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chickens
British Hen Welfare Trust
Helpline Appeal
During the Covid-19 emergency, the BHWT had to move away from rehoming and focus more on helping hens from the end of the phone, offering much needed hen health and husbandry advice to hen-keepers whilst access to vets was so restricted. Online hen health information is also available at www.bhwt.org.uk/hen-health/.
Call 01884 860084 or email your question to henhelpline@bhwt.co.uk.
They have now launched a fundraising appeal to enable this vital work to continue. www.bhwt.org.uk/donate/hen-helpline-appeal-donation/
By the time you are reading this article, the BHWT may well be rehoming hens again and prospective hen-keepers should keep checking their website and social media posts for updated information.
Don't forget your Member Offers
on the
NAS website
Your savings, benefits and discounts
www.nsalg.org.uk/join-us/current- member-discounts/
The NAS are pleased to be able to provide our members with an extensive range of discounts and offers. Special deals have been negotiated on your behalf so that YOU can save money on growing your own fruit and veg on your allotment or garden.
Be sure to print out and distribute to your fellow members or include on your Society website, and spread the word!
16 Allotment and Leisure Gardener
bees
BeeBase Images Gallery
BeeBase is the Animal
and Plant Health
Agency's (APHA)
National Bee Unit
website. It is designed
for beekeepers and
supports Defra, Welsh
Government and
Scotland's Bee Health programmes and the Healthy Bees Plan, which set out to protect and sustain our valuable national bee stocks.
One useful tool on the website is the BeeBase Gallery with images of common honeybee pests and diseases. Here is an image of varroa infestation on a honeybee.
www.nationalbeeunit.com/index.cfm
Worker bee with deformed wing from Varroa Infestation
Images Courtesy of The Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA), Crown Copyright
SPRING / SUMMER OFFERS AVAILABLE
NOW