BBKA

@britishbee · UK · joined 14 Jun 2009

This is the page for the British Beekeepers' Association, a national charity supporting bees and beekeepers.

16 314Followers

888Following

33 822Posts total

2.4KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

BBKA@britishbee21 Sep

A win for bee biosecurity. After the BBKA raised concerns about Tropilaelaps, a serious emerging threat to honey bees, following its confirmation in Turkey, Turkey has now been added to the UK's import safeguard list. An encouraging first step. We'll keep pressing for more. htt

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BBKA@britishbee18 Sep

The nests confirmed this week are recorded in the following locations: Kent Sandgate (primary) Slade (secondary) Harrietsham (primary) Capel le Ferne (secondary) East Sussex Lewes (secondary) Bachelors Bump (secondary) 401 views · 1 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

BBKA@britishbee18 Sep

Update 17 September The Animal and Plant Health Agency’s National Bee Unit (NBU) has informed us that it has received further credible reports of YLH. To date there have been 201 sightings in 2026 resulting in the identification of 66 nests. https://t.co/RltzWR4BW1

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BBKA@britishbee17 Sep

Throwback Thursday 🧦🐝 Last week, @SouthWestWater's Invasive Species & Biosecurity team pulled on their yellow socks to raise awareness for Yellow-legged Asian Hornet Week. Thank you for your support! 👏 https://t.co/xDfknznCGI

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BBKA@britishbee15 Sep

A Yellow-legged Asian hornet nest has been found and destroyed in Oldham, further north than most recent finds. Local beekeepers worked with bee inspectors to track it down. Proof the system works and that vigilance matters everywhere. 👇 https://t.co/nJVa6pHOCy 505 views · 11 likes · 5 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

5 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. right around the median for its follower range.

Median views462this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %2.83%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.55%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	462	924	0.50×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	2.83%	3.62%	0.78×
Engagement rate	1.55%	1.52%	1.02×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

50515 Sep

39417 Sep

64618 Sep

401

46221 Sep

Last 5 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

3.17%15 Sep

1.02%17 Sep

1.55%18 Sep

0.25%

3.46%21 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes72.3%34 in total

Reposts27.7%13 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.