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    All the stuff came through today. No white beard! Shall write and complain. The geographic split is very interesting not least around these parts, there were people I didn't expect to see as members but a few that I did kind of hope would appear on the list.

    Don't worry, I'm not going to embark on another mission, got enough on my plate right now

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    My Handbook came Thursday, just an idea would it not have been more sense to have arranged everyone in counties as the idea is to help us all keep in touch with each other, other thing that it says in the front all email addresses are in there, and as yet I have found not one single e mail
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    Agree with you on that front, did consider entering all the information into a little db just to be able to do some more interesting stuff with it. Might ask if they can give me a file of the information to save me having to type it all in.

    Interested to hear your opinion on the representation of beekeepers in the south west within BIBBA. There are "names" in beekeeping round this neck of the woods that I didn't expect to see, but the general representation here is pretty shoddy.

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    I know a few people that used to be members but like many beekeepers they are carefull with their pennies and felt that the magazine and value for money had gone so they let their membership lapse, like all associations it goes through peaks and troughs going on a high at the moment with all the new interest in bees. There used to be an insemination group as well but I am not sue if it is still going. I dont know if e mail adresses were left out for a reason or just forgotten
    regards all
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    Hi Beebreeder,

    My impression of BIBBA was it went through a bad spell a few years ago but in the last few years it is on a high. I think it is due to the hard work and commitment of the committee they have at present. The insemination group seems to be quite.

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    As a member of BIBBA Committee I was also disappointed to see the handbook in that form. One of the problems is we are a totally amateur organisation relying on volunteers, and the result is we will occasionally get a few howlers. Let's not shoot anyone, but find out what went wrong and give more help and guidance next time. Like all committees there are some who work incredibly hard and others who may not, for whatever reason, and BIBBA is no different. You also get people with different abilities and mixes, and that can mean many things.

    As already mentioned BIBBA has gone through a bad patch, and in some respects hasn't moved for some time, but overall there are good signs that we are moving on, but it will take time.

    We must remember we are all BIBBA, like the national BKAs, so the success or failure is actually in the hands of all the members, not just the ones elected at the AGM.

    I'm always positive, and am looking forward to the future, so are my bees.

    Roger Patterson

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    Quote Originally Posted by beebreeder View Post
    I know a few people that used to be members but like many beekeepers they are carefull with their pennies and felt that the magazine and value for money had gone
    I think the quarterly magazine is very good.
    The real value is in the networking - setting up queen rearing groups with like minded individuals.
    The downside of that is that it looks looks like you could fit the Bibba members from N. Ireland in a couple of taxis.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Roger Patterson View Post
    As a member of BIBBA Committee I was also disappointed to see the handbook in that form.
    At least you've seen it Roger. I am still waiting patiently for mine.

    Rosie

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    Perhaps the postman couldn't find "Rosie"!!

    Roger Patterson.

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    Yes or perhaps it's gone to my other alias - I'll have to ask him.

    Rosie

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