REMAIN VIGILANT - YELLOW-LEGGED HORNET The Scottish Government has recently issued a notice for #Scottish #Beekeepers to remind everyone to remain vigilant for sightings of the yellow-legged hornet (Vespa velutina) ⬇️ the full notice scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ne… #yellowleggedhornet

Did you catch our #volunteer Matthew Richardson on BBC Radio Scotland this weekend? He was on Out of Doors talking about #Ivy #Bees & their migration north? If not, listen in around the 57min 30sec Have you seen any Ivy bees yet? Share a pic if so bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0032b…

Good luck to everyone sitting our Microscopy Exam this Saturday🔬 We know how much time, effort & dedication goes into preparing for these exams, so we’re wishing you all the very best of luck 🍀 #ScottishBeekeepers #MicroscopyExam #Beekeeping #Honeybees #GoodLuck

We have to say a huge #thankyou to the wonderful team from @TaysideContract who looked after us all so well at our annual #beekeeping convention at Loch Leven Community Campus this weekend👏🎉

Well what can we say…a huge big THANK YOU to everyone who attended, supported, organised, planned, sponsored, donated & prepared for our #Convention & #Scottish National #Honey Show this weekend Same time (25 Sep) & place next year? #beekeepers #fun

🐝 The Future of Beekeeping Kindly sponsored by @The National Diploma in Beekeeping NDB What a fantastic weekend of learning, sharing and celebration of Scottish beekeeping 🐝 #SBAConvention #ScottishBeekeepers #Beekeeping #Honey #HoneyFraud #NorbertoGarcia

We’re delighted to welcome Norberto Garcia from Argentina 🇦🇷 to our Convention. Norberto is an internationally recognised expert in honey quality, authenticity & fraud joining us today all the way His 2 fascinating sessions: 🍯 Honey Fraud Sponsored by The Wax Chandlers And…

Judging is well underway at our Scottish National Honey Show🍯 Thank you so much to all our competitors (and your bees!) for creating such wonderful entries. Best of luck, but everyone is a winner in our eyes 👏 #scottishhoneyshow #honey #beeswax #baking #photo #competitions

Joining us today at our Convention is guest lecturer Sean Stephenson Sean is a Master Beekeeper with a wealth of practical experience His lectures include: How Do Bees Do That? Kindly sponsored by Hatrick Bruce 👑 🐝 Queen Rearing Made Simple! Kindly sponsored by Vita Bee Health

👏THANK YOU SPONSORS An event like our 🐝 #Convention & #Honey Show wouldn’t be possible without the generous #support of our sponsors Bee Craft Magazine NDB Vita Tunnock's Thornes Robert T Hatrick Bruce The Wax Chandlers The family of Brian Shepherd We’re incredibly #grateful💛

MEET OUR TRADERS! Joining our #bee #convention this Sat in Kinross are 🍯 Abelo
🍯 Denrosa
🍯 SRUC
🍯 Kinross Men’s Shed
🍯 Wonky Wood
🍯 Highland Wax Co
🍯 Wares of Knutsford
🍯 Vita Bee Health
🍯 NatureScot
🍯 British Bee Feeds
🍯 Scottish Government Bee Health Team

Have you entered a local #honey show this year? If so, why not try your luck at Scotland’s National Honey show too? Sunday is the last day for free entries so if you’d like to take part next weekend in Kinross⬇️ scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ev… Classes include honey, beeswax 🕯️ baking etc

Eeek! There’s only 1 day left to buy your tickets for our beekeeping convention in Kinross the weekend after next (25/25th Sep) ⬇️ buytickets.at/sba/2089037 Sales close at 5pm tomorrow! soon 🎉 #scottishbeekeepers #beekeeping #honeybees #convention #knowledgeshare #friends

Important news re Tropilaelaps outbreak in Türkiye assets.publishing.service.go…

Our next #module #exams are on Sat 14th Nov & includes 2 new modules - #Plants & #Pollinators & The History of Beekeeping Why not use the winter months to gain more #beekeeping & #honeybee knowledge. For more info scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ev…

Thanks so much to everyone who has completed this survey. The closing date is this Saturday, so if you’d like to take part there’s still time.

⏰The closing date for our #Honey #Workshop is this Tues 25Aug 🍯 This one day workshop is on Sat 12 Sep in Nairn, book buytickets.at/sba/2310101 Learn about honey, heather, oilseed rape, preparing bees for honey harvests, food hygiene, labelling, marketing & selling honey

Our #Scottish National #Honey Show is on at the same time & place as our #Beekeeping Convention, on 25-26Sep in Kinross There’s novice classes honey #beeswax #crafts #baking #photos #mead to school so a competition to suit everyone! Plus FREE to enter scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/ev…

WINTER COLONY LOSSES This is our 19th year of the survey! The responses provide a valuable picture of #beekeeping in #Scotland with a strong focus on colony losses & colony management practice. Submit your responses by 29Aug bee-survey.com/index.php/767… Thank you Alison Gray

Thank you so much to all the #hobby #beekeepers across #Scotland who provided info on their 2025 #honey #harvests in our recent survey. You can access the results here scottishbeekeepers.org.uk/wp… For more info please message 🐝🍯