A few members of CBKA will be attending the Brogdale Cherry Festival this weekend 9-10 July, selling locally produced honey. Please come and support us! The festival is on 10am-5pm. Follow this link for more details.
The bee inspectorate and many beekeepers are reporting the presence of large numbers of worker wasps in apiaries and around bee hives. It is likely that wasp populations will peak earlier and for a longer period this year. Click on this link to read more from FERA.
Are your bees starving? Read FERA’s advice published on 2nd June about the dry weather and its effect on nectar flows, the June gap etc.
A quick reminder that the June meeting is at Vincent’s apiary in Ash on Saturday 4th June. Please let us know if you are coming (particularly if you need protective equipment). The best way is to phone Julian on 0776 183 9119
For the next few weeks, please contact Adrian Davis if you want to borrow the association’s honey extractor. You can email him (as web admin), from the contact form, or phone in the evenings on (01304) 366141. Stuart Andrews will resume coordination duties at the end of June.
As a reminder, there’s a charge of £5 for a 24hour loan. As we all tend to have honey to extract at the same time, we try to move it along to the next user every 48hrs.