News & Events
SWHBK Members' Meetings & Events​
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05/03/25 Peter Higgs (Beegone) - 'Removal of bees from difficult places'
02/04/25 Dan Basterfield - 'Managing common diseases and disorders'
07/05/25 Club practical session - 'Simple mistakes to make in the apiary and how to avoid them'
04/06/25 Andy Barnes Willis - 'Wax refining'
July & August - no meetings
*all meetings take place at Brockenhurst Village Hall on the first Wednesday of each month starting at 19:30, unless otherwise notified.​
​For all BBKA talks available on YouTube click here.
March 2025
Feeding bees
Peter Higgs from Beegone will be giving a talk on 'Removal of bees from difficult places' on Wednesday 5 March at 19:30 in Brockenhurst Village Hall.
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The club is sometimes contacted to remove a colony/swarm from a building such as in a chimney. This is a service we leave to the professionals and look forward to learning what they do.
February
Annual General Meeting (AGM)
South West Hampshire Beekeepers held their AGM on Wednesday, 5 February.
Simon Lewis took members through the reports and the major achievement of the year - the new club apiary. The meeting was well attended and a good discussion was had once the formalities were completed.
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Thank you everyone for coming.
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January 2025
Feeding bees
Welcome to the New Year.
Two of our favourite speakers - Clare Densley & Martin Hann from Buckfast Abbey gave a great Zoom talk on 'Feeding Bees'.
How, when and why? Different systems were explored and we gained a deeper understanding of how what we do affects the bees' development and survival.
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As normal we all took away some great ideas to follow up.
