| Monthly I&ES BKA meeting | Wed 6 Jan 7:30pm Scout Hall, Kesgrave | Hawk Honey: Wasps | David Parrott - Hive tool hygiene |
| Monthly I&ES BKA meeting | Wed 3 Feb 7:30pm Scout Hall, Kesgrave | David Evans, The Apiarist: Raising queen honey bees | I&ES BKA AGM |
| Course 1st session | Mon 1 Mar 7.30 - 9:30pm, Dallinghoo Village Hall | General overview of bees and bee behaviour. | Mostly about Honey Bees – a scene setter for understanding |
| Monthly I&ES BKA meeting | Wed 3 Mar 7:30pm Scout Hall, Kesgrave | Helen Fincham: Fincham Fine Flowers | Phil Ramsey – The Teaching Apiary |
| Course 2nd session | Mon 8 Mar 7.30pm | Beekeeping equipment – what to buy and what not. | In the end, you have to make up your own mind. We will be giving you some suppliers’ catalogues. If you want advice, please ask. |
| Course 3rd session | Mon 15 Mar 7.30pm | The beekeeping year – centred, naturally, on flowering plants. | What happens and what you need to do. |
| Course 4th session | Mon 22 Mar 7.30pm | An overview: forage, honey, wax & stings. | Bringing things together |
| Course 5th session | Mon 5 Apr 7:30pm | Pests and diseases. Sources of information. Want a beekeeping mentor? | Problems. How to get started |
| Cambridge One Day Seminar | Not yet decided | 4 speakers; a very good day; includes lunch | The Old Divinity School, St. John’s College; ‘early bird’ discounts available. Parking extra! |
| Easter | Sun 28 March 2027 | | |
| Monthly I&ES BKA meeting | Wed 7 Apr 7:30pm Scout Hall, Kesgrave | Kevin Thorn: The Abberton Native Bee Group | Helen Thorne – Beekeeping in Uganda |
| BBKA Spring Convention | 9 - 11 Apr | Many excellent talks; many suppliers of bee equipment; first class social. | Harper Adams University, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB
Accommodation very limited – book early!
www.bbka.org.uk/springconvention |
| Course 6th session | Sat 17 Apr 2:00–4:00pm | Handling bees | In our Wherstead teaching apiary. Location map provided.
For ½ the group |
| Course 6th session | Sun 18 Apr 2:00–4:00pm | Handling bees | In our Wherstead teaching apiary. Location map provided.
For the other ½ of the group |
| Course final session | Sun 25 Apr 10:00–4:00pm | Bee Health Day, practical bee handling, meet our Bee Inspector. | Please tell Jeremy if you cannot attend. There may be another similar event elsewhere. |
| Wherstead Teaching Apiary opens | ? Sun 25 Apr 14:00-16:00 | See website: I&ESBKA Training Apiary |
| SUFFOLK SHOW | 26-27 May | All hands to the pumps! |
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winter bee feed orders
gwhite.ebc4
we're nearly there, a couple of tweaks in the morning and Michael should be able to publish the order form Monday evening...
a few notes; if you normally bring your own IBCs to be filled by the tanker when it arrives from Belgium, please click the 'I'm a bee farmer' button on the front page and you'll be taken to the industrial bulk order section once you've put your details in and clicked 'next'. Delivery will be on the Monday or Tuesday before the 1st of August. Billing is in kg, so if you're thinking litres, use the 1.37kg/l conversion rate: eg 700litres = 959kg/ / 900l=1233kg etc...
for the rest of us 'normal people' you'll be taken to the bulk syrup form where you can say how many of your own 10l jerrycans you want filled. These will be filled with 13kg of invertbee syrup. The syrup density is 13.7 kg/l, so fitting 14kg into a 10l can is a bit of a problem - the factory can do it because they have machinery to brim the cans accurately, whereas we wind up with a sticky mess on the floor of David's barn - so you can only order multiples of 13kg... just put in the number of cans you are bringing.
As previously, you can also order ready filled 14kg syrup cans, we've tried to make the order pages as simple as we can, click next and you'll be taken to the fondant ordering page, then the pollen ordering page, then confirmation, payment etc. You'll also get an email invoice for your records...
I've made an initial order with the suppliers to match last year's orders - if you come up against a 'sold out' message, contact me and ill try to get the order adjusted; Geoff White: email geoffwhite58@gmail.com or WhatsApp 07787 550097