Kingston Beekeepers

There is a new supplier of beehives and equipment listed in our 'OTHER SITES' page. They are called Beechwood Bees. Their hives are made from pine and can be supplied either assembled or flat packed. Worth noting that they are supplied Post and Packing FREE.

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We have been contacted by a local supplier of Cedar National Hives, produced in a small local workshop in Hounslow. They certainly look like excellent quality and any interested parties can visit the workshop to check out for themselves, by prior arrangement. www.thebeehiveworkshop.co.uk

How to get to The Church Hall 

Bee News Dec. 2009

THE NATIVITY - Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528.

Durer was a German painter, printmaker and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since. His nativity illustrates what artists have done all through the ages, taking the nativity story and putting it into his own 15th century setting. (Dave Priest, editor.)

Surrey Beekeepers Association - Kingston Division

Supplier and manufacturer of National Hives and components......and an interesting website to boot!

Worth checking out.  -  http://www.peak-hives.co.uk/

National Honey Show – Weybridge, Surrey 29th to 31st October 2009

Are you new to beekeeping? Would you like to see what honey, combs, wax and mead should really look like? The National Honey Show is the ‘gold standard’ honey show - the equivalent of Wimbledon for tennis players. There are almost 250 classes and beekeepers come from all over the world to enter so it is truly an international show.

Walking around the displays is an education in itself. A full programme of workshops and lectures will run during the show and there will be a wide selection of trade stands with lots of equipment and books to buy. If you are in your first year of beekeeping you can get in free! Your association secretary must apply for this on your behalf to the NHS General Secretary before the end of July. Contact the Rev. HF Capener, 1 Baldric Road, Folkestone , CT20 2NR. Email showsec@zbee.com

If you have already had success at your local or county show, why not enter some of the classes? Many counties have their own classes within the show – or you can put yourself up against the experts in the open classes to see how you measure up. As you do your extracting, why not keep that perfect frame aside? A little planning now will give you lots of potential show entries.

The 2009 schedule of classes and entry application is available from the membership secretary, Sandra Rickwood. Please telephone her for a copy on 020 33 55 8716 and leave your name and address after the recorded message. It will soon be available on the National Honey Show website www.honeyshow.co.uk where you can also find lots of interesting information about the show.

The show is at St Georges College, Woburn Hill, Weybridge, Surrey, KT15 2QS (follow the A317 from junction 11 of the M25) on Thursday 29(2.00pm to 6pm) Friday 30 (9.30am to 6pm) and Saturday 31 October (9.30am to 4.45pm).

Admission for non-members is £12 but you can become a member of the National Honey Show for £10 (or £11 via PayPal) and then entry is free for all three days. Accompanied children of 16 years and under are free and additional family members over 16 years living at the same address can come in for £5 each. On Saturday admission after 12 noon is £5 for everyone. You can join at the door or by contacting the membership secretary, Mrs Sandra Rickwood, 19 Kenwood Drive, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, KT12 5AU. Alternatively, email srhoneyshow@googlemail.com or telephone 020 3355 8716 and leave a message.

Reigate Beekeepers still have some availability on two courses over the coming months:

Introduction to Beekeeping Course 2009 - Tuesday Evenings - Places Available

• Tutor David Rudland (Seasonal Bee Inspector)
• Starting on Tuesday 29 September 2009
• Meets at 7.30pm
• Runs for 10 weeks
• Held at Boxhill School, Mickleham.
• 2009 Course dates are: 29 September - 1 December 2009, weekly.

Introduction to Beekeeping Course 2010 - Monday Evenings - Places Available

• Tutor David Rudland (Seasonal Bee Inspector)
• Starting on Monday 11 January 2010
• Meets at 7.30pm
• Runs for 10 weeks
• Held at The Woodhatch Centre, Reigate.
• 2010 Course dates are: 11 January, 18 January, 25 January, 1 February, 8 February, 15 February, 22 February, 1 March, 8 March and 15th March 2010

You can read further details here

Saturday 8th August – 3pm start.

Partners are welcome to join us. Starting at 3pm when we will show people the hives and then the bbq itself will start at approximately 4pm.

The bbq is open to members, their family and friends. Please bring your own drinks. And please bring either a dessert or salad as a family (not each). There is a charge of £4 per head.

IMPORTANT! If you are coming please contact Avis so that she has an idea of numbers for catering.

Thanks go to Hazem Farag for the following photographs – all taken during May at the Apiary.

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  "There's an insect in my tea!"
  "That's the Vitamin Bee supplement."
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  Making Frames and Making Tea.