Stewards wanted for the WBKA stands at the RWAS Spring Festival 20th/21st May and the RWAS Summer show 24th/25th/26th/27th July. Stewarding for a few hours gains you free entry into the show. If you want to help please contact Jill Wheeler at: convention@wbka.com stating what day and am or pm for your stewarding slot. Stewarding starts at 8.45am and goes on until 6pm.
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Last WBKA Winter Webinar 5th April
Please see below the invitation for WBKA members to register to attend the next Scottish Beekeepers’ webinar on Wednesday 5th April.
We are looking forward to welcoming back Professor Jürgen Tautz as the final guest lecture of our winter webinar series. Prof Tautz will be joining us online on Wednesday the 5th of April to talk about the nest of the honey bee.
Prof Tautz is a behavioural scientist, socio-biologist and bee expert. He is Professor of the Biocentre at the Julius-Maximilians-University in Würzburg, Germany and founder and chair of its BEE research group. He is also the author of several popular science books on bees and holder of the Communicator Award of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft – German Research Foundation).
To book your free place please click on the link below
WBKA webinar – 13th April
Dear Beekeepers
Please see below the registration link to the next WBKA Webinar on Thursday 13th April when Lynfa Davies will be talking about the Management of Healthy Colonies. As normal this webinar is free and available for anyone to attend.
Management of Healthy Colonies – Lynfa Davies, Master Beekeeper, NDB
Join us for a webinar on Apr 13, 2023 at 7:30 PM BST.
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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’