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SWHBK Members' Meetings & Events​

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04/12/24       Christmas quiz and get together - 18:30 Brokenhurst Manor Golf Club

13/01/25        Martin Hann & Claire Densley - 'Feeding bees' - Zoom meeting​

05/02/25       Club AGM and practical session

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

04/06/25       Andy Barnes Willis - 'Wax'

*all meetings take place at Brockenhurst Village Hall on the first Wednesday of each month starting at 19:30, unless otherwise notified.

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News 2024

Christmas quiz

This year's Christmas quiz and get together is on Wednesday 4 December at Brokenhurst Manor Golf Course - 18:30 for 19:00 quiz start.

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We have organised some delicious 'lite bites', Chris will be manning the bar and Simon running the quiz. Tickets cost £15.

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Everyone is invited - members and their family and friends.

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Members should check your emails from SWHBK to find out how to book or email membership.swhbk@gmail.com

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November

Time saving inventions for beekeepers

Will Steynor has a wealth of experience both as a commercial beekeeper and also as a hobby beekeeper. He started at an early age and event built a WBC hive in woodwork classes when still at school.

 

He gave an excellent talk on his experience in bee keeping with lots of simple practical ideas on how to make your life easier as a beekeepers. The feedback has been very positive and we'd love to invite him back in the future.

 

Many of our members left the meeting buzzing with things they wanted to do - think carpentry tools may be on the Christmas lists for this year.

Autumn

Apiary and apitherapy

Several members spent a sunny Saturday morning in the club apiary preparing the hives for winter. This involved weighing full supers, removing Apivar strips from the brood boxes and placing the full supers under the brood box - commonly known as nadiring. Luckily the weather was fantastic and we finished the task quickly. We are not sure the bees liked us disturbing them though!

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Barbara Dalby gave members a talk on 'Apitherapy' in early October. The meeting was well attended and we learnt about how valuable all 'bee products' can be when used in alternative medicine. Such as putting honey on a mouth ulcer to accelerate healing!

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Honey Show - 15 September

We had a great time at the club's Honey Show on 15 September. A big thank you to Otter Nurseries for hosting us.

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We had a new judge Brad Davies who was ably assisted by one of our younger members Xavier. They spent several hours looking at, smelling and tasting honey, cakes and biscuits, burning candles and touching and feeling the wax exhibits.

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Visitors to Otter Nurseries came for a chat, tasted and voted for their favourite honey and many bought some delicious honey from our apiary. 

 

We had winners from across the board - beginners through to the more experienced beekeepers. Click here for the full list of results.

September

Hive insulation

Derek Mitchell gave a thought provoking talk on 'Facts and fiction on honey bees & insulation' to our members this month.

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We all learned how to improve the insulation of our hives based on engineering principles. This included the use of aluminium tape, Correx, glue, cocktail sticks and polystyrene. Many of us plan to try this out when preparing the hives ready for winter.

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