Borrowing Equipment
One of the best things about being a BBA member is that you don't have to buy every bit of kit yourself. Members can borrow the Association's honey extracting sets and microscopes, so you can spin your first harvest or take a closer look at your bees without the expense. Here's what's available and how to get hold of it.
Honey extracting: there are three sets of equipment for processing honey: an extractor, uncapping knife and tray, white bucket and double strainer. See below for borrowing details.
Microscopy: compound microscope, dissecting microscope, microscope camera and "box of tricks". To borrow these, please email info@bordersbeekeepers.org
Procedure for borrowing honey extractors
Contact Rosie Wood (rosiewood19@gmail.com), who will add you to a WhatsApp group, help you find out where the equipment is and arrange for you to pick it up.
Please make sure the equipment is returned or handed on clean. Send Rosie a photograph of the full set before returning it, so you can be sure it is all there and in good condition. Be courteous to other members and leave everything ready to reuse. Thank you.
If you lend out or borrow something directly from another member, please let Rosie know. It's important to keep track of each set of equipment, especially as our area is so widespread.
