Happy New Year! This Saturday we will be focusing on how to make the best of your honey harvest and all that extracting honey entails. What makes a great honey harvest? How bees make honey? We will be covering: what you can do to protect your bees against wasps, how important a good source of water […]
So what needs doing? Can you spend an hour or so helping out to do just one of these tasks? I know you want to help so here’s our dream list to get done: Hoeing the gardens.. Keep those weeds down Staking up trees Helping with framing and prep for pathway Tidying/cutting up and moving […]
9.30 we will be offering a NUC for our fundraising raffle, tickets are $2.00 each. (Offered to registered beekeepers of course). So, Sat is for you to bring along your questions, queries and $2.00 coins of course. We will be demonstrating how to make oxalic strips -: Making oxalic acid strips from a pack- hiveworld […]
Another 1-day beginners' course will be run in the new year on Saturday 18th February starting 08:30am and finishing 04:30pm at the club site, at the cost of $50.00 for club members and $95.00 for non-club members. To register your interest please contact either Gordon N or Jeff R, whose details are listed on the committee […]
9.30 am Saturday 4th March 2023 Field Day Timetable This Saturday is Gadget Day. The best Gadget will be judged -by Brian Pilley from Beeline he will award prizes for 1st, ($50.00 voucher) 2nd, ($35.00 voucher) and 3rd, ($25.00 voucher). Brian is up this weekend so please send him your order by the cut off […]
At 9.30 there will be a practical session where you will get to learn about how to select, take out, and clean up old frames. We will answer questions and demonstrate methods for what you can do with the waste wax, honey, pollen or nectar. We aim to cover these topics and to answer your questions […]
The 2023 Honey Show will be held at the Club Site on Sat May 6th 2023, so do come along and enter your hive products. All members, novice and experienced, can participate in the Honey Show. Follow the rules posted, to be in to win one of the two Club Shields -the 2023 Novice or […]
Order your tickets now through David Spice - pay Kerry. David Spice spiced28@gmail.com027 360 1398 Kerry Kearney kkearney594@gmail.com Club’s bank account, number 03 – 0767 – 0323307 – 00 Please put your telephone number and Dinner in the reference field when you make the payment.
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2 day Beginners’ Beekeeping Course 22 July & 9 Sept 2023 - 9:00 - 4:00 Part One: Planning your Beekeeping for Pleasure or Profit What do you need to know before you begin Costs Your legal requirements Where’s best for your hives The time it takes to beekeep Plants to grow Diseases and downsides Part […]
We will meet wet or dry.
All members are welcome to attend. The Silence of the Mites- Our speaker is Rose McGruddy whose study into varroa mites will be of interest to us all. We are also calling for expressions of interest in the role of club secretary please get in touch with any of the committee or directly with Jo […]
