Suppliers
Colonies of Bees for sale!
Several nucs for sale on 6 National frames
Local bees in overwintered nucs for sale. Available from the third week April/ first week May and will be a minimum of 3/4 frames of eggs/ brood with 1-2 frames of stores. Should be ready to move into a full hive asap. Headed by a 2022 queen. Treated for Varroa with Apivar in Aug/ Sept and Oxalic acid in December. £160 each. Discount if more than one is required. Supplied in correx travel/ nuc box. Price includes £10 refundable deposit for box.
Full colonies of overwintered bees for sale on 11 National frames.
Ready from last week April/ beginning May. Local bees on frames only or can be bought as the complete hive including hardware. Headed by a 2022 bred queen. Treated for Varroa with Apivar in Aug/ Sept and Oxalic Acid in December. On Frames only, £200: including hive, £POA.
Collection, or can deliver locally within 10-15′ ish miles of Haverfordwest for cost of fuel.
For further details/ enquiries contact David Moore at djmrockwood@gmail.com or 07817 433808
Reminder – WBKA Spring Convention – Saturday 25th March
Venue: Royal Welsh Agricultural Showground, Builth Wells, Powys. LD2 3SY
Trade Hall opens 08.30am
Opening Addresses
09.45am
With our larger venue at the RWAS showground you are bound to find something of interest. We have a full trade hall with a mix of traders and general interest stands.:
Abelo, BB Wear, BIBBA, B J Sherriff, C Arden Books, C Wynne Jones, Maisemore, Modern Beekeeping, Old Castle Farm Hives, Thornes Ltd, Wyefield Apiary, Bees Abroad, Bees for Development, NBU, Plant Life, Welsh Assembly Government, WBKA, Woodland Trust.
Places are still available on the two workshops, one on taking the BBKA Exam modules, led by Caroline Mullinex, £5, and one on Varroa Control, led by Lynfa Davies NDB, £20. To find out more and book your place contact me on the email below as places on the two workshops are limited convention@wbka.com
Below is the updated speaker program:
9.45-10.15: Tim Maile – Wax Chandlers opening talk
10.15-11.15: Wally Shaw ‘Honey Bee Nutrition’
11.30-12.30: Giles Budge – ‘Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus’, BDI sponsored lecture
1.45-2.45: Trisha Marlow – ‘Bees Abroad’
3.00-4.00: Bob Smith – ‘Beyond the Basics – beekeeping for improvers’
For more information read the article in the Welsh Beekeeper.
However for two hours of your time you could get in for free. A few stewards are still required to make sure that this event runs smoothly. If you would be prepared to join this group of volunteers send me an email stating when you could steward ie early/ mid/late. Stewarding starts at 8am and goes on until 4.30pm.
Jill Wheeler
WBKA Events Secretary email:convention@wbka.com’
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 