An interesting article here which is a timely reminder to all beekeepers to review and maintain their apiary’s security arrangements!
Stories of Interest
John Dudman
As all PBKA members will know by now, our esteemed colleague and Secretary, John Dudman, will be leaving Pembrokeshire next week to move to Wiltshire. John of course has been a key figure in setting up training and seminars for many years and has also been very hands on with the apiary training sessions.
The PBKA would like to extend its sincere thanks and best wishes to John in his new home and I know that we all wish him and his good lady Deborah, the very best of luck in the future.
We will miss him!
In the interim, Paul Eades will be Acting Secretary, until a replacement can be found to fill the Secretary’s position.
Successful opening weekend of Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre
Friday 18th July 2014 marked the beginning of a very successful weekend for the PBKA, with the official opening of the ‘Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre’ at Scolton Manor by Edwina Hart AM, Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, together with the launch of Scolton’s own Victorian Walled Garden project.
Saturday featured an Open Day at the Centre as part of National Countryside Week and the ‘Bee Hive’ exhibition was overflowing all afternoon with members of the public coming in to watch the honey extracting demonstration in the ‘Honey Kitchen’ and live pictures from the ‘hive cam’! Members of the PBKA were also present to talk to the public and give hive inspection demonstrations at the ‘Pine Tree Apiary’.
On Sunday, we held another beekeeping training session at the apiary, which was followed as always with tea and Rosemary’s fabulous (and dare I say it? – famous) cakes, which she always keeps us generously supplied with!
If you haven’t been up to see the Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre yet, it is well worth the trip with something for the whole family!
We hope to see you there soon!
Could honey ingredients help make a new antibiotic?
An interesting article on the BBC News Wales website. Scientists are searching for a new antibiotic and they hope that beekeepers can help.
Many thanks to Lillian for bringing this to our attention.
Bees in Words and Song
Andy Cordy, one of our members, sent us this.
In the welter of information about the contemporary problems associated with the honey bee and beekeeping, it is easy to forget the joy of the experience of bees in our anxiety to keep things working.
As a BBC Radio 3 listener for decades before bees came into my life, I was delighted to hear a programme devoted to writing about bees. Entitled “Bee writing” I found the programme really thoughtful and sensitive in it’s portrayal of our little favourites. Well worth the 45 minutes listening.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01shytv
‘The Verb”, for those who never experience it, is a weekly program devoted primarily to contemporary writing, poetry,prose and song.
Webmaster’s note. Programme is avalable until 17th May, 2014.
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