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Someone in the thread said about wanting a place to sell / buy local honey. I set this up a while ago and people are starting to use the recommendations option which allows people to geographically sort .. https://www.facebook.com/groups/buylocalhoney/ :)

https://blog.mbbka.org.uk/category/education/basic-assessment-exam/ There's two lovely documents on the Midbucks site. and a lovely blog here https://missapismellifera.com/2012/07/14/taking-the-bbka-basic-assessment-on-a-rainy-sunday-afternoon/ and a nice bit here too...

Have seen catkins this week in the midlands.

A silhouette of one might help ID. Are there any dead on the floor underneath?

And ask your local councillors if they can support a bee friendly planting session on a verge somewhere. They can buy the bulbs and help organising a team to plant them. :)

https://www.gov.uk/government/announcements?keywords=asian+hornet&taxons%5B%5D=all&subtaxons%5B%5D=all&announcement_filter_option=all&departments%5B%5D=department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs&people%5B%5D=all&world_locations%5B%5D=all&from_date=&to_date=

http://www.nationalbeeunit.com/public/News/news.cfm Or Defra https://www.gov.uk/government/news/asian-hornet-uk-sightings-in-2018 To date, there have been nine confirmed sightings of the Asian hornet in England and five nests have been destroyed. Seven of these sightings occurred in 2018; an...

North west are being extended in case hornets turn up

Does GMAU not know?

link?

Are there bees actually on the flowers of any of them?

blackberry has fruited. balsam is flowering but bashing parties planned locally. autumn raspberries fruited last month.

saw two queens on one frame.

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my autumn fruiting raspberries have flowered.