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Welcome to our new Apiary
NFDBKA’S New Apiary has come on leaps and bounds this year. Thanks to lots of volunteers, we’re proud to have a brilliant apiary for all members to enjoy.
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Honey Show and BBQ
We can’t wait for this years Annual Honey Show and BBQ. Full details and entry form will be published soon. The day is one of the highlights of the beekeeping year with members’ Honeys Sales, the annual competition, tea, coffee and bar open all day and a free BBQ from 5pm When: 16th October Where:Non…
Sussex Bee Boot Sale
A date for the diary is the Sussex Bee Boot sale at the Half Moon Inn, Ditchling Road, Plumpton. BN7 3AF. Get your tickets here!
Bee Fayre in New Milton
A great turnout despite the damp start to the day. New Forest Beekeepers are part of the Conservation Connection Group which brings together likeminded groups across the forest to promote Pollinators and to share ideas and projects. There were plenty of stands to visit displaying all the local groups from Young Farmers to the Bee…
BBKA General Husbandry Studies
Some of the members have been up to BBKA headquarters in Stoneleigh to take part in the three day training event run by BBKA, in readiness for the exam practical next year. The association is really lucky to already have one Master Beekeeper in the Association (one of 136 in the entire country), and also…
Trip to visit Commercial Beekeeper Robert Field, Corfe Castle
Members’ of the association enjoyed a visit to see the Robert Field, a commercial beekeeper in Dorset this weekend, seeing first hand the operation plant and the volume of honey he handles in a season. Rob gave us an interesting talk about his bees and some history of how he has come to operate around…
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A flying visit to see Roger Patterson
Krysia, our Chairman, was lucky enough to be invited to Wisborough Green to catch up with Roger Patterson on his home turf. Roger was spending the day filming various colonies with the progression they had made following splits done earlier in the year, so Krysia had a bit of a sneak preview behind the scenes.…