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Programme 2012
Indoor meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month from January to
April and again from September to December, beginning at 7.30 p.m. Meetings will be at the Shirehall in Abbey Foregate unless otherwise noted. Visitors are welcome at most meetings - please contact a member of the Committee for further information.
From April to September there are apiary meetings. These take place on Saturday afternoons beginning at 2.30 p.m.
Outdoor meetings will usually take place on the second Saturday of each month from April - September. [NB These meetings are for members only] The provisional programme for 2012 is:
There is a separate series of meetings for anyone interested in learning about beekeeping. Please see the Beginners' Page
Indoor Meetings
Date
Speaker
Topic
Venue
January 11th 2012
Dave Bonner RBI
Review of 2011 & Looking Ahead
Shirehall February 8th 2012
Jo Schupp
Preparing bees for oilseed rape & heatherTBA
Shirehall March 14th 2012
Graham Royale
Swarms & swarm control
Shirehall April 11th 2012
Wally Shaw
TBA
Shirehall October 10th 2012
AGM
Shirehall November 14th 2012
TBA
Shirehall December 12th 2012
TBA
Shirehall
Date
Topic 14th April
Spring clean; floor change; oilseed rape harvesting 12th May
Artificial swarm; making up nucs 9th June
Bailey comb change; feeding for the June gap
Preparing for the main flow;
Early preparation for winter store;
monitoring for varroa14th July
Marking queens, monitoring for disease,
preventing robbing; harvesting 18th August
Autumn feeding, treating for varroa with thymol;
queen introduction 15th September
Preparing for winter; uniting colonies;
pest protection; winter stores 24th Nov or 1st Dec
Winter oxalic acid treatment for varroa;
emergency winter feeding