Reports of what has been happening at Shipston Beekeepers or general news items of interest to beekeepers
12-14 members of Shipston Beekeepers assembled at David and Margery’s home apiary on Saturday 17th June for the latest Members Visit. The Sun was shining,… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Apiary Visits – 10th June 2023 – David and Margery Blower’s apiary
I know what you are thinking – not another blog – but that’s what you get for joining such an active beekeeping branch! This was… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Apiary visits – Sat 20th May 2023
The theme of this 2nd Monday meeting was Swarms, and specifically how to collect them, although there were a few questions on how to stop… Read More »2nd Monday meeting 15th May – Report
For the second year running Shipston Beekeepers have a Queen Rearing Group running. The aim is to help members produce their own queens, using a… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Queen Rearing Group – May update
This was the second apiary session following on from our Introduction to Beekeeping course in April. The temperature on Saturday 13th May was, to be… Read More »Shipston beekeepers ITB 2023 – 2nd Apiary session
Due to the strange late April weather we had were unable to go to the Training Apiary on Sun 23rd April for the practical part… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers ITB 2023 – 1st Apiary Session
This year’s Introduction to Beekeeping course was somewhat affected by the cold weather we are having but nevertheless was very successful. Day 1 – Theory… Read More »Shipston ITB 2023 Report
One of our members, James Taylor, is one of the farmers at Broughton Grounds Farm; James gave the talk about his trip to Nepal in… Read More »Broughton Grange Farm Lambing Afternoon 08 April
David and Margery Blower took the Shipston beekeepers stand to this event. It was in 2 ‘sittings’. 5:30pm – 8:30pm Tues 15th Nov then 9:30am… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers stand at the Shipston Home Nursing event 14-15 Nov 2022
Well our 2nd Monday meeting of November started in the car park of The George in Brailes! The pub, it transpired, is now closed on… Read More »Shipston 2nd Monday meeting 14Nov2022