Please note that Geoff Bazin will shortly be putting in a bulk order for Apiguard. Apiguard is a recommended treatment for Varroa and needs to be administered at the end of the main flow, but before giving the winter feed. This is an ideal opportunity available only for PBKA members to obtain this Varroa treatment at a favourable cost. Please contact Geoff with your order before the end of July at the very latest.
Llanion Visitors to Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre
On Monday June 18th a group of fifteen from Llanion, as part of the Pembroke Dock Midsummer Festival and organised by Llanion Communities First, enjoyed a morning learning about bees. This started with identification of bumble bees facilitated by representatives from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust and at noon they visited our beekeeping centre at Scolton Manor. John Dudman provided them with a summary of the natural history on the honeybee followed by a short walk to see the hives from the public viewing path and then they saw and had explained the live video feeds in what will become the honey workshop. As an unexpected treat (!) they were able to see not one but two swarms hanging in a tree. The morning was sponsored by The Cooperative’s Plan Bee campaign.
Study Explains Deformed Wing Virus and Varroa Mite Relationship
The team, led by Dr Stephen Martin from the University of Sheffield working in Hawaii, has identified how Varroa results in a lethal strain of the Deformed Wing Virus becoming dominant in the bee colony.
See coverage of the report on the BBC Nature or, better, the Guardian website.
Pembrokeshire Life magazine – June 2012
Pembrokeshire Life magazine has written an article about the new Pembrokeshire Beekeeping Centre at Scolton Manor in their June edition.
You might want to check it out!
Environment Agency Spraying
During the week commencing 28th May The Environment Agency will be spot spraying Japanese Knotweed and Hymalayan Balsam in the areas of Cartlett Brook and Western Cleddau.
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 