Alan Stonell is a retired, qualified teacher and has been keeping bees for over 50 years. He has been involved in education and training activities at Branch and County level for a number of years. This has included providing courses for beginners and more experienced beekeepers. Alan is County BBKA Examinations Secretary for Wiltshire.

Sally Wadsworth is also a qualified teacher and was the Seasonal Bee Inspector for Wiltshire in 2009. She has passed a number of the British Beekeepers Association theory and practical module examinations, including the Intermediate Theory Certificate and the General Certificate in Beekeeping Husbandry.  Sally is Chairman of the Wiltshire Beekeepers Association.

Your tutors have worked together for the past four years keeping bees and rearing queen honeybees as well as producing and delivering courses. They were both prize winners at the 2009 National Honey Show and 2010 Royal Bath and West Show, as well as demonstrating beekeeping at the latter.

As members of the British Beekeepers Association, the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association and the International Bee Research Association, your tutors keep their knowledge up-to-date by attending lectures and other events across the UK and Ireland.