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The Federation’s annual Honey Show took place on November 9th at St John’s Methodist Hall. The official opening being performed by His Excellency the Lieutenant Governor, Adam Wood. The Show was well attended with both regulars and some new faces. The number of entries was almost the same as in 2012 (115 as opposed to […]
The Southern BKA Family Day planned for June 23rd finally took place on Sunday August 18th at Ballachurry Orchard. Amongst the activities was a Treasure Hunt which was won by Team Osborn/Cashin. Further info to follow . . .
David Roberts kindly volunteered to be our representative at the 2013 BBKA Annual Delegates Meeting, which seems to have been quite a lively affair. Of particular note, is the establishment of some new contacts with some fellow Islanders from Jersey. You can read David’s report here.
The Federation AGM for 2013 finally took place at 2:30pm on Saturday 6th April after having been postponed and re-located due to the extraordinary weather conditions experienced in the west of the Island around the time originally scheduled (23rd March). A combination of unfortunate circumstances (the Methodist Hall was booked by another group […]
Philip McCabe arrived safely from Dublin in the foggy morning of 17th Feb.
George and I who were his hosts took him for lunch at the Sound which was fortunately sitting just under the fog. We had all the equipment and sundries with us for the rest of the day so were able to […]
First of all, a big thank you to all the participants in this the Federation’s 63rd annual show. Without the entries, there would be no show and this year there were 116 entries, slightly down on previous years. Fortunately, that still takes us over the number required (101) by the BBKA for entitlement to their […]
Jerry and his team of willing volunteers pulled out all the stops to make the Beekeepers stall a hit at the annual Isle of Man Food and Drink Festival, prompting a visit from none other than the immensely popular Ainsley Harriott one of Britain’s best known TV chefs.
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This year the splendidly well-organised Royal Show was blessed with fine weather and apparently attracted over 18,000 visitors! Quite how many of them made it to the Beekeepers tent I don’t know but there were certainly plenty of visitors. Young and old alike enjoyed the spectacle of the observation hive, admired the hive products and […]
Isle of Man Post Office have released a beautifully illustrated set of stamps featuring manx bee fauna. The stamps are now on general sale and are impregnated with the smell of honey! The IOM Post Office Stamps & Coins dept. kindly donated a set of the stamp artworks printed on durable plastic and blown up […]
