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Conwy Seed Fair

Tuesday 26th March 2013 In Conwy High Street and Lancaster Square, 9am to 4pm, free admission. Plant stalls, seeds, local crafts, honey, home produce. See Conwy Fairs page for information. Plus… Conwy Farmers’ Market on the Quay, all day. Conwy … Continue reading

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March 2013 News

Tuesday 19th March—What we know (and don’t know) about Swarms Craig y Don Community Centre A talk by Wally Shaw, Anglesey BKA. Tea/coffee and cake from 7.20pm. Meeting starts at 7.40pm. Saturday 23rd March—WBKA Spring Convention Builth Wells Contact Peter … Continue reading

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February 2013 News

Wednesday 20th February—Beekeeping in the Conwy Valley Maenan Abbey Hotel, Llanrwst LL26 0UL 7.30pm. A talk by Pete Barrar, Conwy BKA and NBCW with honey tasting. This is a Conwy Valley Civic Society meeting, and visitors are warmly welcome. Maenan … Continue reading

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January 2013 News

Tuesday 5th February—Conwy BKA AGM We hope we’ll see you at the Conwy BKA AGM and Beekeepers’ Question Time with plenty of questions to ask our keen team. Tuesday 26th March—Conwy Seed Fair In the Easter school holidays. Stall space … Continue reading

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Association Honey Show 2012

This is a montage of pictures by Barry Griffiths from last night’s very successful Honey Show, which was judged by about 30 members. Many thanks to Ruth Bethell, Wesley Evans and Chris Clarke for devising and organizing the Show, and … Continue reading

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October 2012 News

Conwy Feast The 9th Conwy Feast was another great success for Conwy town, with the streets thronged with visitors until late on Saturday evening, and still busy on the wet Sunday. Conwy BKA shared the Farming for Food tent with … Continue reading

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Association Honey Show 2012

Tuesday 30th October—Association Honey Show Craig y Don Community Centre We have devised a completely new format for this year’s Honey Show, with judging by the members. See the honey show schedule for details and times. Please do support the … Continue reading

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Conwy Honey Fair

Hallo beekeepers, Yesterday’s Conwy Honey Fair was another great success. Nearly 80 stalls, including about 18 honey sellers, lovely weather and crowds of visitors. Thanks to everybody who supported the Fair. Well done to Alan Morley, who collected £425 towards … Continue reading

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September 2012 News

Our summer season of apiary meetings at Tal y Cafn ended yesterday.  Many thanks to Apiary Manager Chris Clarke and the team of instructors. Thank you to everybody who attended the sessions, all of them keen to become better beekeepers. The Henfaes basic … Continue reading

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August 2012 news

Skep making workshop Saturday’s Skep making Workshop at Capel Curig was greatly oversubscribed. Over 50 people applied for the 15 places. We learned about the different types of skeps and the best straw to use, and we spent the day … Continue reading

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