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A member of the Cornwall Beekeepers’ Association and affiliated to the British Beekeepers’ Association.
This website is set up to offer help, support and invaluable information to Beekeepers and anyone interested in Bees in the Launceston and surrounding communities.
If you would like to join our group or come along to one of our meetings for a ‘taster’, please contact the group secretary, details on the Contact Us page.
The BBKA is seeking a new editor for BBKA News. After doing a superb job for thirty years as our editor, Sharon Blake has decided to pass the magazine on to someone else. BBKA News is expected to provide a wide range of content suitable to meet the needs of beekeepers who will have a range of experience. The editor is responsible for the content and production of BBKA News and reports to the BBKA editorial team.
We anticipate the editor will be an active and experienced beekeeper with a sound knowledge of beekeeping practice and beekeeping policies. The role involves generating ideas for articles in line with BBKA policy; commissioning and obtaining these in a timely manner according to the publication schedule; liaising with authors and the production team and evaluating the proofs. The production schedule is set and agreed with the editorial team, printers and distributors and the editor will need to be comfortable working as part of a team. Relevant editorial experience is essential, as is a good eye for detail.
Applicants should be confident that they can fulfil these requirements.
Interested applicants are invited to submit a curriculum vita and a minimum of two references. Interviewed applicants will also be asked to pitch their ideas on how they see the development of BBKA News going forward. This position is on a self-employed contract basis, terms of which will be negotiated.
If you think you can take on the role and are interested in receiving further details on the job description and remuneration package or wish to apply, please contact Leigh Sidaway, General Manager at [email protected] or by phone 02476 696679 xt 2005.
Closing date for applications is 20th May and interviews will be held at the BBKA office, Stoneleigh, Wednesday 8th June.
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If you would like to join us please go to the Cornwall Beekeepers’ Association website and apply via their current process – tell them you would like to join the Launceston Group. You can however attend meetings at any of the CBKA groups as you wish. New members are accepted at anytime throughout the year – joining after end of August gives you membership for the following membership year!
http://www.cbka.co.uk/joining-cornwall-beekeeper-association/
Renewals to be completed by December 31st otherwise insurance for bees may be delayed if paid after this date.
Quite simply by eating and enjoying local honey! Our beautiful local honey gives a wide variety of tastes and each year is different due to the varied weather and diverse floral pollens.
However before you recycle your honey jars please wash them out thoroughly.
Washing honey jars is a big contributor to protect honeybee health. Very occasionally there are spores in honey, especially honey from an unknown source, that are very dangerous to bee health. the spores are completely harmless to humans and do not affect the honey.
We are a friendly and welcoming group of beekeepers who meet in the Launceston area, although our members come from a wider geographical area.
Our members range in age, experience and ability from beginner beekeepers through to those who have many years experience.
We meet up nearly every month, in the winter meeting at Tregadillett on a Friday evening and focussing on educational topics or matters arising. Recent meetings have looked at beekeeping basic knowledge, pollen under the microscope and the Asian Hornet.
We have an annual social in January at a local venue which is always well attended.
February sees our Honey Tasting evening when we get a chance to sample each others’ produce. It is always interesting to find how honey tastes are different even from only a few miles between hives.
During the main “bee” season, from April until September, we try to meet once a month at a member’s apiary to look at bees and discuss/action any topics that arise. New beekeepers can have a very close look inside the hives, or even take part in these sessions. These are always very interesting and informative occasions followed by refreshments and socialising. The ‘teas’ are always worth looking forward to as there are some very good cooks among us.
In addition for new beekeepers we offer a series of observational apiary visits throughout the Spring and Summer. Attending these is an excellent way to become familiar with beekeeping and other new members of the Launceston Beekeeping Group. For those then wishing to pursue beekeeping and obtain their first bees we will look to assign an experienced beekeeper as a mentor.
We enjoy the Royal Cornwall Show in June, the Launceston Show in July and the Callington Honey Fair in October and try to support them by helping out with the running of the shows or entering our honey or other items in the competitions. Please check the calendar for forthcoming dates.
We are all members of Cornwall Bee Keepers Association (CBKA) and receive their magazine “Gwenyn Kernow” regularly. New members are expected to join the CBKA after two ‘taster’ visits.
Reach out to us today for more information!