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 Nicholas-at-Wade, where Bob Heddle has several hives, including 2 Zest hives, one in a double…
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 – and how we manage queen cell numbers. We may also have to dispatch a…
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 nicely, and I imagine Mark will be looking for signs of congestion that might lead…
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 strategies for comb replacement, making increase, and ensuring colonies are building up in good health….
“The Drone” Guest speaker Margaret Murdin (Margaret is a Master Beekeeper and holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping. She enjoys teaching all levels of beekeeping and gives talks and workshops all over the UK. She holds a degree in biological sciences and was principal of a Further and Higher Education College before retirement. Margaret is…
