Beverley
Beekeepers' Association
The local
Beekeeping Association for East
Yorkshire
Open
Day
Here is some information about our very successful Open
Day, held every year in July.
There
can’t be many people don’t know that bees are in trouble
and everyone wants to know how they can help. A growing
number also want to help by becoming beekeepers themselves.
Beverley Beekeepers Association is doing its bit to help,
as part of our aim or promoting bees and
beekeeping.
Each
year we have an Open Day in July at our teaching
apiary at the Millenium Orchard Beverley Parks. The day is
designed to attract and inform members of the public who
are interested in bees and honey or are thinking of taking
up the craft of beekeeping.
The
pictures on this page show our successful Open Day in July
2009. There are more pictures of the event on the HU17.net
website.at
http://www.hu17.net/beverley-bee-keepers-day/
At
the Open Day we will have displays and information on
everything you could want to know about bees including;
· Displays,
photos and a beekeeping equipment exhibition.
·
Glass sided hives stocked with thousands of bees.
·
Displays of honey cakes and cookery.
·
Candle making for children.
·
Live bee displays with a hive opened safely in front of
your eyes.
·
A chance to chat to beekeepers about what you have to do to
keep bees yourself.
·
Local honey will be for sale all day.
There
will be refreshments available all day with tea, coffee,
soft drinks and snacks.
Details
of the 2010 Open Day will be posted on the site in the
Spring
Beekeeping Project in Cameroon
We are supporting the Lebialem Hunter’s Project (
www.bee4bushmeat.org/,)
which began locally ,led by Juliette Wright from
Cottingham. The project works with bushmeat hunters in
Cameroon training them to become beekeepers. By giving them
an alternative income it is hoped to protect apes from
being hunted for food. There will be a display on the
project and a prize tombola to raise funds. Proceeds from
the refreshments available all day will also go to support
the hunters project. So if you want to
find out everything there is to know about bees come and
see us at the Open Day. If you have any questions about our
Open Day please contact the Secretary on
enquiries@beverleybeekeepers.co.uk