Shipston Beekeepers Winter Bee School Session 3 – Swarming
Zoom meetingThis will be a Zoom session and Carolyn Kramer will email the attendees the Zoom details nearer the time.
This will be a Zoom session and Carolyn Kramer will email the attendees the Zoom details nearer the time.
This will be a Zoom session and Carolyn Kramer will email the attendees the Zoom details nearer the time.
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 support of Bees Abroad at the Shipston Beekeepers AGM in February. This year they are holding a lambing afternoon for the Ukraine DEC appeal with refreshments, a short farm walk,… Read More »Broughton Grounds Farm Lambing Afternoon
Our May 2nd Monday meeting is being slipped by a week due to all the early May Bank Holidays to 15th May. The theme is Swarms including preventing and collecting, and our Swarms Collectors' co-ordinator, Mike Cherry, will give a short talk on collecting swarms. Timings are as normal for a 2nd Monday, 1900hrs for… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers 2nd Monday Meeting May – 15th May – Swarms
Our first apiary visit of 2023 is taking place in Shipston. We will start at our out-apiary in the rear garden of St. Edmund's Church and then move on to the apiary of Julia and Paul Neal. Full details have been sent out to members; if you've not received yours email the Shipston Treasurer.
This is the third meeting of the Shipston Queen Rearing Group. After the first two meetings participants are getting ready to implement their chosen method of queen rearing so we hope for some progress updates at this meeting. The Group co-ordinator is graham Franklin. If you would like to know more about the group Graham… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Queen Rearing Group 2023 – Meeting #3
The Shipston Beekeepers stand will be at the Brailes Village show selling a selection of honeys, beeswax candles and other wax products. And talking about beekeeping. In fact, probably talking a lot about beekeeping.
The Shipston Beekeepers stand will be at the Tysoe Village show selling a selection of honeys, beeswax candles and other wax products. And talking about beekeeping. In fact, probably talking a lot about beekeeping.
The Shipston Beekeepers stand will be at the Wychford Village show selling a selection of honeys, beeswax candles and other wax products. And talking about beekeeping. In fact, probably talking a lot about beekeeping.
Our Winter Bee School is hosted by Carolyn Kramer and is a series of Zoom theory sessions to help beekeepers who have had bees for about a year prepare for the BBKA Basic Assessment - essentially the new beekeepers driving test. All members who have signed up for the course have been notified but if… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Winter Bee School 2023-24 – Session 1