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END OF MAIN BEEKEEPING SEASON 2021

 Now the days are getting shorter and cooler it’s important that you have prepared well so your bees will make it through to delight you again next spring.  We will be having a ‘putting the bees to bed for winter’ session at our teaching Apiary on Saturday 20th November at 12 noon. If any members would like to come along please contact ldbkamembers@gmail.com in advance so we know how many volunteers to have there to help.
 
 
If you treated your bees with a thymol-based treatment this autumn we would recommend an oxalic, Api Bioxal, treatment as well in mid winter. If any members wish to order it through us please make contact. Most of the suppliers offer packs suitable for treating 10 hives or more and we know most of our members have fewer than that so we split the packs and make up the solution for you to by in smaller quantities.  
 
 

 

 2021/2022 SEASON

For those people considering joining the Association, although membership closed for 2021 at the end of July, we'd be pleased to welcome you for membership in 2022.  Please contact ldbkamembers@gmail.com for more details.
 
Teaching Apiary sessions on Saturdays (in season) are available strictly through advance bookings only.  Please contact the SCBKA membership and education secretary (ldbkamembers@gmail.com) for further information on availability and booking a place next year.
 
Taster sessions for non members are available for booking once the season starts via the same email address.
 
As bee keeping equipment is now widely available via online ordering, and next day delivery is possible, the decision has been taken to discontinue the supply and sale of stock items.  These are therefore no longer available at the apiary.  Treatments will still be available as usual.
 
Bees are sometimes available for sale to SCDBKA members at reasonable rates. Again, please make contact via the ldbkamembers@gmail.com email address. We would like to remind members that caution should be exercised in purchasing bees from commercial suppliers as the provenance may not be known.
 
We would ask that events are not advertised via any social media platform without discussion with the membership and education secretary.  We'd like ensure that people arriving without a booking are not disappointed, and numbers still need to be managed.
 
 
 

2021 EDUCATIONAL TOPICS

BIBBA (Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association) have streamed their Spring 2021 Webinars. There are many topics of interest and relevance to beginners and experts alike, with some excellent contributors. If you are interested in viewing any of the 66 webinars available on YouTube please use the link here to see the full details.
 
BeeCraft have recorded a series of podcasts and education videos, these are contained in their Digital Library and can be accessed here
 
For more information about varroa mite infestation and control using Apiguard, please click on best practice for controlling varroa and the APHA guide to varroa to download the articles, here for a link to a useful BeeCraft article and here for information on using Apiguard.

 

The 2022 AGM of the SCBKA will be held on Saturday 19th March at Darsham Village Hall, the time will be confirmed nearer the date.

L&DBKA 2021 AGM was held at 4pm on 6th February by Zoom. The minutes can be found on the meetings page.

 

For swarm collection, please refer to the Suffolk Beekeepers Association website here, there is an interactive map to help locate the closest beekeper who can help.

For advice on the Asian Hornet see BeeBase and for identification see BeeCraft poster and NNSS website

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) became enforceable on 25th May 2018. It aims to give members of the public control over their personal data held by various organisations. There is no need for members of SCBKA to take any action as far as their membership of the Association is concerned, but we would ask you to read our policy notice here

 

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Leiston Beekeepers' Association was invited to 'pop up' at Little Joules in
Aldeburgh on 30 May Bank Holiday Monday to show bees and sell honey.

This was all in support of Joules' special relationship with bees and
beekeeping and 5% of the store's sales from the day will be donated to the
British Beekeepers' Association.

There were lots of interested families and we had a great day.