We will shortly be ordering MAQS strips for the autumn Varroa treatment and Invertbee syrup for the winter feed.
If any PBKA members are interested in purchasing MAQS strips and/or Invertbee syrup through the association, please contact Paul Eades, the Apiary Manager on pbkaapiarymanager@live.co.uk by Friday 7th August at the very latest.
Please note that this offer is strictly open to PBKA members only.
We are getting reports of colonies being found short of stores, due to the variable weather making foraging difficult, combined with growing colonies having more mouths to feed.
We strongly recommend therefore, that you check your colonies to make sure they have adequate stores and take the appropriate action if they are found to be light.
Just to remind beekeepers everywhere to check their bees for stores as we are coming into a high risk time for starvation as the queen gets into gear and the remaining winter stores are used up. So give your hives a heft and if needed, give them some fondant or candy (not liquid feed!).
One of our members, Rob Gilbertson, has some Fondabee fondant for sale. If you are interested, please contact Rob on 07790 163143.
On the BBC news website today is an article on the losses of honey bees, due to last year’s wet summer and the following long winter.
Sadly, this will not be news to many of us and one wonders what the remaining summer and next winter has in store for our bees!
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 