Chairperson: Barry Griffiths
chair@conwybeekeepers.org.uk
Hon. Treasurer: David Pitcher
treasurer@conwybeekeepers.org.uk
Hon. Secretary: Peter McFadden
secretary@conwybeekeepers.org.uk
01492 650851
Apiary Manager: Kevin Jones
apiary@conwybeekeepers.org.uk
NW Wales Seasonal Bee Inspector: Jonathan Garratt
jonathan.garratt@apha.gov.uk
07775 119479
NE Wales Seasonal Bee Inspector: Tony Davis
anthony.davis2@apha.gov.uk
07900 166018
i am a young Cameroonian beekeeper wishing to work in cooperation with you people.
i wish to be receiving information and while not other assistance from your association.
thanks.
yours faithfully,
foyab collins
I WILL BE VERY GLAD TO HEAR FROM YOUR ASSOCIATION.
THANKS.
Hallo Foyab,
Thanks for your message. All of our activities are held locally. We support Bees for Development and we suggest you contact them for information relevant to Cameroon beekeeping http://www.beesfordevelopment.org
On the internet I found a presentation “Four things to do with a Snelgrove board (all of them polite”. It has the notation on the first slide as follows: “Talk to Conwy Beekeepers’ Association 17th March 2008”. The author’s name is not included and I am wondering if you can provide the author’s name and affiliation, and, if available, contact information. Many thanks for any assistance you can provide.
I am a beekeeper in Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A..
Hallo Jeanne,
Thanks for your message. The talk was given by Wally Shaw from Anglesey BKA. He has published his work in the Welsh BKA magazine. His email address is altershaw301@btinternet.com (just add w before alter to make walter)
Hope your bees are doing well. Ours are very busy.
Many thanks! My one hive is very strong so I’m trying Method II (used when swarm cells are found) to try to prevent swarming. We did the first rearrangement this past Saturday (putting the Snelgrove board in) so we’re right in the thick of it!!
It was oh, so early in the season to find occupied (but unsealed) queen cells. Holly and I managed to go through the process of an artificial swarm (we had to read the instructions many times and draw diagrams with coloured felt-tips) only to find that they had swarmed anyway. This was three weeks ago. A week later I opened up the hive which did have two sealed queen cells – thank you to Jonathan Garrat for his time and advice. Today I looked and couldn’t see a queen, then couldn’t see any eggs or anything. Is it still too early or have I made a grave error of judgement?
What’s this about a Snelgrove board?
Wait awhile and you’ll probably find eggs and larvae. Snelgrove is a complicated system of swarm control. Some people take to it, a lot don’t. See wbka.com Information Station for Wally Shaw’s writeup on Snelgrove.
You may already have seen this, but just in case here’s a link to a recent BBC website report, where they are asking for honey samples for research:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13756134
Thanks for this interesting link Ali. Members of Conwy BKA sent samples of their honey to Prof. Rose Cooper at Cardiff in 2010 for analysis, to determine if they have any therapeutic benefit. We will encourage them to do the same again this year. We haven’t found any wonder honeys in Conwy yet.
I am a researcher for the community radio Tudno Fm we would welcome a representative, or 2/3 from your beekeepers, to please come on one of our shows to talk about, beekeeping, & the honey fair etc, please email me
Dear sir/madam,
I would like to know whether it is possible to buy honey on days other than 13 September this year? Does the Beekeepers’ association have a shop somwhere in Conwy/Llandudno?
Thank you in advance for your time.
Kind regards
Julia
We wil be having a honey stall at the Conwy Feast on 22nd and 23rd October in Conwy town. See http://www.conwyfeast.co.uk Our stall will be in the Bees and Trees tent on the Quay. ]
We have had a very good honey crop this year and more local honey should be in the shops. My own honey is on sale in the village shop in Rowen near Conwy.
I am looking for places to purchase Heather Honey on the east coast , usa if possible.
Sorry, we can’t supply you with heather honey.