Fire Risks!

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Hi fellow beekeepers

I am watching the Preseli mountain burn away and thought this a good time to suggest you take extra care when lighting your smoker or putting it down.

It is too easy to start an accidental fire while everywhere is so dry. I take a stainless steel bucket with me and put the smoker inside that, I am also fortunate that my apiary has plentiful water nearby.

Peter Kirkup

Asian Hornet Coordinator

Bees for Sale!🐝

apiarymanager For Sale

I have a number of overwintered 6 frame British Standard National nucs for sale, minimum 4 frames of brood in all stages and 1 or 2 frames of stores, Available from the second week in April, all headed by a 2024 summer bred, marked queen. All were treated for varroa in Autumn with Apivar and in early January with oxalic acid. They will be checked for strength and freedom from disease before sale. 

Nucs  are £170 each, supplied in a Correx travel box and can be delivered and installed if required (for a flat rate of £10) within a (rough) 25-mile radius of Haverfordwest or picked up.

I also have a small number of complete hives for sale (11 frames of bees/ brood/ stores, not to include the hive body) at £240 (or £250 to include delivery and installation).

For further information and to chat over your needs  and/or to reserve a nuc/ hive please contact me:

David Moore

Tel: 07817 433808

djmrockwood@gmail.com

Asian Hornet Talk by Richard Noel, Sunday 6th April – 2pm  

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Asian Hornet Talk by Richard Noel
Sunday 6thApril – 2pm
Coed y bryn Village Hall, Coed-y-Bryn, Llandysul, Ceredigion SA44 5LQ.
The Teifiside Beekeepers Association (TBKA), invite you to talk by Richard Noel, a well-respected professional beekeeper and popular speaker concerning Asian Hornets. He is also a well-known YouTuber with a large following, speaking at prestigious Bee Keeping events in the UK and abroad. We feel very fortunate that he has managed to make time in his busy schedule to come and speak with us here in West Wales.
Originally from Jersey, Richard moved to Brittany over 20 years ago and took up Bee Keeping.  Around that time, the first Asian Hornet was seen in France, potentially having arrived in a cargo ship of pottery from China. The Asian Hornets are a very successful non-native species that preys heavily on the insect populations, as well as Honeybee colonies and being a very aggressive predator, they can decimate both very quickly with massive ecological impact. Richard has managed his 250+ colony bee farm alongside the constant threat from the Asian Hornets for over a decade and has built up a wealth of knowledge on their behaviour and impact on honeybee colonies. This very important topic has the potential to affect all UK Beekeepers.
This event is free of charge.
Refreshments will be provided and there is plenty free parking.
If you would like to join us, please let me know by Thursday 3th April.