Entries below that are underlined contain hot links to more information on that event
| October | |||
| Sunday 5 October | 2:45 for 3:pm | Talks Program Scout HQ Perne Road | Travels of a beekeeper, Peter Dalby from Hertfordshire |
| November | |||
| Sunday 2 | 2:45 for 3:pm | Talks Program Scout HQ Perne Road | Easy ways to make use of bees wax, Pauline Aslin shares some of her basic methods and recipes for skin cream and polish |
| December | |||
| Sunday 7 | 2:45 for 3:pm | Talks Program Scout HQ Perne Road | CBKA's very own Christmas Social |
| January | |||
| Sunday 4th | No Meeting | ||
| February | |||
| Sunday 1st | |||
| March | |||
| Sunday 1st | 2:45 for 3:pm | CBKA AGM Scout HQ Perne Road | |
| Saturday 7th | One Day Meeting Chesterton College | No details yet but early thoughts Provisional "Towards Topless beekeeping" |
This is a good point to remind ALL members about the CBKA Beginners classes.
If there are some areas of beekeeping in which you feel less than confidant, consider joining the class for one or more weeks. You would be most welcome. Synopsis of Course
2009 Beekeeping for beginners
The 2009 course starting in January requests to attend now being taken,
Latest is that we have enough names for the 2009 course and as such is closed, but we always have less people take up the option when we write to them later in the year, so please forward you name etc and you will be put on the waiting list
But you still have two options
1. register for the 2009 course, put your name forward and you will be notified before it starts if people drop out.
2. You will be welcome to come to
Wandlebury any Sunday afternoon at 3pm from the first Sunday in April, First
Sunday of the month is any for anybody to come to the Associations apiary and
experience Bee Keeping details elsewhere on this site, other Sundays for member only, good reason to join, until the end of September where
you can see and gain experience handling the bees
FEE £15 payable at start of 8 week Course {first timers)
TIME 7.30 to
9.30 on Wednesdays
PLACE Chesterton Community College, Gilbert Road,
Cambridge
Further details from (Poster click here)
MAIN TUTOR
Stephen Poyser (Click name to
email)
If contacting the CBKA via this email link please include Name, Postal
address and a telephone number within your 'Email' enquiry
If you would like to be reminded of the above course please download the Word reminder (Click Here) document, complete and email back to contact@cbka.org.uk
We run a Try-A-Hive scheme where by you build a hive, have a colony of bees which you keep for the season, at the end of the season you pay for the hive or return it back to the association.
This is complemented by the Practical sessions at our Apiary at Wandlebury extra experience can be gained at our Association meeting on the first Sunday of each month where we welcome any body including members, people thinking of starting and members of the public where we kit you up so that you can look into a bee hive
Those beginners taking advantage of the Try-A-Hive scheme are expected to attend as many training sessions as possible to ensure you are able to gain experience in handling bees and looking after them correctly.
Labels
A new batch of labels with the CBKA logo have
been printed. Black printing on gold as before. Still only £2 per 100 labels
from John Witter or at meetings.
Lost your bees? - Starting Again?
If you’ve lost your bees
and want to get going again, please contact a member of our Committee. As and
when swarms become available you can then be notified. Meanwhile check the state
of the hive parts. If the combs are old and black or are infested with wax moth
then scrap them and buy and make up new ones. Please give the brood box, floor,
and supers a scorching with a blow lamp or hot air gun to kill any nasties that
might have been part of the cause of your colony’s downfall. Be ready to collect
a swarm when you hear of one – have a cardboard box (or skep) and a sheet ready.
With new combs you will need to feed the swarm a few days after you hive
it.