September 4th, 2011 - Honey Fete at Norwood Gardens, Llanllwni.
This year there will be the following stalls:
Merlin Cheese & Buffalo Dairy
Waen Brewery
Pottery
Cakes
Preserves and crochet bees
Greetings cards
Bee supplies
and
Honey sales
There will also be an observation hive, a tombola, candle rolling, face painting, a tin can alley, a name the bee competition and a guess the weight of the cake.
Refreshments will be available from the cafe.
Beginners Bee-keeping Course is on-going. This years programme:
Session 1 - 13th February
Life in the bee hive:
Understanding the life of the colony
Queens workers and drones
Life cycles and colony development
The annual cycle of the colony
Communication and control in the beehive
Session 2 - 27th February
Getting down to basics:
Equipment
History of hives, bees and mankind
What it all looks like
What you need and what you don’t
Buying bees and equipment
Making frames
Session 3 - 13th March
The beekeeper's year:
Seasonal management and activities
The five questions
Siting apiaries
Records
Handling techniques
Session 4 - 27th March
Swarming:
Planning for swarms
Simple biology
Collecting swarms
Session 5 - 10thApril
Things that can go wrong:
Diseases
Other problems
Stings and first aid
Mothering Sunday and Easter break
Session 6 - 8thMay
The fruits of your labour:
Honey - composition, conversion and storage
Processing - extracting bottling and storing
Selling and showing - hygiene, presentation and legislation
Other hive products in brief
Practical sessions by arrangement in May, June, July and August in member's apiarys. The cost for the course is £75.00 which includes membership of Lampeter and District Beekeepers Association for one year and Bee Disease insurance for up to three hives.
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