Newcastle and District Beekeepers' Association

SWARM CONTACT LIST
Swarm contacts listing for the Newcastle & District Beekeepers Association. Please check here if you have a honey bee swarm before picking up the phone.

2012 Membership Subscription Form
Download the 2012 membership form here.

Newcastle Beekeepers Leaflet
A useful leaflet to print and share

Next Evening Meeting

Tuesday 12 June 2012

Talk followed by open forum

7pm start, finishes 9pm

All welcome for chatting, advice, books, badges and a damn good time. Newbies and interested parties can come to 3 meetings for free. Library books available to collect/return.

Venue: Lecture Theatre, John Marley Centre, Muscott Grove, Newcastle NE15 6TT.

THINK YOU MAY HAVE A SWARM OF BEES?

Visit this important link before you do anything else to check if they are honey bees. http://www.bbka.org.uk/help/do_you_have_a_swarm.php

If after reading the swarm help information you still think you have a honey bee swarm then go here.

Basic Beekeeping Exam 2012

Would anyone who has kept bees for more than 12 months and who is interested in taking BBKA's Basic Assessment this year please contact Kyle Miller

There will be a free workshop for anyone intending to sit the exam in the future, paid for by the Community grant organised by by Brian Ripley. This workshop is unlikely to be repeated in the future.

Saturday 2^nd June 2012
AM workshop - Village Hall at Wall, near Hexham
PM workshop - Thurston, near Alnwick

The workshops will be led by Margaret Thomas, an exam-system moderator.

For Sale

The BBKA Pictorial Guide to a Healthy Hive

22 Colour photographs showing bees working on British Standard National Brood Frames, together with photographic examples to help identify common pests and diseases.

£8 each from our Librarian Frank Hopper or any Committee Member.

Association Library

The Association has an extensive Library of books and videos for your use, to access this rescource please ask at at your next meeting, or contact our Librarian, Barbara Keating to arrange to bring the requested book to the next meeting.

Newcastle Beekeepers Library (38 KB)

Association Badges

We have a number of Association enamel badges available for members to purchase for £2.50. Contact David Varty on 01207 570229

Support Bees for Development

Newcastle beekeepers support the work of Bees for Development. Bees are essential for life. Beekeeping is an effective way for poor people to strengthen their livelihoods and fight poverty. Bees for Development provides information to assist them.