Preparing your Bees for Winter Wednesday 7th October, 7.30-9.30pm Location: Littlebourne War Memorial Hall, 56 High St, Littlebourne, Canterbury CT3 1ST Adrian Davis will discuss the hows and whys of getting your bees ready for winter. Do we need to do anything differently, as a result of changing weather patterns? We will provide teas and coffees,…
St Nicholas Court Farms, Monkton CT12 4AU, 9am-4pm The East Kent Ploughing Match is an annual event that has been running for more than 80 years. Attracting thousands of visitors each year, the event not only draws tough competition between modern, old and horse drawn ploughs, but is a fantastic outing and educational opportunity. £10…
Date/Time: Saturday 5th September at 1400-1600 Location: Palmsted Wood, Bekesbourne September is traditionally the time when we put the colonies into winter configurations, although with ivy honey coming in, this may not be the final time we re-organise the boxes. We’ll see what the late summer flow is like, and assess the health of the…
Hi {{FirstName}} Our next meeting will be at Debbie Burton’s house/apiary in Stanford (at the bottom of Stone Street), at 2pm on Saturday August 8th. We plan to do some honey extraction – we will have 4/5 supers from Palmsted – and have a look at some of Debbie’s hives, so do bring your beesuits. …
Our next apiary meeting will be at Mark Hobday’s apiary at Chilham, from 2-4pm on 4th July. Meet in the car park at Chilham Sports Centre, Branch Road, CR4 8DR. Mark has 5 colonies, including 3 big ones, and hopefully some heavy supers! As a courtesy to Mark and his bees, please come with clean…
