St Albans & District Beekeepers Association

The home of St Albans Beekeepers since 1942. Our mission is to further the craft of beekeeping through education, training & public events.

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

Please come along to our Asian hornet awareness session on March 16th. This invasive species has made it to Britain and threatens the health of our ecosystems. A single nest can devour 12kg of insects in a single year and the impact on our pollinators could be huge!

[Sustainability Festival 25 @SustFest25]

It’s #worldbeeday and seeing as they’re the epitome of teamwork, we’d like to thank everyone who have helped get the #sustfestexpo off the ground.

It’s going to be a hive of action. 🐝💚

[charles watson @watsonchas]

☠️ Extinction moment imminent
Imagine you are a Wye Salmon returning home to spawn
You finally complete this odyssey after many hazardous years out in the Atlantic Ocean
And then you find the river bed where you are supposed to lay your eggs coated with thick noxious green sludge caused by pollution from intensive 🐓production
What chance do you have as a species? 😢

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

Our country is one of the most nature depleted in the world. Now it is under even more pressure. The Asian Hornet, an invasive species, is becoming established and threatens the health of our insect populations, pollination services and honey bee economies. Pls spread the word

[Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham]

I'll be attending a #FuneralForNature on 20th April , walking in procession through the streets of Bath to highlight the fact we are one of the most nature depleted countries in the world .

Sign up to join me at https://t.co/dD2fNNBAjI

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

@libdemdaisy Hi Daisy, we are hosting an Asian Hornet Awareness event next Saturday 16th March. Would be great if you could attend, however we know you’re v. busy! Pls RT for visibility, we’d greatly appreciate it. AH is a grave threat to our wildlife, pollinators and ecosystems

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

@BimAfolami Hi Bim, we are hosting an Asian Hornet Awareness event next Saturday 16th March. Would be great if you could attend, however we know you’re a busy man. Pls RT for visibility, we’d greatly appreciate it. AH is a grave threat to our wildlife, pollinators and ecosystems

[Environment Matters @RV_environment]

Did you know that one Asian hornet nest will devour up to 12kg of native insects each year? Learn how to spot them and what to do if you do 👇

[SaveStAlbansftf 🍃💚🍃 @SaveStAlbansftf]

Thank you so much to everyone who has donated ❤️
We still need another £17k.
Please help us raise enough money for our day in court to stop a gigantic warehouse park 🙏
Please help us save our #Greenbelt,,our 🦊🐰🦅, our 🐝 & south #StAlbans villages.

https://t.co/wR154wVLQU

[RDT Architects @rdtarchitects]

Richard is enjoying his role as Vice Chair of @StAlbansBees 🐝
He has kept his own bees for 4 years and has over 10 hives, providing his popular local honey, so if anyone would like to try some get in touch! @britishbee 🍯
#bees #honey #beekeeping #environment #stalbans

[BBKA @britishbee]

Defra update 2 - 29.8.23

2023 - 28 nests in 25 locations.

Kent
26th of Aug NBU located a nest in Folkestone and near Canterbury. Destruction planned

The NBU has active operations in Folkestone, Dover and near Ashford

A new location in Plymouth is also being monitored

[SaveStAlbansftf 🍃💚🍃 @SaveStAlbansftf]

Stop this #Greenbelt destruction for a likely to lorry to lorry freight interchange.
@hertscc lacking #transparency, not representing St Albans residents !
Death of southern St Albans villages & #wildlife
Increase in #congestion #carbonemissions

https://t.co/m044I484eA

[SaveStAlbansftf 🍃💚🍃 @SaveStAlbansftf]

@ststephenpc @Stalbanscycles @StAlbansAmnesty @StAlbansBees @stalbansfuture @StAlbansHF @StAlbansTourism
Please book a place to find out the truth about the sale of our #greenbelt for a “rail” freight interchange ⬇️

[APHA @APHAgovuk]

It's #AsianHornetWeek and this invasive non-native species is a huge threat to our honey bees and pollinators. You can report any suspected sightings through https://t.co/g8I3eD7LmF or download the Asian Hornet Watch app

@britishbee @DefraGovUK @NBU_APHA

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

A lovely image captured by one of our members @KyleRiley23 of one of our association training apiaries, submitted to the UCL geog dept’s research images competition. I wonder what these three beekeepers are talking about… Stores, brood, the June gap? One can only imagine.

[UCL Geography @UCLgeography]

'Hive Mentality' by @kyleriley23

MSc student Kyle Riley asks the question 'how far does the hive mentality among British hobbyist beekeepers extend and what can we learn from alternative methods of beekeeping'?

Part of the UCL Geography #ResearchImages Competition

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

#NewProfilePic

[34.4 @BAMAZINGNOW]

We support the Natural Beekeeping Trust with 3. 44 % of every single sale. They are currently working on repopulating the environment... https://t.co/emiKBiF9si

[Phil Fletcher @philfletchx]

https://t.co/AnStJeWSF0
If @grantshapps had not wriggled out of Green Homes Commitment would the #M25 be blocked?

[St Albans & District Beekeepers Association @StAlbansBees]

Beautiful 😍