Reports of what has been happening at Shipston Beekeepers or general news items of interest to beekeepers
We always try to do something a bit different, and a bit ‘Christmassy’ for the December 2nd Monday meeting and this year was no exception.… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers 2nd Monday 09 Dec ’24 – Christmas meeting.
In line with our 2nd Monday meeting policy of arranging talks over the winter months Ray Pearce gave us a fascinating ride through the history… Read More »Shipston beekeepers 2nd Monday 11 Nov 2024 – Beekeeping History
You may have noticed that when we write these blogs we don’t put in a lot of detail about the discussions that took place as,… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers 2nd Monday 14 Oct 2024 – Cooking with Honey
What a great evening we had on Monday 09 September! We had 17 entries into the Runny Honey class, 8 entries into Set Honey, 9… Read More »Shipston ‘Bring and Taste’ Honey Show 2024
On Monday 26th August we had our first visit to the Ilmington village show and Wednesday 28th was the final session of the Wednesday evening… Read More »Almost season’s end…
Oh dear. Oh dear dear. It’s one thing doing a blog, an entirely different thing to get the Tysoe Honey Show Mead results totally back… Read More »Shipston Mead Wars
Hopefully you have read the blogs about the summer BBQ (03 August) and the Shipston stand at the Brailes Village Show (10th August). August is… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers’ Busy August #2
The first village show of the season got of to a rather grey and drizzly start. But the sun did shine, the crowds came out,… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers at the Brailes Show
Don’t you just love it when an event comes together. Last year we failed to arrange a BBQ, for all sorts of reasons, having had… Read More »Summer BBQ – 03 August 2024
Well we’ve said it several times before in relation to members’ apiary visits but they really are a great opportunity to see different apiaries, beehives,… Read More »Apiary Visits 2024 – Graham Franklin’s out-apiary