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‘Fast and slow beekeeping’.
Wednesday 3rd December 2025 7.30.p.m.
The art of decision making in Beekeeping:- Knowing when to take timely action and when to be patient. -Making the right decisions for your bees. -Getting the best outcomes for you and your bees
Presenter: Kevin Thorne
Kevin is a Beefarmer with 50 hives in and around Lavenham, Suffolk. Kevin is
passionate about improving his bees to be calm, healthy and productive and working
to educate beekeepers in this area. He and his wife Julie run Stour Valley Apiaries
and Busy Bees Cosmetics. Kevin has established a Bee Improvement Group at
Abberton Reservoir in Essex, working with local beekeepers, Colchester BKA, Essex
and Suffolk Water and Essex Wildlife Trust to reintroduce the native black bee to the
area. Kevin is a BBKA national speaker.
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