Dear Kennet Beekeeper, Wednesday 7th August, at Bishops Cannings Village Hall SN10 2LA at 7.30 is our next meeting of informal Bee Chat. Our own John Barber will be giving an important short talk on Anaphylaxis shock. All beekeepers should know a bit about this. I will follow this with a short question and answer time about your …
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Chairmans Letter – July 2019
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, This Saturday 29 June the Canal and River Trust are holding a Discovery Day and myself and David Brown will be holding the fort for KBKA, presenting our KBKA honey stall. The stall will have both the observation hive and the selling of honey. I need to hear from you if you are able to …
Caen Hill Discovery Day 2019
Join Kennet BKA at Caen Hill Discovery Day this Saturday 29th June, 10am – 4pm. Caen Hill Locks, Devizes (Caen Hill visitor car park (SN10 1QS)). See all activities and events on the day, via the link above.
Chairmans Letter – June 2019
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, 2019 seems to be the year for swarms, and with my experience I am ashamed to say, despite removing Queen cells, doing all the correct artificial swarms manoeuvres, I have had two swarms. It has been really interesting as I have two colonies which are showing no signs of swarming, no polished Queen cups, etc. …
Chairmans Letter – April 2019
Dear Kennet Beekeeper, Please note all future club meetings will now take place on the 1st Wednesday of the month and I am delighted to welcome this Wednesday, 3rd April @ 7.30pm, a renowned beekeeper – Celia Davis presenting her talk entitled “The Challenges of Beekeeping”. The talk will take place at the usual venue – Bishop Cannings …