Dear Beekeepers
Just to remind all beekeepers, that the June gap has arrived and large growing colonies and nucs etc. with little or no available forage, can quickly suffer from a shortage of stores.
So be sure to check that your bees have enough food, especially if you have taken off any spring honey. Note that if you add extra frames of sealed stores you should keep them in the brood boxes, so as to avoid getting them mixed up in the honey supers. Also, if you have to feed directly, use a light syrup (i.e. 1:1 sugar/water ratio) with any honey supers taken off during the feeding process.
We are getting enquiries about local Queen Bees for sale in Pembrokeshire.
If you rear and sell docile Queen Bees please contact: pbkaapiarymanager@live.co.uk with details.
Hello, I am Peter Kirkup, your Asian Hornet Co-ordinator, I work for Natural Resources Wales and part of this work involves investigating reports of alien species including the Asian Hornet.
In an effort to raise awareness I am interested to hear from anyone willing to be a verifier. A verifier will simply be asked to visit a potential sighting close to them, confirm which species is present and photograph it and send a text back to me if it is an Asian hornet. If you happen to see the nest take a picture if you can safely. DO NOT disturb the nest, you or others might get severely stung. The ‘what3words‘ is a great app for precise locations. Please make yourself familiar with the Asian Hornet appearance. Confirmed sightings can be reported here.
Confirmed Asian Hornet sightings this year to the end of May are 13 individuals captured and one nest destroyed. All have been in Kent or East Sussex but one hornet was found in London. If you browse you tube there is a video showing European hornet and an Asian hornet side by side. There is an Asian hornet app available but it does not work for everyone.
We must all be vigilant, thank you for reading this far.
Peter Kirkup
Tel: 07770 883720
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 