Dear Kennet BeeKeeper, Beekeeping now really starts to get going in May, so be prepared for swarms, putting on supers and generally inspecting your bees. In the Horton Road Apiary we have started to paint the social area and to make the place more pleasant to visit. Dick Church has kindly given KBKA two …
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Chairmans Letter – April 2021
Dear Kennet BeeKeeper,May I start by wishing you all a Happy Easter Holiday. Tuesday 30 March was the warmest day of the year so far – so I inspected my bees for the first time. It is always good to open a colony for the first time that year and see what is, or is not, going …
Chairmans Letter – March 2021
Dear Kennet BeeKeeper Well, I am writing this on the last Saturday of February and the Sun has been shining for the last few days and my bees are out collecting what pollen they can find. The KBKA WhatsApp site (If you want to join the Associations WhatsApps do let me know) is a-buzz with some prize …
Chairmans Letter – February 2021
Dear Kennet BeeKeeper I hope that you are well and looking forward to doing some beekeeping. I know I remind everyone every year but we are getting near the critical time for stores in our colonies and this is just to remind you to check there is enough food for perhaps a cold February and …
Chairmans Letter – January 2021
Dear Kennet BeeKeeper. May I start by wishing you all a Better, Healthier and Happy New Year for 2021. Let us hope that this vaccine will be the answer to our wishes and that by Easter we will be able to resume a more normal life by meeting and enjoying our bees together. I have missed …