Please note that the Introductory Beekeeping Course scheduled for Saturday 28th February is now fully subscribed!
If you are interested in attending an Introductory Beekeeping Course, please advise Paul Eades on pbkaapiarymanager@live.co.uk who will try and arrange another course, subject to demand.
We are looking forward to the ‘Bee Improvement for All’ day, aimed at encouraging beekeepers to improve their bees!
The event is being presented by Roger Patterson of the Bee Improvement and Bee Breeders Association (BIBBA) in conjunction with Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association (PBKA) tomorrow (Saturday, 22nd November) at the Picton Centre, Haverfordwest.
The event starts promptly at 9.30am and will finish at approximately 4.30pm.
The entry fee is £10 and there are still some places available, so if you are interested please contact Paul Eades, the PBKA Apiary Manager on 07988 037571. Note that tea and coffee will be provided, but please bring your own lunch.
Please be aware that the IRONMAN event is on this Sunday and members south of the county may have difficulty in getting to the apiary meeting at Scolton, as many roads will be closed. For full details of road closures, please check the IRONMAN website.
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!
PBKA members please note that the final apiary meeting for the 2013 season will be held in the Honey Kitchen at Scolton Manor on Sunday 15th September at 2pm.
The weather forecast is looking poor for Sunday, so we will probably be inside and reflecting on the 2013 season. What went well – what didn’t, the lessons we have learned and what you would like to see the association do for you and beekeeping in Pembrokeshire in the future!
We look forward to seeing you then!
Paul Eades
Apiary Manager
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 