After a bit of a gap the County Honey Show will be back! The date is Saturday 15 October and it will take place at a new and lovely venue: Kings Hill Nurseries near Coventry (CV3 6PS). There will be lots of different classes you can enter including a branch composite display - the theme… Read More »WBKA County Honey Show
Since the arrival of the Varroa mite from Asia, millions of honey bee colonies have died. For decades, beekeepers have continued to control Varroa populations by the use of chemicals and other invasive methods. However, throughout Africa and most of South and Central America mite-infested colonies survive without any form of mite-control. This has been… Read More »Zoom lecture: Understand the evolution of natural Varroa-tolerance mechanisms in various beekeeping populations.
Celia Davis will be talking about the Silent Messengers in a bee colony - pheromones. For further details please see the Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers website
The British Beekeepers' Association are celebrating the first National Honey Day on Friday 21st October 2022. The aim is to promote genuine UK produced honey and raise awareness of the rise in honey adulteration - fake honey. On 21 October the BBKA is encouraging everyone to buy a jar of local honey, produced by bees… Read More »National Honey Day
Ron Rock will be giving a talk on 'Flying Under the Radar - The Secret Life of Solitary Bees For further details see the meetings page of the Birmingham Beekeepers website.
This talk lifts the lid on the how, why and wherefore of honey fraud and its impact. Our speaker Lynne is a Master Beekeeper. She is chair of the Honey Authentication Network UK and she is a member of the BBKA Honey Adulteration Working Party. This event is for members and you need to register in… Read More »WBKA Winter Talk – The Truth About Honey by Lynne Ingram
Barbara Smith will be talking on the importance of air quality in a honey bee colony. For further details please see the Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers website
Details will be made available to Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers' members.
Our first 2nd Monday meeting of 2023 is a talk by Margaret Murdin NDB on ‘Keeping Healthy Colonies. Margaret is a Master Beekeeper, holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping and is a Past President of the BBKA but describes herself as an ordinary, practical beekeeper, currently with twenty colonies across three apiaries. Margaret began as… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Winter Talk – Keeping Healthy Colonies – Margaret Murdin
Dr Ulya Lalo. Effective beekeeping during a short season for you and aims for your bees’
'Honeybee democracy' is the title of a famous book by the American bee research scientist Thomas Seeley. It is about how a colony of honeybees makes the decision on when to swarm, and where to swarm to, in order to create a new colony. Dave Bonner will be speaking on this subject. For further details… Read More »W&L Beekeepers Winter talk – ‘Honeybee democracy’
25 January 7.30pm Topic: From 4 to 40 by Adam Leitch NDB What changes are needed when you increase your colony numbers? Adam is Vice-Chair of the National Diploma in Beekeeping examination board and a Master Beekeeper. You’ve probably read his regular articles in Beecraft and he is usually busy teaching practical beekeeping at… Read More »WBKA Winter Talk – Increasing colony numbers by Adam Leitch
