Reports of what has been happening at Shipston Beekeepers or general news items of interest to beekeepers
July’s 2nd Monday meeting was all about the steps from having a super of honey through to having a prize-winning jar at one of the… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers 2nd Monday 08 July – from Super to Show
Hopefully you now know the benefits of Apiary Visits – a chance to see other apiaries and colonies, catch their queens and mark them…and eat… Read More »Apiary Visits 2024 – Dave Kelleher’s garden apiary
It all started with an email to the Shipston Beekeepers’ Secretary, Dave Kelleher: ‘Good Evening,I have just commenced the renovation of a stone barn in… Read More »Not your average swarm collection…..
As members of Shipston Beekeepers, Paul and I participated in helping at Shipston’s first Great Big Green Week Family Trail. This was just one of… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers at Shipston’s ‘Big Green Week’
How are your bees – calm, defensive, aggressive? Is you colony really busy, or just, well, busy? How can you tell if you only have… Read More »Apiary Visits 2024 – John and Judy’s out-apiary
Our annual Introduction to Beekeeping course, this year run on 27th and 28th April, is a major undertaking for Shipston Beekeepers and a big contributor… Read More »Introduction to Beekeeping course 2024
The following was sent today, Mon 29th April, to beekeepers who have signed up for notifications from the NBU. It is reproduced here for those… Read More »NBU – Starvation Alert
The theme of this evening’s meeting was ‘Preparing for Swarming’. Last year the first swarms were reported in April and I have heard of sealed… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers 2nd Monday meeting – 08 April 2023
The AGM is of course one of the most important meetings of the year. Many key decisions are made, from agreeing what the membership rates… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers AGM 2024 – 12 Feb 2024
The first challenge for our first 2nd Monday meeting of 2024 was…where to hold it! Our venue for the last year or so, The George… Read More »Shipston 2nd Monday meeting 08 Jan 2024 – Asian Hornet