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Just a quick reminder that applications for the 2021 Beginners Beekeeping Course will be closing at the end of this month – could those who have signed up but not yet paid please contact Cilla. For more information about the course please take a look at our Learn Beekeeping page, where a link to […]
Registration is now open for the 2021 Beginners Beekeeping Course.
More information about the course can be found on our Learn Beekeeping page, along with a link to the application form.
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 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, […]
