We will have our next apiary meeting of the season on Saturday 5th July in the afternoon. On this occasion we will be doing a “Bee Safari”, wherein we visit different members’ apairies. We will start at 1130 in St … Continue reading
Adrian Davis, Chairman Canterbury Beekeepers
We will be meeting at our Palmsted Wood apiary at 2-4pm on Saturday 10th May. As well as the routine spring inspections, we have recently created two nucs, so there should be the opportunity to see how these are developing … Continue reading
Mark Hobday has invited the branch to visit his apiary in Chilham on 26th April, from 2-4pm. He’s got 6 colonies in place at the moment, and with the good weather through March and April, they all should be developing … Continue reading
Littlebourne Village Hall, 7.30-9.30pm Adrian Davis and Julian Audsley will lead a conversation about the key operations and manipulations that come up in the Spring. A quick refresher about swarm management and swarm control is always helpful, as are various … Continue reading
here are the monitoring trap instructions that Mark Hobday, our Asian Hornet coordinator, presented at the branch meeting on 19th February. Trap Instructions_Jan 2025Download There is also an accompanying pdf presentation, with lots more information, that has been sent to … Continue reading