Would all PBKA members please note that the Annual General Meeting this year will be held on Wednesday 22nd January, at Haverfordwest Cricket Club, to commence promptly at 7.30pm.
The Agenda and Minutes of the previous meeting are to follow, plus the 2020 membership form.
We hope to see as many PBKA members (and any potential new members) as possible attend and we look forward to seeing you all.
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association would like to to wish all of its members and beekeepers everywhere a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! May all your queens be productive and your colonies healthy, with fair weather and good flows in 2020!
It is with great sadness, that we must report that our good friend and fellow beekeeper Geoff Bazin, passed away last week.
Many of us have reasons to thank Geoff for getting us into beekeeping in the first place, due to his training sessions as Apiary Manager, down at Kethin’s Farm, which I am sure many of you will remember. An Essex man, Geoff used to holiday down here with his wife and was great friends with Ricky Wilson and Ian Richards. He subsequently decided to retire in Pembrokeshire and put his many years of beekeeping experience to good use, having worked with such greats as Ted Hooper and Clive De Bruyn.
Geoff was also the local Thornes agent for many years and many of us will have not only have bought equipment from him, but also received advice and practical assistance in putting it together!
Geoff was a passionate beekeeper who cared deeply about their welfare and of the importance of good training.
We will certainly miss him.
Geoff’s funeral is at Parc Gwyn Crematorium, Narberth on Saturday 23rd November at 1pm, with refreshments afterwards at the Plas Hyfryd Hotel in Narberth.
I am sure many of you will wish to go along and pay your respects.
Celebrating 100 years of beekeeping in Pembrokeshire, this year’s show is set to be a special event, where the public will be most welcome to come and celebrate with us in the relaxed atmosphere of The George’s, Market Street in Haverfordwest from 2pm to 4pm – FREE OF CHARGE!
All of the judged exhibits will be on show in the lovely light & airy rooms upstairs overlooking historic Market St and will include, not only an amazing array of honey and honey comb but, honey confectionery, cakes, wax sculptures, candles, mead, photography and bee keeping equipment. In fact all things BEE!
With honey to taste from all over Pembrokeshire, a quiz (with prizes) to enter, a FREE goody bag and lots of friendly beekeepers around to chat to, we do hope you’ll come along and help celebrate the association’s efforts to promote the education and health of honey bees in our beautiful county.
Oh, and the bar will be open for refreshments too.
We look forward to seeing you!
Just to remind members if they would please consider providing a jar of their honey [it has after all been a good year!] so that we have a wide range of honeys for the public to taste at the Honey Show on Sunday 27th October.
You can drop a jar into The George’s, at any time, or on the day of the show.
And don’t forget to label it please!
Many thanks!
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 