BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Christchurch Beekeepers Club - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Christchurch Beekeepers Club X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Christchurch Beekeepers Club REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific/Auckland BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20210403T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20210925T140000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20220402T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20220924T140000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20230401T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20230923T140000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+1300 TZOFFSETTO:+1200 TZNAME:NZST DTSTART:20240406T140000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+1200 TZOFFSETTO:+1300 TZNAME:NZDT DTSTART:20240928T140000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230304T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230304T143000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221116T214655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230228T061418Z UID:1144-1677922200-1677940200@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Club day DESCRIPTION:9.30 am Saturday 4th March 2023 Field Day Timetable \n\nThis 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 of Thursday lunchtime.\nAre you the going to be a winner in our gadget competition? It doesn’t take much to come up with a little something that helps you as a beekeeper\, if you have that little something -please share it with us.\nGordon will be demonstrating how to make oxalic acid strips -: Making oxalic acid strips from a pack- hiveworld.\n60th Anniversary Dinner is coming up (see menu included)- please see Kerry if you have any questions. This is our one time opportunity to celebrate together\, an evening where both our new beekeepers and older more experienced beekeepers can relax and talk about the Club and what it means to you. We’d love to have as many people along as possible.\nIf you need any plastic jars for honey we have bags of 50 jars for $30.00 for sale at the Club site.\nDon’t forget we will be exchanging honey with our special 60th Anniversary Label on it between club members. (See Gordon for jars or a place to put your honey).\nWe will be providing tea and coffee as always and you are welcome to bring a plate with something to share. Bring any medication or your suits\, we recommend you carry any medication you think you may need – no point in it being locked up in your car in the paddock. If you have borrowed a suit and accidentally taken it home\, we love to have them back so we have plenty available for everyone to use on the Field Days.\nTogether we will open all the hives to: check for disease\, varroa\, look for food and brood and check if we need to remove any manky frames or move them to the outside of the box ready to be replaced when empty.\nLooking forward to holding another successful Saturday or week day working bee. Check board for the date.\n1-day Beginners’ Course was run on Saturday 18th February is was very successful and we are looking at dates in April for doing something similar.\n\n  \nWe look forward to seeing you all there. URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/club-day-4/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Club day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230218T083000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230218T163000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221201T001709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T001709Z UID:1156-1676709000-1676737800@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:1-day beginners' course DESCRIPTION: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. \nTo register your interest please contact either Gordon N or Jeff R\, whose details are listed on the committee members list. \nCommittee URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/1-day-beginners-course/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/bee-meeting.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230211T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230211T143000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221116T214559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T062151Z UID:1142-1676107800-1676125800@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Club day DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nWe will be demonstrating how to make oxalic strips -: Making oxalic acid strips from a pack- hiveworld\n\nCollect your bee gear from Beeline – they will be there this Saturday.\n\nCommittee members on site are available for any questions you may have.\n\nIf you need any plastic jars for honey we have bags of 50 jars for $30.00 for sale at the Club site.\n\nWe will be providing a BBQ and tea and coffee of course and you are welcome to bring a plate with something to share. (Gluten free sausages offered as well.)\n\nWe will go over how to open your hives safely and get to the bottom box happily. All hives will be opened. URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/club-day-3/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Club day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230128T083000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230128T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20230124T094814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230124T094814Z UID:1164-1674894600-1674907200@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Working Bee DESCRIPTION: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: \n\nHoeing the gardens.. Keep those weeds down\nStaking up trees\nHelping with framing and prep for pathway\nTidying/cutting up and moving garden waste\nWeeding\nRaking up\n\n\n\n \n \n \n \n garden waste\n \n \n \n \n \n pathway\n \n \n \n \n \n Staking up trees\n \n \n \n \n \n Hoeing\n \n \n \n \n \n Weeding\n \n \n \n \n \n Raking URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/working-bee/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Working Bee ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/working_bee.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230114T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20230114T143000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221116T214204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T005710Z UID:1140-1673688600-1673706600@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Club day DESCRIPTION: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?\nWe will be covering:  what you can do to protect your bees against wasps\, how important a good source of water is for your bees\, what food bees need to produce a good quantity and quality of honey\, harvesting honey\, honey extraction\, comb cutting\, storage of honey frames before and after spinning\,  how to store extra honey\, creaming honey and how to deal with crystallisation and what to check for when opening the hives. Committee members on site are available for any questions you may have.\nIf you need any plastic jars for honey we have bags of 50 jars for $30.00 for sale at the Club site.\nThere will be a raffle this Saturday for a NUC (to registered beekeepers only-continued from Dec)\, tickets are $2.00 each.\nBringing a plate with something to share for morning tea/shared lunch would be really appreciated.\nWe will go over how to clean up your boxes and frames and rewire them ready to use.\nA reminder that next month\, February our Field Day falls on Waitangi weekend and will move to the second Saturday of the month\, Saturday 11th February.\nLooking forward to another Saturday or week day to have a working bee\, cleaning up the whare ready for painting and to help in the gardens. URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/club-day-2/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Club day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221203T093000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221203T143000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221116T214045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T214824Z UID:1138-1670059800-1670077800@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Club day DESCRIPTION:Christmas Party.\nHow to spin your Honey.\n\n\nAll times are weather depending. If the Hive will be opened.\nHappy Season.\nHivemaster Gordon. URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/club-day/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Club day ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221105T100000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221105T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20220914T230407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T020124Z UID:1093-1667642400-1667660400@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Field Day DESCRIPTION:Timetable \n\n\n\n10.00am\nEducation\, the following main topics will be covered: \n\nSwarm Control\nSplits\n\n\n\n\n11.00am\nOpening of hives\, please bring your beesuit/veil\, no other equipment required\n\n\n12.00pm\nFriendly chatter and socialising with a tea or coffee and barbeque\, please bring a salad or plate of something you would like to share\n\n\n\nNote that Beeline will be there this Saturday with stock for you to purchase. \n  URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/field-day-2/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221015T083000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221015T163000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20221009T235111Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T094634Z UID:1123-1665822600-1665851400@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Build your own Hive DESCRIPTION:Build Your Our Own Kitset Hive\, beginners day. \nContact Gordon Nairn 027 538 9568 to confirm your place. \nBring your own lunch\, and some tools\, tea and coffee provided. \n$50.00 members $95.00 non-members \nHeld at the Club site -Cashmere Rd URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/build-your-own-hive/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/build-bee-hive.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221001T100000 DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20221001T150000 DTSTAMP:20260406T060015 CREATED:20220914T224950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221012T094635Z UID:1087-1664618400-1664636400@chchbeekeepers.org.nz SUMMARY:Field Day DESCRIPTION:All members and visitors welcome. \nDetails to follow \nField Days URL:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/event/field-day/ LOCATION:Club\, 681 Cashmere Road\, Christchurch\, Canterbury\, 8025\, New Zealand CATEGORIES:Events ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://chchbeekeepers.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/field-day-e1698808465304.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR