The "Essex Beekeeper" Magazine

The Essex Beekeepers' Association produces a monthly magazine called the "Essex Beekeeper". This included topical beekeeping related articles, along with information on forthcoming events, courses and meeting. The magazine is sent free to all members of the Essex Beekeeping Association at the beginning of each month.

Members are able to place small advertisements free of charge, and trade advertising rates are very competitive. For details contact the Advertising Secretary: advertising@ebka.org.

Back Issues of the "Essex Beekeeper" can be downloaded directly below. Alternatively you can SEARCH the back issues.

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Features and Articles

Jan 2012 County Pheromones;The Bee Inspector and Pathogen Results; NBU Eastern Region Update; Letters to the Editor; National Honey Show Report; A Scottish Beekeeper in France III; Statement from EBKA, Update 2 on ECJ ruling; BBKA Exam Results; the Gilbert Louvre.

Dec. 2011 County Pheromones; From the Archives: County Life Membership and the Book of Commemoration; Beekeeping Tips No 11; A Scottish Beekeeper in France II; Annual Conference of EBKA; Old News Alert.

Nov. 2011 County Pheromones and Honey Show Report; A Ruling from the ECJ; Beekeeping Tips No 10; EBKA Trophy and Award Winners; A Scottish Beekeeper in France I; How to send samples of bees for analysis.

Oct. 2011 County Pheromones; A Conversation with Wille Smith part II; Beekeeping Tips No 9; National Honey Show; The Bee Inspector Visits Again; Joke.

Sep. 2011 County Pheromones; Abandoned in France: 'A Tale of Two Hives II'; Beekeeping Tips No 8; 2011 BBKA Examinations and Assessments; Tendring Show Report.

Aug 2011 County Pheromones; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert IV; Beekeeping Tips No 7; A Report on the event 'Managing Bee Health'; Abandoned in France: 'A Tale of Two Hives'; Letters to the Editor.

July 2011 County Pheromones; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert III; How (not) to recycle beeswax foundation; Beekeeping Tips No.6; Notes from a Queen-rearing Course; A Conversation with Willie H Smith

June 2011 County Pheromones; Our First Year of Beekeeping; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert II; Beekeeping Tips No.5; South East Honey Survey.

May 2011 County Pheromones;Dealing with Rape; Beekeeping Tips No.4; Minutes of EBKA AGM 2011; Letter to the Editor; A talk about solitary bees and wasps.

April 2011 County Pheromones; Beekeeping Tips No.3: Hive Construction 1; Hive Construction2; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert; Letter to the Editor.

March 2011 County Pheromones; Treasurer's Report; Examination Report; Beekeeping Tips No.2; From the Archives--October and November 1995; An update on Hives; Bee Base, a Survey and My Results; Delegate Report from BBKA ADM.

Feb 2011 County Pheromones; Agenda of EBKA AGM; In Memoriam, Les Gilbert; Preparing for winter by Keith Morgan RBI; Beekeeping tips by Pollinator; From the Archives--October 1995; BBKA Exams Explained III.

Jan 2011 County Pheromones; Behind the Veil with Joanna Nightingale; collecting bees from unusual places; BBKA Strategic Review; Feral Bees Invade Bat Roost; BBKA Exams Explained II.

Dec 2010 County Pheromones; EBKA Annual Conference; BBKA Exams Explained; From the Archives; National Honey Show Results.

Nov. 2010 County Pheromones; Technical Topics: Hives for large colonies; Report from the BBKA Forum; Report on S.E. Region Association Day; Report on Pollination Day at RAC. Full Results of Barleyland's Honey Show available here.

Oct 2010 County Pheromones; National Honey Show; Technical Topics: Breeding the honeybee; BBKA Forum; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 4; A Wasp Trap; Eastern Region Bee Forum; Examination Results.

Sept 2010 Chairman's Corner; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 3; Bee Husbandry Workshop; Brian Tansey is Behind the Veil; A Striking Story; Nature's Reward.

August 2010 Chairman's Corner; Oil Seed Rape can be a Real Pain; Home Delivery Part 2; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 2; The One that got Away; UnCapping--Is this the Answer?

July 2010 Why has this worker bee been marked?; Managing Hives (part 2); Home Delivery; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 1; National news.

June 2010 Penny Learmonth is Behind the Veil; Nobby Clark's updates; Managing Hives; Why take Bee Assessments?; A guidline to Bee Diseases.

May 2010 Ted Hooper obituary and appreciation; Minutes of 2010 EBKA AGM; Letter to the Editor

April 2010 Roger Barker behind the Veil; Feral Bees in Distress; Yet another Beginners Tale; Technical Topics about Propolis (see Letter in May 2010 for a clarification).

March - 2010 How to prepare clear Honey for Shows; How to prepare set Honey for Shows; Bottling Honey; Judging Honey; Behind the 'Honey for Sale Sign;

Feb - 2010 Formal Business of EBKA; Rating the antibacterial activity of manuka honey; An Experience with Tamiflu; Selling Honey the Italian Way.

Jan - 2010 Behind the Veil with Geoff Mills; a Report on the EBKA National Conference; Dealing with Swarm Collections;

Dec - 2009 Report and Results of National Honey Show; Sugar Syrup; BBKA Examination Results; Executive Summary of Buglife article; Technical Topics on recycling frames and rendering wax; letter to the Editor; a report from the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group.

Nov - 2009 Essex Honey Show including prize winners and results; Fred Richmond obituary; Technical Topics on new combs; tales from the hive from Peter Rose and Richard Alabone.

Oct - 2009 Behind the Veil with Geoff Pears; Recollections of an ageing Beekeeper; Managing Bee Health; Technical Topics--Extracting; A Tale from Thorne's Winter Sale.

Sep-2009 Behind the Veil with Nobby Clark; recipe for Honey Apple Sauce Cake; The BBKA Stand at the Chelsea Flower Show; Colchester Beekeepers at the Tendring Show; Tales from the Hive on Swarm collection and Bumblebee collection.

Aug-2009 Behind the Veil with Jim McNeill; So what is so special about Manuka Honey Part 3; Technical topics with R. Alabone: Warming Combs for Extraction; Tales from the Hive; Inspection Tour with the Bee Inspector; Birds of a Feather or Beekeeping 'Types'.

Jul-2009 Bee-Boy's Song; letter to the Editor; Topical Tips; So what is so special about manuka honey part II; report from Eastern Region Annual Bee Forum

Jun-2009 So what is so special about manuka honey? by Howard Gilbert; Sniffer bee technology with Nobby Clarke; Technical topics: Boxes by Richard Alabone; Topical Tips by Margaret Thomas

May-2009 Comb Construction by Honey Bees, Richard Alabone discusses frames, Topical Tips for May, and Quality of Honey Measurements.

Apr - 2009 Pat Allen lifts her veil, Ricard Alabone discusses equipment, Topical Tips for April, Rod Smart does tales from the hive.

Mar-2009 How do bees choose a new nest-site? Report from Alan Byham, S.E. Regional Bee Inspector on honey yields, `Topical Tips` for March from Margaret Thomas and Ross Gregory discusses honey quality.

Feb-2009 Report from the EBKA Officers, 129th Annual General Meeting, Topical Tips for February from Margaret Thomas, Frames By Richard Alabone. How do bees choose a new nest-site? Tales from the Hive and letters to the editor.

Jan-2009 Chain Bridge Honey Farm talk by Willie Robson, Why do we need a ‘best before’ date on our honey? Tales from the Hive. The BBKA and Pesticides and Minutes of the EBKA extraordinary meeting.

Dec-2008

Smokers in Whitehall Demonstration, Geoff Mills, Life Member and past President of Essex BKA discusses CCD, Buying bees legally and Margaret Thomas gives hints for December.

Nov-2008

Promiscuous Bees, bumblebees and the 2008 Trophy Winners list.

Oct-2008

Bedding down for winter by Margaret Thomas and Barleylands 2008

Sep-2008

National Insect Week in Saffron Walden and Gt Sailings cope with disease.

Aug-2008

Ginger peach smoothie; Margaret Thomas discusses the Small Hive Beetle and Brian Spencer has a garden party.

July-2008

Finding the Queen - Clive De Bruyn; Epping Forest Open Evening on 17th April 2008 - Helen Chadwick; Summary of CEC Meeting 29/5/08

Jun-2008

Roger Lacey discusses almond blossom and if it is an asset or a liability; Ways to tackle vicious bees by A Pettifer; Ann Tillbrook introduces the benefits of Nucleus Hives and Wendy Moore discusses making up a nucleus of bees.

Download	Features and Articles
Jan 2012	County Pheromones;The Bee Inspector and Pathogen Results; NBU Eastern Region Update; Letters to the Editor; National Honey Show Report; A Scottish Beekeeper in France III; Statement from EBKA, Update 2 on ECJ ruling; BBKA Exam Results; the Gilbert Louvre.
Dec. 2011	County Pheromones; From the Archives: County Life Membership and the Book of Commemoration; Beekeeping Tips No 11; A Scottish Beekeeper in France II; Annual Conference of EBKA; Old News Alert.
Nov. 2011	County Pheromones and Honey Show Report; A Ruling from the ECJ; Beekeeping Tips No 10; EBKA Trophy and Award Winners; A Scottish Beekeeper in France I; How to send samples of bees for analysis.
Oct. 2011	County Pheromones; A Conversation with Wille Smith part II; Beekeeping Tips No 9; National Honey Show; The Bee Inspector Visits Again; Joke.
Sep. 2011	County Pheromones; Abandoned in France: 'A Tale of Two Hives II'; Beekeeping Tips No 8; 2011 BBKA Examinations and Assessments; Tendring Show Report.
Aug 2011	County Pheromones; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert IV; Beekeeping Tips No 7; A Report on the event 'Managing Bee Health'; Abandoned in France: 'A Tale of Two Hives'; Letters to the Editor.
July 2011	County Pheromones; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert III; How (not) to recycle beeswax foundation; Beekeeping Tips No.6; Notes from a Queen-rearing Course; A Conversation with Willie H Smith
June 2011	County Pheromones; Our First Year of Beekeeping; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert II; Beekeeping Tips No.5; South East Honey Survey.
May 2011	County Pheromones;Dealing with Rape; Beekeeping Tips No.4; Minutes of EBKA AGM 2011; Letter to the Editor; A talk about solitary bees and wasps.
April 2011	County Pheromones; Beekeeping Tips No.3: Hive Construction 1; Hive Construction2; Beekeeping and Life by Les Gilbert; Letter to the Editor.
March 2011	County Pheromones; Treasurer's Report; Examination Report; Beekeeping Tips No.2; From the Archives--October and November 1995; An update on Hives; Bee Base, a Survey and My Results; Delegate Report from BBKA ADM.
Feb 2011	County Pheromones; Agenda of EBKA AGM; In Memoriam, Les Gilbert; Preparing for winter by Keith Morgan RBI; Beekeeping tips by Pollinator; From the Archives--October 1995; BBKA Exams Explained III.
Jan 2011	County Pheromones; Behind the Veil with Joanna Nightingale; collecting bees from unusual places; BBKA Strategic Review; Feral Bees Invade Bat Roost; BBKA Exams Explained II.
Dec 2010	County Pheromones; EBKA Annual Conference; BBKA Exams Explained; From the Archives; National Honey Show Results.
Nov. 2010	County Pheromones; Technical Topics: Hives for large colonies; Report from the BBKA Forum; Report on S.E. Region Association Day; Report on Pollination Day at RAC. Full Results of Barleyland's Honey Show available here.
Oct 2010	County Pheromones; National Honey Show; Technical Topics: Breeding the honeybee; BBKA Forum; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 4; A Wasp Trap; Eastern Region Bee Forum; Examination Results.
Sept 2010	Chairman's Corner; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 3; Bee Husbandry Workshop; Brian Tansey is Behind the Veil; A Striking Story; Nature's Reward.
August 2010	Chairman's Corner; Oil Seed Rape can be a Real Pain; Home Delivery Part 2; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 2; The One that got Away; UnCapping--Is this the Answer?
July 2010	Why has this worker bee been marked?; Managing Hives (part 2); Home Delivery; Seasonal Variation in Honey Yields 1; National news.
June 2010	Penny Learmonth is Behind the Veil; Nobby Clark's updates; Managing Hives; Why take Bee Assessments?; A guidline to Bee Diseases.
May 2010	Ted Hooper obituary and appreciation; Minutes of 2010 EBKA AGM; Letter to the Editor
April 2010	Roger Barker behind the Veil; Feral Bees in Distress; Yet another Beginners Tale; Technical Topics about Propolis (see Letter in May 2010 for a clarification).
March - 2010	How to prepare clear Honey for Shows; How to prepare set Honey for Shows; Bottling Honey; Judging Honey; Behind the 'Honey for Sale Sign;
Feb - 2010	Formal Business of EBKA; Rating the antibacterial activity of manuka honey; An Experience with Tamiflu; Selling Honey the Italian Way.
Jan - 2010	Behind the Veil with Geoff Mills; a Report on the EBKA National Conference; Dealing with Swarm Collections;
Dec - 2009	Report and Results of National Honey Show; Sugar Syrup; BBKA Examination Results; Executive Summary of Buglife article; Technical Topics on recycling frames and rendering wax; letter to the Editor; a report from the Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group.
Nov - 2009	Essex Honey Show including prize winners and results; Fred Richmond obituary; Technical Topics on new combs; tales from the hive from Peter Rose and Richard Alabone.
Oct - 2009	Behind the Veil with Geoff Pears; Recollections of an ageing Beekeeper; Managing Bee Health; Technical Topics--Extracting; A Tale from Thorne's Winter Sale.
Sep-2009	Behind the Veil with Nobby Clark; recipe for Honey Apple Sauce Cake; The BBKA Stand at the Chelsea Flower Show; Colchester Beekeepers at the Tendring Show; Tales from the Hive on Swarm collection and Bumblebee collection.
Aug-2009	Behind the Veil with Jim McNeill; So what is so special about Manuka Honey Part 3; Technical topics with R. Alabone: Warming Combs for Extraction; Tales from the Hive; Inspection Tour with the Bee Inspector; Birds of a Feather or Beekeeping 'Types'.
Jul-2009	Bee-Boy's Song; letter to the Editor; Topical Tips; So what is so special about manuka honey part II; report from Eastern Region Annual Bee Forum
Jun-2009	So what is so special about manuka honey? by Howard Gilbert; Sniffer bee technology with Nobby Clarke; Technical topics: Boxes by Richard Alabone; Topical Tips by Margaret Thomas
May-2009	Comb Construction by Honey Bees, Richard Alabone discusses frames, Topical Tips for May, and Quality of Honey Measurements.
Apr - 2009	Pat Allen lifts her veil, Ricard Alabone discusses equipment, Topical Tips for April, Rod Smart does tales from the hive.
Mar-2009	How do bees choose a new nest-site? Report from Alan Byham, S.E. Regional Bee Inspector on honey yields, `Topical Tips` for March from Margaret Thomas and Ross Gregory discusses honey quality.
Feb-2009	Report from the EBKA Officers, 129th Annual General Meeting, Topical Tips for February from Margaret Thomas, Frames By Richard Alabone. How do bees choose a new nest-site? Tales from the Hive and letters to the editor.
Jan-2009	Chain Bridge Honey Farm talk by Willie Robson, Why do we need a ‘best before’ date on our honey? Tales from the Hive. The BBKA and Pesticides and Minutes of the EBKA extraordinary meeting.
Dec-2008	Smokers in Whitehall Demonstration, Geoff Mills, Life Member and past President of Essex BKA discusses CCD, Buying bees legally and Margaret Thomas gives hints for December.
Nov-2008	Promiscuous Bees, bumblebees and the 2008 Trophy Winners list.
Oct-2008	Bedding down for winter by Margaret Thomas and Barleylands 2008
Sep-2008	National Insect Week in Saffron Walden and Gt Sailings cope with disease.
Aug-2008	Ginger peach smoothie; Margaret Thomas discusses the Small Hive Beetle and Brian Spencer has a garden party.
July-2008	Finding the Queen - Clive De Bruyn; Epping Forest Open Evening on 17th April 2008 - Helen Chadwick; Summary of CEC Meeting 29/5/08
Jun-2008	Roger Lacey discusses almond blossom and if it is an asset or a liability; Ways to tackle vicious bees by A Pettifer; Ann Tillbrook introduces the benefits of Nucleus Hives and Wendy Moore discusses making up a nucleus of bees.