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                   Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Conwy

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How to transfer bees from a nuc. to a full size hive.

Beekeeping - An Introduction - CALU Technical note 040401 (compiled by CBKA)

Conwy Seed and Honey Fairs, information for stallholders.

News: 

The Beekeeping Course  starting in September  2009 is now fully subscribed with over forty members. 

Volunteers wanted to help at the Tal y Cafn apiary:  Contact Chris Clarke, apiary manager on 01745 832812.

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CBKA Honey Show Rules

CSL Advisory Leaflets

 

Bee Friendly Garden - visit the garden of one of our members under the National Gardens Scheme for Charity on Sunday 5th July 11:00 a.m. 'till 5:00 p.m.. Bryn Seiri, Talwrn, Near Llangefni, Anglesey or by appointment 'till September

 Beekeeping taster day - Saturday 22nd August 2009.

We are planning a taster day to introduce newcomers to beekeeping, before they make a commitment to enrol on a course or start buying equipment.  Morning talks at Rowen Memorial Hall will be followed by an afternoon with the bees at Tal y Cafn.  Cost per person £30, including an information pack and some local honey to take home.  Maximum 15 people. Contact Peter McFadden at peter@honeyfair.freeserve.co.uk or Pete Barrar at pete.barrar@virgin.net to make your booking. Download Course Outline and Booking Form.

 

  CBKA Apiary - Bringing in pollen.

Welcome to the Conwy Beekeepers' Association Website.

One of our primary aims is to bring together those involved in beekeeping in this lovely area of North Wales, UK and to encourage people with an interest in beekeeping to take up this fascinating activity. So our purpose is to disseminate good practice and to help, advise, educate and train beekeepers, young and old. We are an Association of nearly one hundred members, including individuals, family memberships and junior members. We meet regularly over the winter period for evening talks and demonstrations at St. David's College, Llandudno and during the spring and summer at our Association's apiary on the Bodnant Estate at Tal y Cafn, where experienced members and newcomers meet to work with our own bees in a secure environment.

Conwy has a long association with beekeepers, and the Conwy Honey Fair which takes place each year in Conwy High Street, on the 13th September, is an opportunity for beekeepers to sell their honey and for the public to meet beekeepers and to buy local honeys and hive products such as beeswax candles, beeswax polish and honey soaps.

The Conwy Honey Fair has a 700 year old Charter and was founded by Edward I. Local beekeepers sell about a tonne of honey by lunchtime. Stall space is free of charge. In addition, there are crafts, plants and local produce stalls. There are also many attractions in the walled town of Conwy which is a World Heritage Site.

Croeso i Wefan Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Conwy.

Un o’n prif amcanion yw casglu ynghyd bawb sydd yn ymwneud â gwenyna yn y rhan hyfryd hon o Ogledd Cymru ac annog pawb sydd â diddordeb mewn gwenyna i roi cynnig arni. Nod y gymdeithas, felly, yw rhannu arferion da a helpu, cynghori, addysgu a hyfforddi gwenynwyr, boed ifanc neu hen. Mae oddeutu wyth deg o aelodau yn y Gymdeithas, gan gynnwys unigolion, teuluoedd ac aelodau ifanc. Rydym yn cyfarfod yn rheolaidd yn ystod y gaeaf ac yn cael sgyrsiau ac arddangosiadau yng Ngholeg Dewi Sant, Llandudno. Yn ystod yr haf rydym yn cyfarfod yng ngwenynfa ein Cymdeithas ar Stad Bodnant yn Nhal y Cafn, lle mae ein haelodau profiadol a’n haelodau newydd yn cyfarfod i weithio gyda’n gwenyn ein hunain mewn amgylchedd diogel.

Mae perthynas Conwy â gwenynwyr yn mynd yn ôl ganrifoedd. Mae Ffair Fêl Conwy a gynhelir bob blwyddyn ar Stryd Fawr Conwy, ar y 13eg o Fedi, yn gyfle i wenynwyr werthu eu mêl ac i’r cyhoedd gyfarfod â’r gwenynwyr a phrynu mêl lleol a chynnyrch y cychod gwenyn megis canhwyllau, cŵyr dodrefn a sebon a wnaed o gŵyr gwenyn.

Mae gan Ffair Fêl Conwy siarter ers 700 mlynedd ac fe’i sylfaenwyd gan Edward I. Mae’r gwenynwyr lleol yn gwerthu oddeutu tunnell o fêl erbyn amser cinio. Ni chodir tâl am stondin. Yn ogystal â’r stondinau mêl, mae yno hefyd grefftau, planhigion a chynnyrch lleol. Mae nifer o atyniadau o fewn tref gaerog Conwy, sydd yn Safle Treftadaeth y Byd.  

                                                                                                           

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