Fit 2 Fight

<p class=ql-align-justify>Alan began beekeeping in the Loire Valley in France where he lived and worked for 23 years. His apiary there was the target of heavy predation by Asian Hornets.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>He moved to England in 2020 and now manages 20 colonies and breeds queens in 3 apiaries in Hampshire.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>He serves as Hampshire Beekeepers Association Asian Hornet Coordinator and is the author of the Hampshire AH Contingency Plan.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Alan writes regular blogs and articles and gives talks around the country on Beekeeping the Asian Hornet the Wines of the Loire Valley and the 1982 Falklands War.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>He is blissfully married to the disability advocate speaker author and blind baker Penny Melville-Brown OBE.</p><p><br></p>