Our next apiary meeting will be at our Palmsted Wood apiary on Saturday July 1st between 2-4pm. Many colonies will reach their maximum size around the summer solstice, so we’ll be looking at uniting smaller colonies to make a big colony for honey production, doing a comb change procedure on weak and strong colonies (to…
On this occasion we will be doing a “Bee Safari”, wherein we visit 4 different apiaries in the company of our excellent Seasonal Bee Inspector, Lisa Jenkins. We will start at 1300 in St Nicholas-at-Wade, where Bob Heddle has 5 hives, including a Zest hive. Then we will move onto our Bekesbourne apiary (approx start…
Just to confirm that we will have our first apiary meeting of the season on Saturday 20th April, 2-4pm, at our Palmsted Wood apiary. Hopefully you have already seen the date on our website, or on our Facebook page. As well as early season inspections of a few weak colonies, we will be demonstrating some…
The first of our 2024 meetings will be held on Wednesday 7th February, at 7.30-9.30pm in the Lounge at Littlebourne War Memorial Hall Complex (w3w link), High St, Littlebourne, Canterbury CT3 1ST You will all be aware of the threat that Asian Hornets pose to beekeeping, and insect life generally. The hibernating queens will soon…
In what has become a long-running tradition, we are planning our December branch meeting to be a festive occasion, with the focus on food and good company. Magdalene Mei Halkes will lead a crack team of chefs in producing meals for us all to share, We are still finalising the menu, but it will be…
