Basingstoke & District Beekeepers Association
Beekeepers have two main interests - bees and honey. The club provides information and support to members learning their craft and will lend equipment such as a motorised extractor and a Pratley tray at no additional cost. Experienced beekeepers gain by keeping up to date with the latest information on bee disease management and on the development of different techniques to manage swarms, rear queens etc. We also enjoy socialising at our winter meetings and in the summer we meet at the association apiary Details of fees and a membership form are available here Our winter programme Thurs 10 Nov - Pam Hunter 'Bee Navigation and Foraging'. Please note this is a week earlier than previously stated
Thurs 15 Dec - Christmas Social
Thurs 19 Jan - AGM
Thurs 16 Feb - Nigel Semmence our Bee Inspector 'Bee Diseases and
Pests'
Thurs 15 Mar - John Hanks 'Swarm Management'
Thurs 19 Apr - David Purchase and Chris Rose 'Course in a Case' and 'Developing our Website for our members ' For details see calendar
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Caution over winter
Don't forget to check that your hives have sufficient stores to overwinter especially as the weather is mild. The bees may be tempted out to fly with no forage ...
Posted 27 Dec 2011 11:57 by chris rose -
Wasps
There are signs that wasps are starting to cause problems. Bee keepers do not deal with wasps so please do not ask us. Contact a commercial operative to deal with ...
Posted 30 Jun 2011 07:28 by chris rose -
Are your bees starving?
We have received a message from the National Bee Unit via our regional bee inspector that some colonies are struggling this year due to the dry weather. This is most ...
Posted 30 Jun 2011 07:17 by chris rose
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