{"id":70,"date":"2017-11-16T22:30:22","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T22:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=70"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:25:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T18:25:03","slug":"members","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=70","title":{"rendered":"Members"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style> \r\nh2, h3, h4 {color: green;}\r\n\r\n.bg {background: #FAFAD2;\r\n     background-image: url(\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Members-Bg-kit4.png\");\r\n}\r\n\r\n.maxwidth {\r\n  max-width: 800px;\r\n  margin: auto;\r\n  padding: 20px;\r\n  background: white;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#008000\" class=\"has-inline-color\">Sub-pages:<\/mark> \u2502 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=238\">Membership<\/a> \u2502 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=251\">Apiary<\/a> \u2502 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=265\">Library<\/a> \u2502 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=277\">For Sale &amp; Wanted<\/a> \u2502 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/?page_id=280\">Education<\/a> \u2502<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"members-pages\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Members Pages<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"bg\">\r\n<div class=\"maxwidth\">\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here you will find information for East Devon Beekeepers branch members, including downloads of the current and archive Newsletters below, information about the branch library, reminders about bee management and disease control, \u2018For Sale\u2019 and \u2018Wanted\u2019 and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"border: 2px solid green; padding: 20px;\">\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"buzz-news-letter\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Buzz from the Branch News Letter &#8211; August 2026<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h1><span style=\"color: rgb(36, 36, 36); font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\">Dear Member,<\/span><\/h1>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\"><font size=\"4\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">MONITORING IS THE BUZZWORD THIS MONTH<\/font><\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b><font size=\"4\">You read back in the July Buzz, that Devon is asking us to monitor for the Asian Hornet using bait stations across the county during August.&nbsp;<\/font><\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><font size=\"4\"><b><u>That time is upon us.<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><font size=\"4\"><b><u>Time please for us to work together. PLEASE TAKE PART.<\/u><\/b><\/font><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><font size=\"4\"><b>24 Members near the Dorset end of our branch area <\/b><\/font><b style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: large;\">have already been contacted by Milly Frankpitt our Asian Hornet co ordinator. They have already been monitoring in July.<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b style=\"background-color: transparent; font-size: large;\">Now August is here the invitation is open to everyone else in the branch to join in along with the rest of the county. Please collect a tub of Lure (Asian Hornet bait called Trappit) and set up a bait station in your location.&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">ONE POT OF LURE PER MEMBER IS IN THE BEESHED TOILET ROOM NOW AWAITING COLLECTION. PLEASE SIGN THE COLLECTION SHEET SO WE KNOW WHICH MEMBERS ARE PARTICIPATING ACROSS THE BRANCH.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">OR MAKE YOUR OWN BAIT ( see recipe) but still inform us that you are monitoring. It&rsquo;s important we build up a picture across East Devon.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><u><b>Bait Station Instructions from Milly<\/b><\/u><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">You will need a pot with about 100ml of bait. <b>Please <u>do not<\/u> put the bait in a trap <\/b>because of the risk of by catch. Put a j cloth through a hole in the lid of the pot and let it soak up the attractant.<br \/>\r\nPlease be aware that it is currently illegal to catch and release an Asian Hornet.<br \/>\r\nYou need to download the Asian Hornet app for reporting purposes.<br \/>\r\nYou will need a camera. It is important to get a photo of the insect&nbsp; at this stage. If an AH appears at your monitoring station you can rest assured it will return with its mates. Hence the importance of getting a photo for identification purposes. If it is verified as an Asian Hornet, tracking will begin by the NBU to find and destroy the nest. If you do see a suspicious hornet we also have verifiers on hand to help you get a photo or identify the hornet. So please check the BBKA website for further information about monitoring along with a location map of verifiers.<br \/>\r\nI would be very interested to hear about your experiences of monitoring and am always on hand for advice. I will also be at the Honiton Show, AH stand so come and say hello. Please feel free to email me with updates.&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">contact: <a data-linkindex=\"0\" href=\"mailto:amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent;\" title=\"mailto:amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com\">amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com<\/a><br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\n<b>Recipe for bait<\/b><br \/>\r\nStrong Sugary Solution (AH will feed their young protein from the insects they catch but the adults need sugar for energy)<br \/>\r\nAttractive aromas &#8211; jam, mashed fruit or berries, blackcurrant cordial<br \/>\r\nFermenting aroma &#8211; yeast or the products of fermentation, cheap beer, wine, vinegar (also keeps bees away)<br \/>\r\n<br \/>\r\nPlace your monitoring station on a level surface, where visiting insects can&rsquo;t be a nuisance to people and away from your bee hives.<br \/>\r\nIf you see wasps you know your station will attract hornets. There is plenty of information on the BBKA website on the front page and also in the members hub.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b>FYI<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">Look up your March 2026 Beekeeping magazine pages 16 and 17 where there are l<span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: transparent;\">ots of bait station ideas.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n<b>Also our August edition of Beekeeping is now out &#8211; see pages 14-15 for further info from Simon O&rsquo;Sullivan especially the paragraph about the best place to put your bait station &hellip;&hellip;&hellip;..<\/b><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">Where should I put it? It needs to be placed where it can be seen easily, such as from a kitchen window, so that checking does not become a chore. Then try to find a few minutes at odd times throughout the day to watch and see what comes.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0);\">HOPEFULLY THE MONITORING ARRANGEMENTS ARE CLEAR. THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\"><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\">International Meeting of Young Beekeepers<\/b><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">For those of you following Harry&#39;s journey at the IMYB event, Harry says of his <span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: transparent;\">Northern Ireland trip.&nbsp; &quot;Everyone was so friendly and I made loads of contacts. We were selected to represent England at IMYB through a mixture of written assessments and practical tests (plus having to&nbsp; have the Basic Assessment). Once there we had various competitive beekeeping activities, and interviews about how we got into beekeeping, what inspired us to come to the IMYB, what we&#39;d learnt so far.I learnt a lot about different methods of beekeeping based on geographic and cultural differences. As well as the beekeeping activities we visited Stormont. We came joint third overall out of 27 or 28 countries. England have never been that high up in terms of scoring!&quot;<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: transparent;\"><b>WELL DONE HARRY AND TEAM ENGLAND<\/b><\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b>Devon Beekeepers&#39; Day (formerly President&#39;s Day)<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b>Saturday 26th September at Boniface Centre Crediton. Booking is now open &#8211; see page 8 of <i>Beekeeping <\/i>magazine for details.&nbsp;<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b>BASIC ASSESSMENTS &#8211; <\/b>well done all of our candidates. More details next month.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\">WANTED<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 1px;\">The apiary team would like to hear from any member who is replacing their under the worktop freezer. It will likely measure 85cm x 60cm x 60cm.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\"><b>They will use it to make a warming cabinet for apiary use. Will collect.<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 400; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\"><b><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: transparent;\">Contact Bob Muckett 07971 317350&nbsp;<\/span><\/b><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\"><b style=\"background-color: transparent;\">FOR SALE<\/b><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variant-emoji: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: 15px; line-height: inherit; font-family: &quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot;, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);\">\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\">The apiary team have decided to standardise the gas equipment at the apiary and have chosen to run with Propane.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\">Two Calor gas <b>butane <\/b>cylinders, 4.5kg are therefore available for sale.<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\">If any member would like one or both,( &pound;15 each) please contact Bob Muckett<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit;\">direct 07971 317350 and BACS the money to EDBK.<\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\">&nbsp;<\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); word-spacing: 1px;\">\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: rgb(255, 153, 0);\"><b>Contacts:<\/b><\/span><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Chair: Alasdair Bruce&nbsp;&nbsp;<a data-linkindex=\"1\" href=\"mailto:chair25@edbk.co.uk\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"mailto:chair25@edbk.co.uk\">chair24@edbk.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\"><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">Treasurer: Keith Bone&nbsp;<\/span><font style=\"color: rgb(61, 133, 198);\">&nbsp;<u><a data-linkindex=\"2\" href=\"mailto:charandale@gmail.com\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"mailto:charandale@gmail.com\">charandale@gmail.com<\/a><\/u><span style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/font><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Secretary: Val Bone&nbsp; &nbsp;<a data-linkindex=\"3\" href=\"mailto:val.valbone@gmail.com\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"mailto:val.valbone@gmail.com\">val.valbone@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">Swarms: Stan Wroe&nbsp; &nbsp;<a data-linkindex=\"4\" href=\"mailto:stanwroe@aol.com\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"mailto:stanwroe@aol.com\">stanwroe@aol.com<\/a><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"border: 0px rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: inherit; word-spacing: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\">YLAH Co Ordinator Milly Frankpitt&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<a data-linkindex=\"5\" href=\"mailto:amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com\" style=\"border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;\" title=\"mailto:amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com\">amelia.frankpitt@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<style> \r\nh2, h3, h4 {color: green;}\r\n\r\n.bg {background: #FAFAD2;\r\n     background-image: url(\"https:\/\/www.eastdevonbk.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Members-Bg-kit4.png\");\r\n}\r\n\r\n.maxwidth {\r\n  max-width: 800px;\r\n  margin: auto;\r\n  padding: 20px;\r\n  background: white;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\n\n\n\n<!-- End of BuzzMail -->\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"#BuzzArchive\">Buzz archive. Download current or previous issues.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"winter-varroa-treatment-oxybee-solution\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Winter Varroa treatment &#8211; Oxybee solution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Treatment around Christmas \/ beginning of January aims to catch the Varroa when there is no brood for Varroa to hide in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Treatment:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The solution should not be too cold, nearer blood heat would be good. &nbsp;The day can be cold with the bees well clustered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ideally draw up 50ml solution in a syringe.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have a lit smoker handy (but should not be needed if crown board removed very carefully).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Between the brood frames are &#8216;seams&#8217; of bees. Use 5ml for each seam of bees. Only treat the bees, do not put the solution down empty seams\/gaps. &nbsp;So if there are only 4 seams of bees only use 20 ml.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice with water beforehand so that you know how to deliver 5 ml along each seam.&nbsp; We find that 5 ml is a continuous series of little drops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you have a super on top of the brood box and you know the cluster is below it, you can remove the super gently to treat the bees.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Best wishes for a Happy Christmas and a Productive New Beekeeping Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"notes-from-the-oxybee-instructions\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Notes from the Oxybee Instructions:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Oxybee is an acidic substance. 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