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.
West Suffolk BBKA Pub Social - get together and talk about bees and anything!
March 9th, 7.30 - 9.30., Nowton Village Hall, IP29 5NE. Theodora Rubensaal Commandeur will be updating us on her EARS-sponsored research into CBPV. She will be accompanied by Dr Giles Budge.
This will be a talk by Nynke Blomer, a post-graduate student at Cambridge University and a member of the agroecology group. She has only just begun her current project, researching how honey bees and bumbles share the agricultural landscape, and this is what she'll be informing us about, especially the background of her interest in this … Continue reading →
We are pleased to announce the first WSBKA basic queen rearing course. Covering selection of stock, grafting of larvae, running cell raising colonies, making up mating nucs and dealing with mated queens. Taking part over 2 sessions at the association apiary, Nowton Park (you'll need to attend both): Wednesday 17th of May at 16:45 for a … Continue reading →
