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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260725
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SUMMARY:Introducing Beekeeping Course
DESCRIPTION:Julia & Martin Hoggard will run the  Introducing Beekeeping  on behalf of PBKA.  It will be of interest to anyone who would like to become a beekeeper or who wants to know what is involved as well as those who have started beekeeping\, but consider themselves to be beginners. \nJulia and Martin are both highly experienced beekeepers and trainers.  They  run the Brigsteer Bee Reserve\, just outside Kendal. More information about Julia\, the Bee Reserve and her training programmes\, along with course feedback\, can be found at www.BeeEd.org.uk \nIntroducing Beekeeping is a two day course.        It will run on one of the following weekends: \n\nSaturday 25th – Sunday 26th July 2026\n\nDay one will commence at 9.00. (registration) and finish at 5.45.p.m.   (Includes colony inspection) Day two will commence at 9.00. and finish by 5.00.p.m. \nThe course will combine theory with practise and will involve an introduction to all the basic skills  needed to become a competent\, confident beekeeper \nFee:  £120   This includes: tuition; loan of kit; information to take home; light refreshments\, EXCLUDING lunch.  Please bring your own packed lunch. \nConcessions:  £100  PBKA Members                £70 *students in full time education. \n*Minimum age 12 years.  Students U.18 must be accompanied by an adult who is parent/guardian or officially acting in  ‘loco parentis’ and is also attending the course. \nPlaces are limited. To reserve a place please contact PBKA  asap: see below. \nClosing date for applications:  Monday 18th  May. Cancellation: unless PBKA cancels the course\, refunds for cancelled places cannot be made after 18th  May 2026.  \nDownload Application Form  Or   \nContact Margaret (Chair PBKA) chair@penrithbeekeepers.org  
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/introducing-beekeeping-course-2/
LOCATION:Greystoke Village Hall\, Greystoke\, CA11 0TP
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260725
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260727
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SUMMARY:Introducing Beekeeping Course
DESCRIPTION:* Due to impending surgery two dates have been provisionally arranged in case Julia’s operation means that she cannot lead the course in June. Only apply if you know that you would be able to manage to attend if either of these weekends are used. Confirmation of the date will be provided as soon as possible.\n\n\n\nJulia & Martin Hoggard will run the  Introducing Beekeeping  on behalf of PBKA.  It will be of interest to anyone who would like to become a beekeeper or who wants to know what is involved as well as those who have started beekeeping\, but consider themselves to be beginners. \nJulia and Martin are both highly experienced beekeepers and trainers.  They  run the Brigsteer Bee Reserve\, just outside Kendal. More information about Julia\, the Bee Reserve and her training programmes\, along with course feedback\, can be found at www.BeeEd.org.uk \nIntroducing Beekeeping is a two day course.        It will run on one of the following weekends: \n\nSaturday 6th  & Sunday 7th June  OR Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th July 2026\n\nDay one will commence at 9.00. (registration) and finish at 5.45.p.m.   (Includes colony inspection) Day two will commence at 9.00. and finish by 5.00.p.m. \nThe course will combine theory with practise and will involve an introduction to all the basic skills  needed to become a competent\, confident beekeeper \nFee:  £120   This includes: tuition; loan of kit; information to take home; light refreshments\, EXCLUDING lunch.  Please bring your own packed lunch. \nConcessions:  £100  PBKA Members                £70 *students in full time education. \n*Minimum age 12 years.  Students U.18 must be accompanied by an adult who is parent/guardian or officially acting in  ‘loco parentis’ and is also attending the course. \nPlaces are limited. To reserve a place please contact PBKA  asap: see below. \nClosing date for applications:  Monday 18th  May. Cancellation: unless PBKA cancels the course\, refunds for cancelled places cannot be made after 18th  May 2026.  \nDownload Application Form  Or   \nContact Margaret (Chair PBKA) chair@penrithbeekeepers.org  
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/introducing-beekeeping-course/
LOCATION:Greystoke Village Hall\, Greystoke\, CA11 0TP
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260712T133000
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SUMMARY:Acorn Bank Members Meeting
DESCRIPTION:The sessions are from 1.30. – 3.30. Please aim to arrive at Acorn Bank National Trust Property at Temple Sowerby\, (CA10 1SP) by 1.15. to give sufficient time to park in the main car park\, show your PBKA Membership Card and *National Trust Membership card (if you have one) at the entrance and then walk up to the apiary which is located at the top of the orchard. \n*This is not a condition of entry but helps to boost the NT Visitor numbers if it can be shown and ‘swiped’ \nA Trustee will usually be available to greet you at the edge of the car park. \nThe Trustee   will ensure that you know how to reach the apiary. He/she will check that you are wearing appropriate footwear and that your bee suit is clean if you are bringing your own. \nThere are bee suits available for use at the apiary if you do not have your own. We also have a small number of pairs of wellington boots\, but cannot guarantee that we would have the size that you will need\, so it is best to bring your own. \nWe ask members to be aware that the following rules apply on visits to the apiary: \n\nYou may wear your own bee suit\, but only if it has been laundered since you wore it to visit your own bees. This is to minimise the risk of cross-colony infection. Bee suits are available to borrow for the afternoon if you cannot guarantee that your own is clean/ if you do not have one yet.\nNitrile gloves will be supplied. Leather gauntlets / other protective gloves of your own are not acceptable .\nYou should wear wellingtons or other footwear that completely covers your feet and lower leg to avoid bee stings in this area.It is helpful to the apiary managers if most people arrive together so that they can provide a brief update about the bees before the group enters the apiary and begin to look at the colonies.\n\nTo avoid congestion at the apiary\, it is recommended that you put on your bee suit and wellingtons in the car park. \nAs the season progresses some meetings will focus on particular aspects of beekeeping relevant to the needs/ activities of the colonies at the time. If this is known in advance of the Sunday meeting\, then you will receive an E mail beforehand to let you know what is likely to be taking place that afternoon. \nTEA AND CAKE! Tea/ coffee and biscuits/ cake will be available at the end of the afternoon for our group in the Volunteers Kitchen in the main house. The beekeeping sessions usually ends by 3.30. to give time for a ‘cuppa and a natter’ before you head off home.
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/acorn-bank-members-meeting/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260210T213000
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SUMMARY:Nutrition in Honey Bees
DESCRIPTION:Focussing on the nutritional requirements of bees at different times of the year\n-the role of the fat body in overwintering\,\n-the nutritional contents of different pollens\n-why bees need variety in their diet. \nPresenter: Margaret Murdin \nMargaret has been keeping bees for over 20 years and is a Master Beekeeper.\nShe has won the prestigious Wax Chandlers Award for the highest marks in the BBKA exams and holds the National Diploma in Beekeeping. Until recently\, Margaret  was a BBKA Trustee and is a Past President\, assistant moderator and examiner. She is a BBKA National Speaker. \n 
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/nutrition-in-honey-bees/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260115T193000
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SUMMARY:What makes Bees Tick?
DESCRIPTION:(Glands\, hormones\, pheromones\, sense organs and much more! ) \nThe talk will describe how various glands (including those producing pheromones and hormones) and sense organs act together\, sometimes in very complex ways\, to control the colony. How does the bee manage when it has an impervious outer skeleton?  What does a superorganism mean in relation to the honey bee colony? The impacts on foraging\, swarming\, development of the individual bee and the colony will be discussed. \n  \nPresenter: Pam Hunter  \nPam is based in Sussex. She is a Master Beekeeper and BBKA National Speaker \n 
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/what-makes-bees-tick/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251203T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251203T210000
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SUMMARY:  ‘Fast and slow beekeeping’.
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 3rd December 2025 7.30.p.m. \nThe 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\nPresenter:   Kevin Thorne\nKevin is a Beefarmer with 50 hives in and around Lavenham\, Suffolk. Kevin is\npassionate about improving his bees to be calm\, healthy and productive and working\nto educate beekeepers in this area. He and his wife Julie run Stour Valley Apiaries\nand Busy Bees Cosmetics. Kevin has established a Bee Improvement Group at\nAbberton Reservoir in Essex\, working with local beekeepers\, Colchester BKA\, Essex\nand Suffolk Water and Essex Wildlife Trust to reintroduce the native black bee to the\narea.  Kevin is a BBKA  national speaker.
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/fast-and-slow-beekeeping/
LOCATION:Zoom See email sent to PBKA Members or email Margaret Riches chair@penrithbeekeepers.org\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20251113T210000
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SUMMARY:How can BBKA help you be a better beekeeper?
DESCRIPTION:This session will introduce the BBKA Qualifications and resources available to members and consider how you might prepare for BBKA qualifications\, as well as their value. \nBBKA Learning Online has a range of visual\, practical materials for both tutors and learners\, and we’d like to know what you want\, as well as what you think about what is already there. \nThe joy of beekeeping is that there is always something new to learn! \nThis session will be led by Jane Medwell (BBKA) who manages the ‘Learning Platform’ with Julia Hoggard (Kendal BKA) and Peter Weatherill (Cockermouth BKA) also providing information about the support that they can provide at the local level. \nPresenters:  \nJane Medwell: Jane Medwell learnt beekeeping from her mother in the 1970s – then learnt it all over again in the 1990s\, when she set up her own apiaries. She is a Master beekeeper\, BBKA Examiner\, trainer and member of Warwick and Leamington Beekeepers. In her other life\, she is an Associate Professor of Education. \nJulia Hoggard: Julia is a highly experienced beekeeper and trainer. She runs the Brigsteer Bee Reserve\, just outside Kendal. Until her recent retirement\, Julia was a Seasonal Bee Inspector. \nPeter Weatherill: An experienced beekeeper\, Peter is currently secretary of the Cockermouth Branch and is Education and Exam Secretary for Cumbria Beekeepers Area Association. \n  \n  \n  \nThursday 13th November 2025 \nat 7.00.pm.
URL:https://penrithbeekeepers.org/event/how-can-bbka-help-you-be-a-better-beekeeper/
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