Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I do hope you all are keeping well. I am just so sad that we still cannot hold our usual monthly meeting in the usual way and all meet up together. The social side of KBKA is really important, and as soon as we are aloud, we will be holding monthly meetings …
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Chairmans Letter – August 2020
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I have just got back from a week on the K&A canal and find a swarm in my garden hedge – great! So it is now safely in a box and tonight I will close the entrance and first thing tomorrow I will move it to my garden apiary site hoping that …
Chairmans Letter – July 2020
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, Hope this finds you all well and that your bees have all been behaving. Mine have produced the most honey I have ever gathered in Wiltshire, but I missed an inspection and they swarmed. I collected the swarm in a Nuc box, offered it to another beekeeper and then they flew off …
World Bee Day – 20/05/2020
Wednesday 20th May is World Bee Day! Celebrate the day with special events found: https://www.worldbeeday.org/en/events/beevent.html
Chairmans Letter – May 2020
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, Well, I have to start as last time by saying that I hope you are all keeping well. There can really be no excuse during this lockdown for not having time to look after your bees. Not only that the weather for the bees has been fantastic (even though it is raining …