Mouth and Bird flu are a continual threat.

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John Howat - BFA Member Profile
By webmaster
Published: Thursday 10th May, 2007

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John Howat

Bee Farmer Profile - John Howat.
I took up beekeeping over twenty years ago when I was employed in the IT department of a major utility.

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The 2007 Trip to France
By johnhowat
Published: Tuesday 3rd April, 2007

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In March 2007 - 34 BFA members and partners investigated the French beekeeping industry. Read More... - 57319 Views - View Comments (0)

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Fuel for Smokers
By John Howat
Published: Monday 9th October, 2006

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Smoker in action

For twenty-five years I have been lighting a smoker with intermittent success using a variety of substances for fuel, and whilst tending something over one hundred hives for the last ten years I have had plenty of time to consider the smoke and its effect on the bees and myself. Read More... - 132198 Views - View Comments (0)

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Migratory Beekeeping in the UK
By John Howat
Published: Sunday 19th February, 2006

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Bees on heather in the New Forest I have seen photos from the States of articulated lorries loaded with beehives being transported hundreds or thousands of miles to almonds or other crops; I have witnessed dozens of smaller lorries loaded with hundreds of hives returning to mainland Greece on the ferry from Thassos in September. We do not operate on that scale in the UK.

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BFA Committee and Officers
By webmaster
Published: Sunday 19th February, 2006

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John Howat The bee farmers' association committee and officers

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About the Bee Farmers� Association of the UK
By John Howat
Published: Sunday 19th February, 2006

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John Howat working his bees How many of us have thought how nice it would be to keep bees for a living? How many have seen the initial one or two hives escalate into ten, then twenty, then more? Me, for one! After a couple of years in the school beekeeping club, my interest lay dormant until almost twenty-five years ago when my eldest lad, then in his school beekeeping club, asked if he could have a beehive in the garden. Instead of saying “no” I said - in the best tradition of positive parenting, “We need to find out more about it.” We went to an open day at Sparsholt Agricultural College, and that was that. I now run something over one hundred colonies and call myself a bee farmer.

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The Economic Value of Bees in the UK
By webmaster
Published: Friday 17th February, 2006

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The value of bees in the UK

The following article is reprinted from Bee World 79(3) 1998 with permission from the International Bee Research Association, 18 North Road, Cardiff CF1 3DY. Norman L. Carreck & Ingrid H. Williams. Entomology & Nematology Department, IACR-Rothamsted, Harpenden, Hertfordshire AL5 2JQ. Read More... - 93609 Views - View Comments (0)

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Welcome to new look Bee farmers Association website
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Published: Saturday 11th February, 2006

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Bee Farmers' Association website

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