2023-24

Asian Hornet

Topic:- Preparing for the Basic Assessment. A useful refresher about Swarming, Disease and Life cycle of bees for those who do not wish to take the Assessment

Topic:- Winter losses and Spring Preparations.

Topics: Varroa, coping with wasps, BeeBase

Steve Donohoe & Paul Horton (Author & Commercial Beekeeper(s)) – Honey in Abundance: How to Maximise Your Honey Crop

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE

Jim Vivian Griffiths (Master Beekeeper from Monmouthshire) Spring preparations: Nutritional requirements; Swarm prevention & Control 

Swarm control and what to do with hive contents if colonies die.

Sean Stephenson (BBKA Moderator & Exam Board Member) – The Importance of Drones 

Dan Basterfield (Commercial beekeeper). Bees for honey and money. For those thinking of expanding beyond a hobby

Richard Ricketts (Editor of Beecraft) – From Buckfast to Buckingham Palace – Interesting beekeeping & unusual beekeepers