Tony Harris NDB & Margaret Murdin NDB

Tony Harris, NDB, is a bee farmer based on the Moray coast in Scotland where he manages 150 hives for honey production. He also breeds and sells local queens and nuclei. He is an assessor for the Scottish Beekeepers Association (SBA), a Honey Judge, a BBKA Correspondence Course tutor and a regular contributor to beekeeping publications in England and Scotland. Tony is a former general secretary of the SBA, is a Scottish Expert Beemaster and in 2015 attained the National Diploma in Beekeeping qualification. He gives and lectures to community and beekeeping groups on all matters relating to bees, beekeeping, the environment and conservation.

Margaret Murdin NDB currently manages 20 colonies over 3 apiaries. She is the Vice Chair of the Ormskirk and Croston branch of Lancashire and teaches courses leading to the modules for Lancashire and General Husbandry both locally and nationally.

She talks regularly at the BBKA Spring Convention, to various Associations and Branches around the country and at Gormanston. A trustee of the BBKA for the last four years and is currently Vice Chair. A member of the BBKA Exam Board, an assistant moderator and a tutor for the BBKA Correspondence Course and a trained assessor for all BBKA exams and assessments.

Previously she was the Principal of a large Further and Higher Education College, a college inspector and the Chief Examiner for teacher Education at a University. Margaret is currently the Chair of Trustees for the BBKA.