Posts by: Tony
The Southern District Beekeepers had a wonderful evening at the Falcons Nest on Friday 13th December.
A truly excellent hot carvery with Christmas pudding, coffee and mince pies was served in a very festive, warm room.
Two table quizzes and crackers were enjoyed, and Anne Kissack gave some beautifully performed amusing readings, after our meal.
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Beautiful Bees of the Isle of Man Tea towel
Printed on 100% Premium Quality Cotton this shows the honey bee Queen, Drone and worker plus several of the more common Manx bees and unlike most bee merchandise these are accurately rendered illustrations by a renowned local illustrator/artist, Sally Black.
Size of the tea towel is […]
Guest post by Education Officer – Cilla Platt
Saturday 7th September was a breezy but bright day for the visit to the Teaching Apairy.
Folks who were interested in bees came along to find out just how our wonderful local honey is made.
The bees were the star performers and showed off their skills with […]
Guest post by Education Officer – Cilla Platt
Honey extraction for the year should now be safely over!
Entrance blocks should have gone on the front of the hives at the time of removing your supers of honey. The smell of honey in the air sends our little friends into a frenzy looking for the […]
Guest post and photos by Education Officer – Cilla Platt
On Saturday 22nd of June the Southern District Beekeepers swarmed on a visit to Mallards in Santon organised by Gwen Kelly at the kind invitation of Mark Shuttleworth and Claire.
It was a perfect still warm sunny day.
We convened in the front garden of […]
Professor Stephen Martin from Salford University visited the Island last month. He is the international honey bee expert on the parasite varroa mite. He also followed up his passion for walking and did the Raad ny Foillan walk from Port Erin to Port St Mary and other walks with his wife Yuko who came over […]
Guest post by Education Officer – Cilla Platt
I was invited to visit the reception class at Ballacottier School a few weeks ago. The children were so attentive and asked lots of sensible questions.
None of them to do with stings!
It is so good to see that the conversation did not stop there.
Guest post and photos by Education Officer – Cilla Platt
The weekend of Thursday 23rd May to Sunday 26th May was a busy one at the Marown Apiary and at Esther and Norry’s Richmond Hill Apiary.
Fifteen of our members took the Basic Beekeeping Practical Assessment over those few days.
Linda Cain examinee and secretary, […]
