Invitation from Swarmy Putman, Guest blogger

Commemorating the Opening of the Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation Workshop

Hallo Beekeepers

How would you like an early season chat and a chance to inspect our new Heritage Lottery Funded shed, sorry, workshop?  

Cilla and I hope you can join us at Marown Old School, up the […]

Guest post by Linda Cain, Fed Secretary

Good morning everyone,

Last night, Sean and I, Maggie and Steve attended the presentation of the “Save the Children Festival of Trees” at KWC.

  And – We WON !!! 

  Both […]

Two articles in the press in the last couple of days have covered the Fed’s great new training apiary, on the BBC, here  and Energy FM, here.

Guest post by Cilla Platt, Ed Officer

We have had an amazing build of shed.  Another session tomorrow after a day off today.  

We started on Friday and got up to eaves with seven of us.  Saturday was roof and shingles on with 13 of us, and wonderful lunch provided by our Fed Sec. […]

This year’s Prize Winners!

The Show attracted 131 entries, and we saw the introduction of a new Trophy (The Callow Cup) courtesy of Edna, which has been awarded for the most points in the Preserves classes.  There have previously been no prizes available specifically for Preserves, so this is a welcome addition to the […]

Lorna Tyrer of the Malew Street Pet Shop in Castletown has had a charitable collection in aid of Bees this year.

She presented Cilla with £90 to be spent at the Teaching Apiary.

Once we get the new Shed up we will need shelving to hold all the minutia of frame and hive making. We […]

Published 1 May 2018 by Isle of Man Dept of Environment, Food and Agriculture

The help and vigilance of the Manx public is vital to tackling the threat posed to the Isle of Man by Asian hornets, set out in a new action plan published by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture.

The Asian […]

A FORWARD LOOK

It is a privilege to elected as President for the 2018 / 19 year

The Isle of Man Federation begins the new beekeeping year in a strong position, tribute must be paid to the hard working and dedicated team who have put us in this enviable position.

Following a lively AGM a […]

An Asian hornet has been found in Lancashire and surveillance activity is underway. Published 13 April 2018 From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Animal and Plant Health Agency An example of an Asian hornet

The National Bee Unit has confirmed a sighting of the Asian hornet in the Bury area of Lancashire. It […]

Guest post by Cilla Platt, Education Officer, Isle of Man Beekeepers Federation

Have you ever noticed the hum of bees as you walk in the countryside, or worked in your garden?

Here on the Island we are extremely lucky as we have a thriving population of honey bees and our wild bees are not in […]