Beverley
Beekeepers' Association
The
local Beekeeping Association for East
Yorkshire
Beekeeping
events
Beverley
Beekeepers' Open Day 20th July 2008
We are having a beekeeping open day at our apiary site
at Beverley Parks which is next to Old Hall
Farm, off Long Lane near Beverley on
Sunday 20th July from 10 to
4.00. Click here for map to Beverley
Parks
Follow the special "bee signs" from Woodmansey,
Beverley Minster and the Morrisons roundabout.
There
will be a whole range of information all day on what
it takes to keep bees and the role they play in our
environment. This will include the sale of local honey
and other hive products, information on baking and cooking
with honey,beeswax candle rolling for children to take a
candle home, an exhibition with glassed walled "observation
hives" and demonstrations throughout the day of live
bees in a controlled bee cage. Visitors will be able to
watch a beekeeper open a beehive, find the queen bee and
describe the inner workings of the bee colony whilst you
watch in safety.
We
will also be telling you about the British Beekeepers
campaign to get the government to spend more money on
research to tackle the new diseases that threaten to
wipe out our honeybees and take the honey from your
breakfast table. For more information on the campaign go
to
http://www.britishbee.org.uk/
Experienced
beekeepers will be present all day to answer questions and
tell you all about the wonderful life of the
bee.
Local
sculptor Saffron Waghorn from Skipsea, who is also a
beekeeper, will be carving a honey bee from wood during the
day and visitors will be able to see her work.
26th
April 2008
Yorkshire Beekeepers
Association Spring Conference at Bishop Burton
College.
Speakers will be Murray Reid from New Zealand, G Royale
from Cheshire and Mrs Pam Hunter.
Subjects to be confirmed.
Contact Dudley Gue at dudley&helga@tyes.karoo.co.uk or
visit the YBKA website for further info.