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2008 Events

 
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All meetings with a ? before the date have yet to be confirmed
Apiary meeting 14.30 for "roofs off " at 14:45 sharp

All Winter meetings at Petersfield Community Centre, Love Lane, Petersfield.
at 19:45

January

February

Christmas over, time to plan this year's Beekeeping objectives

5th - Annual General Meeting, AGM followed by a Social Hour with light refreshments.

26th EGM then as below

26th - Speaker - Ian Homer - No Bees! No Honey!

Check your bees have enough food
How are you going to monitor varroa this year. more from the NBU

16 February - Speaker - Roger Patterson- ‘Let’s Keep Beekeeping Simple’

24th February - Winter training session - Community centre

 

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March

April

How's the equipment, spare floors clean? What is your varroa mite count?

2nd March - Winter training session - Community centre

8th March - Bob Robinson – A selection of Beekeeping Videos from HBA Library.

8th March - South Hampshire Beekeepers Spring Convention

16th March - Equipment cleaning.

30th March - Apiary

Good time for changing brood comb. Drone brood trapping for varroa control

6th & 20th April - Apiary

 

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May

June

Don't forget you can still borrow from our library, just give Bob a ring.
Have you tried artificial swarm to lose lots of varroa mites?

27th - 30th May Birdworld - Fun Farm Week - Display & talk to visitors

4th, 18th & 25th May - Apiary

Drone brood trapping through May June and July are an effective way of reducing varroa

1st June - Milland Village fair

14th June - Garden Party

8th & 22nd June - Apiary

 

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July

August

 

5th July - Out Apiary visit to Wisborough Green BKA - see June newsletter for details.

12th & 13th July Country Fair, QE Country Park

13th & 27th* July - Apiary

*Visit by regional bee inspector.

 

Apiguard if the mite count demands it?
Honey extracting? Don't forget the Honey Show next month"

10th & 31st August - Apiary

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September

October

14th & 28th September - Apiary?

14th September - Hampshire Country Sports - Tichborne Park

 

20th - HONEY SHOW - Rogate Village Hall
Download schedule in Adobe Acrobat pdf format (2008)

12th October - Blackmoor Apple tasting day

11th October - HBA Honey show & Convention

?Date TBA - Heavy Horse Show

30th, 31st October & 1st November -National Honey Show

24th October - Skittles

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November

December

5th November - First winter meeting - June Hughes - Preparing Wax for showing

PLEASE NOTE: This is a mid-week evening it will be well-worth coming to as June Hughes is a widely experienced practical bee keeper and has accumulated a vast store of knowledge about wax and the many things one can do with it

22nd November - Annual Dinner - See October Newsletter for menu and booking form