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WBKA Convention update!🐝

apiarymanager WBKA

Dear Beekeepers

If you are coming to the WBKA Convention this Saturday on the Royal Welsh Agricultural Showground near Builth Wells please don’t forget to come and talk to us on the WBKA stand. We will be opposite Thornes and next to the Bee Inspectors in the trade hall so we are easy to find. All the trustees and some other officers will be at the event so we can answer most questions about the WBKA that you may have. Officers involved with membership, insurance, the magazine, education, beekeeping for schools, responses to introduced pests, communication, working with eR2, getting involved etc will be at the convention and we can arrange for you to talk to them.

We will also be there to talk about simple ways of increasing your colonies without the cost or  potential harm of purchasing bees from outside of your locality.

The weather on Saturday is not forecasted to be suitable for either beekeeping or gardening so what is better than spending the day at the convention and talking to other beekeepers?

We look forward to seeing and talking to as many of you as possible.

Cofion cynnes / Kind regards,

Jenny

Jenny Shaw
Ysgrifennydd / General Secretary
Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru / Welsh Beekeepers’ Association

WBKA Spring Convention 2025

apiarymanager PBKA, WBKA

Dear fellow Beekeeper,

With just over two weeks to go until the WBKA Spring Convention don’t forget to get your reduced price earlybird tickets before they close at Midnight on March 19th.

To get your cheaper earlybird tickets go online . https://wbka.sumupstore.com

There is a fantastic line up of speakers (see below) as well as the usual traders. The NBU team and Officers and Trustees of the WBKA will be there to offer help and advice on all things bee.

9:45 – 10:15       Opening Address by Lynda Marston, Wax Chandler Master

10:15 – 11:15    Stephen Martin, Science of Varroa resistance

11:45 – 12:45    Martin Bencsik, Vibrations within a hive

13:30 – 14:30    Christine Coulsting, Making the most of inspections

14.45 – 15:45    Stephen Fleming, Drone congregation areas

More details about the speakers are on the WBKA website and Facebook page.

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Jill Wheeler and the Events Team.

Asian Hornet Webinar this Wednesday at 7.30pm

apiarymanager Events, Hornets, PBKA, Pests, Stories of Interest, WBKA

Webinar On Wednesday

There’s still a little time left to register for our next webinar, this Wednesday night (5th March) on the subject of Yellow-legged (Asian) hornets.

Join us online from 7.30pm for an evening with John De Carteret, when he’ll give us an introduction to the Jersey Asian Hornet Group, and we’ll discover more about the work they have done, and are doing, to combat Yellow-legged (Asian) hornets in Jersey.

To book your free place please click here

To find out more about their work please visit

https://www.jbka.org.je/asian-hornets

WBKA Trustees

apiarymanager WBKA

Dear Beekeepers

Would you like the opportunity to help shape the future of beekeeping in Wales?

The WBKA is looking for two new people to join its friendly team of voluntary Trustees. Our Trustees are elected by the membership to manage the Organisation. Trustees also have a key role in shaping the future for beekeeping in Wales. Could this be you?

The Trustees meet virtually approximately 10 times a year and mostly on a Tuesday evening. We are looking for dynamic people with an interest in beekeeping and beekeepers, and the skills to help run the WBKA. Training and support provided. Want to know more? The links below provide additional information. Alternatively, you can email or phone the WBKA General Secretary, Jenny Shaw on secretary@wbka.com or 07791572843. We’d really like to hear from you and talk through what’s involved.

https://wbka.com/terms-of-reference-of-the-sub-committees-2/

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/charity-trustee-whats-involved

https://wbka.com/constitution-cyfansoddiad/#constitution

Ideally nominations for Trustee positions will have been received by 1st February for election at the AGM on March 8th.  The General Secretary can advise on the format required for nominations (secretary@wbka.com / 07791572843).

Cofion cynnes / Kind regards,
Jenny
Jenny Shaw
Ysgrifennydd / General Secretary
Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru / Welsh Beekeepers’ Association
ffôn / tele: 07791572843
e-bost / email: secretary@wbka.com
gwefan / website: www.wbka.com