Barry Griffiths took these pictures of yesterday’s very useful Disease Recognition Workshop at Henfaes. Many thanks to RBI Frank Gellatly, and SBI’s Jonathan Garratt and Peter Haywood.
Wednesday 13th June—Farmers’ Market
Conwy Quay, 9am to 2pm.
Saturday 16th June–Beekeeping Taster Day
Rowen and Tal y Cafn. A few spaces still available. See here for details
Saturday 7th July—Apiary meeting
Tal y Cafn at 2.30pm. Open to all members, not just new beekeepers. New hives, six colonies, small groups with three or four instructors, a hands-on experience for all.
Basic Beekeeping for Beginners winter evening course
Henfaes. Season seven starts in September, now booking. Highly recommended. See www.beeswales.co.uk.
Out-Apiary site available
We’ve been offered space for beehives in a field between Betws y Coed and Capel Garmon, 650 ft. ASL, drive-in access to field, good shelter, gentle slope, no public rights of way, just a few sheep in the field. Please contact the secretary if you are interested in using this site.
Much rain
I recorded 42mm of rain near Rowen on Friday, and member Jenny Buels recorded 84mm at Nant Gwynant, the highest one-day rainfall there in eleven years. Can you beat these figures?
Peter McFadden
Hallo Bruno,
Thanks for your message, we are pleased to here you would like to start keeping bees. We suggest you contact Lleyn and Eifionydd Beekeepers’ Association. See http://www.wbka.com for their contact details under Associations.
We recommend the book Keeping Bees by Pam Gregory, available from Amazon. Pam Gregory was a former Regional Bee Inspector for Wales.