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Many members of WDBKA will be squeezing boxes of honey jars and fresh foundation into their beekeeping sheds and cupboards following the recent deliveries of large bulk orders. Many thanks to Peter Crabbe and Carole Brown for overseeing this mammoth order. It is very gratifying to hear that we have saved well over Β£1000 by
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Looking out at the torrential rain and howling wind, it is amazing to think that only yesterday I was battling huge numbers of wasps attacking my hives and invading my bee shed. My bees were successfully defending themselves, but my shed was full of wasps. I put up two traps with Trappit as bait. In
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Without our usual selling opportunity at the Melplash Show we have been looking for alternative outlets for honey from the WDBKA Apiary. The Apiary Management Committee continue to work hard to maintain strong, healthy colonies. This is resulting in a good crop of honey which can be sold to raise funds for the Association. See
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The glorious spring weather has been a source of pleasure to all … including many Honey bee colonies … encouraging them to swarm. From high …. … to low. Carole was lucky enough to be at home to watch a swarm arrive in her bait hive…
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Covid-19 has not stopped the WDBKA from holding their latest committee meeting. We all used Zoom to come together to review the season thus far and consider our future needs. The agenda covered the cancellation of the Melplash Show and explored how we might replace the opportunity to raise funds through the sale of the
WDBKA ticking over! Read More Β»
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence – NICE, which produces evidence based guidance on the management of medical conditions in the UK, has published the following advice to manage Covid-19 symptoms …. click here for a link to the page. You will see that the first line of suggested treatment to manage a cough is
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In spite of the dismal weather forecast Trevor Ford and his crew have made short work of our final building project. The smaller ‘dirty’ cabin arrived on site on Monday 10th Feb. … by Tuesday evening it was virtually complete. What a brilliant achievement. Thank you so much to Trevor and everyone on the team
Cabin number 2 has arrived! Read More Β»
A giant construction kit was delivered earlier this month … Trevor has kindly lead our major project to upgrade the facilities at Netherbury Apiary. He assembled an excellent team of willing volunteers and over the course of the last week or so has managed to errect the new Bee Cabin. It is a huge improvement
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We had a great turn out for the final members meeting on Saturday. Many thanks to the twenty or so folk who came along to check on the bees, clean and sort the equipment and help to prepare for the arrival of our new cabin. No surface was left un-brushed … by the end of
Autumn Clear up ππ Read More Β»