Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I am sending this Chairman’s February news letter a bit early as we have our first lecture this Friday 1 February at Bishop Cannings Village Hall, SN10 2LA staring at 7.30. We have Andy Willis giving his talk “Bees eye view of beekeeping” which will be looking at everyday beekeeping from the bees perspective. I …
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Posts from Kennet Beekeepers Association Chairman
Chairmans Letter – January 2019
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, May I start by wishing you all a successful beekeeping and Happy New Year for 2019. Now is the time to forget your beekeeping disasters of last year and make new resolutions to get all your kit up to date, repaired and cleaned ready for the summer. I promise you that there will be a …
Chairmans Letter – December 2018
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I hope that by now you have all written your letter to Father Christmas and requested your new Queen marking pen for 2019 (green), a hive nail punch, a Queen marking cage, or even this mug! Well, Christmas is coming and it is always good to have a few reasonable ideas for your family to get you …
Chairmans Letter – November 2018
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I hope you have all been a better KBKA member than your Chairman, who has only just paid subscription his for the year! To get the full benefit of membership you need to pay your subs now. Just download the membership form from the KBKA website, make a payment to our KBKA bank, Account no …
Chairmans Letter – October 2018
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, I think you should all know that this week Asian Hornet has been found at two sites in Hampshire. I have been working at both sites and it occurred to me that we, as beekeepers and the general public, are not doing enough to find this pest. I would like to suggest to all members, …