All CBKA members are encouraged to enter the Dover Honey Show – held in Nonington on 25th October. Entry forms need to be submitted by 18th October.
Entry form and more details – DDBKA honey show 2014
If you want to show your honey, wax, mead or demonstrate baking skills, there’s still time to enter the Thanet Honey Show, which is held on 27th September in Acol. Get your entries to Bill Yeoman by 25th September.
For more details, see this attachment: Honey Show schedule TBKA 2014
As the 1st October nears, subscriptions for the new year become due. You can download the forms from the links below (or our membership page). We’d encourage you to use GiftAid to maximise the value of your subscription to KBKA/CBKA.
The membership form is here (pdf) or a Word version is here (docx)
There’s a new TV programme about beekeeping starting on Monday evening. 
“The Wonder of Bees with Martha Kearney”
“Series which follows Martha Kearney’s bee-keeping year and explores the science, art and culture of the honeybee, the most ingenious insect known to humankind.”
On BBC4 (tv) first part, Monday 14th April at 8pm (with a repeat after midnight)
thanks to Dougal for pointing this out.
Episode 1 of 4
DURATION: 30 MINUTES
Martha Kearney’s year gets off to a bad start when unseasonal snow in spring threatens to kill the bee colonies she keeps in her garden in Suffolk. With help from a master beekeeper Martha feeds her bees and takes one of the hives to a wildflower meadow at a neighbour’s house along with two brand new hives.
She discovers the intricate hierarchy within the bee colony and learns how the organisation of the hive has become a metaphor for human society. At a London school she learns the secrets of urban bees’ success even while bees in the country as a whole are in decline. The episode ends with three new hives established on a wildflower meadow, ready to start producing classic British wildflower honey.
A quick note to remind you that we are holding our bee safari with Michael Cooper on Saturday 26th April. If you want to have our SBI visit your apiary, please let me know by Easter Sunday, so that I can organise the event. There are places left, so just let me know if you want to benefit from Michael’s expertise and experience.
Email cantbees@gmail.com to express your interest