Attend in Person or Join Online On Saturday 11 April, Calstock Arts will host the B4 Symposium, a day focused on free-living honey bees, biodiversity, biosecurity and community involvement. The event runs from 10:00 to 15:00, with coffee and registration from 9:30. If you cannot attend in person, you can still be part of the day by joining online via Zoom. This makes it possible for more people to hear from the speakers, take part in the discussion and engage with the import

The Isles of Scilly bee conservation project continues to make excellent progress, as reported by Jilly at our recent B4 meeting. All RNA...

Several well-known and highly respected bee experts have publicly endorsed B4’s petition to close the Northern Ireland Loophole....

Since 2021, over 22,000 honey bee queens have entered Great Britain via Northern Ireland, bypassing standard biosecurity checks. This loophole leaves UK beekeeping vulnerable to devastating pests like Small Hive Beetle and Tropilaelaps mites. Our new petition calls for urgent action: full inspections, proper tracking, reinstatement of bee inspectors in NI, and a shift toward local bee breeding. Protecting our bees means closing this loophole now.