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Winter Meeting 2024

Thursday, 4th April 7.30pm.
Kilmington Village Hall
Swarm Removal from the Inside.
Stan Wroe and Mike Jones show a video of nest removal from within a shed’s cavity wall.
PLUS Are you a Queen Clipper?
Nick Silver v John Badley. Why you should, or shouldn’t. The case for and against. And if you do, how?

Summer Apiary Programme 2024

RED = Beginners event. Green = external event. Black = Things you should know.

Saturday, 27th April 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
Queen Cells: what do I do?
Talk and demo by Nick Silver
Committee: Keith Bone

Thursday – Saturday, 16th – 18th May
West Point Show Ground
Devon County Show
Stewards needed: contact Liz Westcott,
dcsvolunteers@yahoo.com

Saturday, 25th May 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
IMPROVERS. Making, Managing & Using Nucs
John Badley & Nick Silver
Committee: Rhiannon Hodson, Marion Coleman

Saturday, 8th June 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
IMPROVERS. Raising Queens (Miller method) + Finding, Marking and Clipping Queens
Nick Silver, Simon Foster, Richard Simpson
Committee: Rhiannon Hodson, Marion Coleman

Saturday, 29th June 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
Kit Clean-up, repair, wax recovery
Apiary Team
Committee: Rhiannon Hodson

Saturday, 6th July 2.30pm
Goren Farm
Goren Farm Festival
Mary and Nigel Boulton

Sunday, 7th July 4.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
Eat, Drink and be Merry – Social
Committee – All

Saturday, 13th July 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
Varroa: still a problem? How do I know? What to do about it.
John Badley and Nigel Boulton
Committee: Marion Coleman

Thursday, 1st August
Honiton Show Ground
Honiton Show
Stewards needed for Bees & Honey Marquee.
Contact: Keith Bone, treasurer@edbk.co.uk

Saturday, 21st September 2.30pm
Hunthay Apiary
All Members
Cleaning and storing equipment

Apiary Team
Committee: Marion Coleman

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