Clear and Present Dangers – Tropilaelaps and other threats heading our way up the M3, by:
Mark Cooper (Trustee Hampshire BKA and Asian Hornet Coordinator) and David Holloway (Trustee Hampshire and Basingstoke BKAs)
Mark Cooper – I am a recently retired IT consultant specialising in network and application performance monitoring. I along with my wife Claire started beekeeping in 2018, learning our newfound hobby with the Fleet Beekeepers Association.
I am an active member of the FBKA and am now serving my 3rd year on their management committee. I’m also a long-time member of the Fleet Lions Club (CIO).
David Holloway – I have been keeping bees since 2018 and am a committee member of Basingstoke BKA.
I am also part of Bees Abroad Business Team and an organizer of the Charles Butler 400th Anniversary celebrations in August 2023.
I trained as a Plant Scientist, was a horticultural extension worker for 16 years and have my own business growing wildflowers and sedum trays for green roofs.
I am now semi-retired living near Basingstoke.