| Tuesday 17th December 7.30. p.m. Zoom | Presentation by Buckfast Beekeepers : Preparing for Spring – Don’t idle your winter away. Get ready for the great awakening and be looking at it not for it! Zoom meeting Login details sent by email & also posted on Members section |
| Wed 29th January 7.30. p.m.
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| ‘ All About Bumblebees’ : presentation by Charlotte Rankin, Cumbria Wildlife Trust While hibernating queen bumblebees are tucked up underground awaiting spring, why not grab a warm drink and join Cumbria Wildlife Trust for an evening talk about bumblebees? Charlotte from Cumbria Wildlife Trust will provide an introduction to bumblebees, their lifecycle, species that call Cumbria home, and how we can support them in our gardens and green spaces. Charlotte will also share information about Cumbria Wildlife Trust’s work with communities and landowners to create wildflower-rich habitat for bumblebees and other pollinators. Zoom meeting Login details sent by email & also posted on Members section
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| Tuesday 25th February 7.30.
ZOOM | ‘Making the most of nucs ‘ presentation by Pamela Hatton Cheshire BKA
Zoom meeting Login details sent by email & also posted on Members section
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| Thursday 6th March 7.30.
Zoom | ‘Swarm Control’: Presentation by Keith Bartlem until recently, NBU Seasonal Bee Inspector Spotting the signs! Swarm prevention / control, without panic and dramas! Zoom meeting Login details sent by email & also posted on Members section |
About the presenters
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| Pamela Hatton : Cheshire BKA Myself and hubby Stuart have kept bees for over thirty years (yes – we remember those lovely pre-varroa days when we didn’t know we had it so good!). We worked our way through the BBKA exam system and are now both Master Beekeepers. I was branch secretary for N. Cheshire BKA for over 10 years until I became Chair of Cheshire BKA, and now it is my honour to be President of the County. Stuart is Chair of N. Cheshire Branch. We are both very involved in education in the County, holding various courses through the ‘flying season’ at our Apiary. We lecture at our Branch theory sessions, and hold beginner practical sessions every weekend through the summer, as well as running a Basic Study group and assessments every year. Being a keen candle maker and ex-exhibitor, I also run a wax workshop every autumn for the County as well as making honey and beeswax soap, creams and balms which I sell at shows etc. | ||||||
| Keith Bartlem : Formerly an NBU Seasonal Bee Inspector Keith has kept bees for over 30 years and until the end of the 2024 season was a Seasonal Bee Inspector with the National Bee Unit. He was also a Seasonal Bee Inspector for four years in the North East of England. As a Seasonal Bee Inspector he has organised Asian Hornet track and trace workshops, and demonstrated at Honeybee health days. Keith also gives talks to Beekeeping associations on honey bee health, honey bee husbandry, honey bee behaviour, and the Asian Hornet. |