Our regular January Training Day aims to cover topics of interest to beekeepers of all levels – beginner, intermediate or experienced, all will gain something from this day. It is a chance to learn and an opportunity to meet and mingle with other beekeepers.
Doors open 10am for a 10.30 start and we aim to finish by 4pm.
Tea, coffee and biscuits provided but do bring your own packed lunch.
Programme:
10.00 Doors open.
10.30 Alternative methods of swarm control – Wally Thrale & Colin Hall.
11.15 Pests – we thought varroa was bad – John Macdougall.
12.15 Yellow-Legged Asian Hornet Update – Phill Howes.
12.30 Lunch – Please bring your own.
13.30 Finding and Improving your Queens – Gill Brewer.
Details of member-only events can be found in the Events section of the Members area. Events (such as talks) which are open the public as well as members are posted in the Whats On section and also displayed on the Home page.
For details of member-only events, sign-in and go to the Events section.
Although aimed at intermediate beekeepers, new and more experienced beekeepers are more than welcome, too. Everyone will gain something from this day. A chance to learn and an opportunity to meet and mingle with other beekeepers. Doors open 10.00 am for a 10.30 start and we aim to finish by 4.00 pm.
Vegetable soup and a roll for lunch (bring your own bowl/mug and spoon for the soup). Tea, coffee and biscuits.
This is an event that all beekeeping members should attend to learn about, or refresh your knowledge on, bee pests and diseases. Even if you have attended previous similar events, you should not miss the opportunity to update your knowledge and ability to recognise exotic pests and devastating diseases. Seeing EFB and AFB infected combs at first hand so you can recognise them is so important to us all. Put the date in your diary.
The day will include:
Latest information on exotic pests – Asian Hornet and Small Hive Beetle
Latest information on permitted varroacides and varroa management
Comb Workshop – examination of real infected comb (including the reportable diseases AFB and EFB)
Inspectors demonstrating an apiary hive health inspection – how to do a thorough disease inspection
The AGM will be held at Flitwick Village Hall on Saturday 25th February.
The day will run as follows:
10am Trading; Tea and Coffee
11am AGM commences
12.30pm Lunch; Tea and Coffee, Trading
2pm Talk by Margaret Murdin “Communication in Honey Bees”
3pm Trading; Tea and Coffee
4pm Event closes
During trading there will also be several stalls including:
Bees Abroad with a raffle to support this charity (if you can please bring a prize donation)
Bee 1st (our local beekeeping equipment supplier)
Second hand equipment (members can bring items to sell, labelled with name and price)
Association library
Association notecards
Membership subscription/renewal (only paid up members can vote at the AGM)
Please bring along a packed lunch, otherwise Tesco is close by for you to purchase food. We would also ask you to bring along your own mug or keep-cup if you have one. Teas and coffees will be available at different points throughout the day.
Finally, there will also be centenary birthday cake for you to sing to and of course enjoy. If you can bring a long a cake to share, that would be much appreciated.
Although aimed at intermediate beekeepers, new and more experienced beekeepers are more than welcome, too. Everyone will gain something from this day. It’s a chance to learn and an opportunity to meet and mingle with other beekeepers. We are planning to serve a light lunch (soup and roll) and refreshments (tea and coffee). Put the date in your diary and register for the event here (price £5).
This talk covers topics as diverse as recycled For Sale signs, the number of jars of honey it takes to pay for a Toyota Hilux (and how to move hives slightly more economically), foundationless frames and wasp-resistant hive entrances. It is an entertaining look at some of the things that either aren’t available commercially, or that can be built at home both better and cheaper. None of the items discussed require any specialist, expensive (or even power) tools . . . though a pizza cutter will come in useful. Several of the items described have won prizes in beekeeping shows (for readers of The Apiarist, unfortunately not for me). This is the ideal talk for late autumn or early winter when beekeepers have a little more time on their hands … it is intended to convince you that the bees don’t need fancy woodwork, and to inspire you to build something yourself.
David Evans is Emeritus Professor of Virology in the School of Biology, University of St. Andrews. His research interests included the replication and evolution of human and animal viruses, and the biology and control of both Deformed wing virus (DWV) and Chronic bee paralysis virus (CBPV) of honey bees.
David is an enthusiastic beekeeper – an activity that pre-dates his research on honey bee viruses by several years – and a member of Fife Beekeepers, the East of Scotland BKA and Lochaber BKA. He runs about twenty colonies and is particularly interested in queen rearing and ‘pottering in the shed with bits of wood and a nail gun’.
His interest in DIY for beekeeping resulted in a regular column in the Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers newsletter Bee Talk which, over time, evolved into his personal beekeeping website The Apiarist. On this he covers topics as diverse as Varroa management, responsible mentoring, the price of honey and practical waspkeeping. New posts appear every Friday afternoon and he regularly discusses recent scientific advances on the biology of honey bees. The popularity of the website has resulted in numerous invitations to talk at local, national and international beekeeping meetings.
David now lives on the remote west coast of Scotland in one of the few remaining parts of mainland UK that is Varroa free.
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