Winter WSBKA Meeting – Talk by Virginia Zanni on “How does Varroa mite affect honey bees’ behaviour?”
ZoomAn online talk by Virginia Zanni, from the Udine University, Italy on "How does Varroa mite affect honey bees' behaviour?"
An online talk by Virginia Zanni, from the Udine University, Italy on "How does Varroa mite affect honey bees' behaviour?"
Our AGM plus a Kevin Thorn our chair will be our speaker for the evening.
Richard Noel, a Jersey-born beekeeper in Brittany talking about the Asian hornets and how they deal with it there.
Our last meeting of the winter season is on April 14th at 7.30p.m., face-to-face at Lawshall Village Hall: a Quiz-the-Experts session and plenty for time for cake and a natter with old friends. Please would you let me know by Sunday 9th April if you hope to attend as our cakemakers need to have an idea … Continue reading →
The swarming season is upon us early this year. Come along to the apiary at Nowton Park at 1400 this Sunday. We will have a discussion first to explain the process of swarming, what we do to try to deter the bees from swarming and the equipment needed. We will also explore the technique of artificially … Continue reading →
The Suffolk Beekeeper's Association Honey Show at the Suffolk Show. Unfortunately due to the Corvid 19 Virus this event is now cancelled for 2021 however will return for 2022.
24th July in the Lavenham area - more details to follow.
October 13th, 7.30p.m. at Nowton Village Hall, IP29 5NE. Graham and Marika Sigley will tell us about teaching beekeeping to the inmates and staff at Wayland Open Prison. All being well, further dates will be November 10th, January 12th, February 9th, March 9th and April 13th.
Our speaker at the November meeting will be Colin Bell on running the Cambridge BKA's queen-rearing apiary: the workload, problems he encounters and their solutions.
Jeremy Quinlan, master beekeeper of Ipswich and East Suffolk BKA, topic yet to be decided
Our AGM and Chris Chilver will be talking on Preparing for Spring
Nowton Village Hall, March 9th 7.30p.m.: Theodora Rubensaal Commandeur will be updating us on her EARS sponsored research into CBPV, accompanied by Dr Giles Budge.