The Committee

Our enthusiastic committee meets monthly, both online and in person, to plan events and training and to manage the association. In summer, we organise visits to members’ apiaries, host a stand at the Berwickshire Show in Duns, and run a Beginners’ Beekeeping Course starting in February. We also offer a programme of winter meetings, mainly held at Smailholm Village Hall. From 2026, we plan to hold meetings at Whitsome Village Hall, which we hope will be more convenient for members in the eastern Borders. Since 2020, we have successfully added online winter meetings, which we still use particularly in the depths of winter and to invite speakers from further afield. If you would like to help on the committee, please contact our secretary here.

BBA Committee & key roles

Kate Atchley ~ chair

David McLuckie ~ secretary

Liam Sanders ~ treasurer

Sarah Mannix ~ membership secretary

Lindsay Craig ~ education representative

Manu Godfrey ~ web administrator

Charlotte Encombe

Joel Mannix

Penelope Marchant Wink

Ian Sinclair