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Useful websites
Magazines, data sources and websites that UK beekeepers come back to.
6 listings, checked one by one
Beekeeping magazine
BeeCraft
British beekeeping magazine, available in print and digitally, with articles for new and experienced beekeepers.
The whole UK
Bee health plan for England and Wales
Healthy Bees Plan 2030
Ten-year plan launched by Defra to improve honey bee health and husbandry in England and Wales, with an implementation plan published on BeeBase.
England and Wales
Bee science charity and publisher
International Bee Research Association (IBRA)
UK charity founded in 1949 that shares information on bee science and beekeeping worldwide. It publishes the Journal of Apicultural Research and Bee World; its Eva Crane Library is held by the National Library of Wales.
Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire and the Humberthe whole UK
Government bee health service
National Bee Unit (BeeBase)
The Animal and Plant Health Agency's bee health unit, which delivers the bee health programmes of Defra, the Welsh Government and Scotland. Its website, BeeBase, holds the voluntary register of beekeepers and apiaries.
The whole UK
Honey pollen DNA monitoring study
National Honey Monitoring Scheme
Scientific study begun in 2018, with around 3,300 subscribers, in which beekeepers send honey taken straight from the comb; the samples go through pollen DNA analysis to show what the bees have been foraging on.
The whole UK
Beekeeping science blog
The Apiarist
Blog by David Evans, emeritus professor of virology at the University of St Andrews, who keeps bees in the Scottish Borders. A new article appears every Friday, linking bee science and practical beekeeping.
The whole UK