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Spring Fling 2018

On the 10th of April 2018, thousands of youngsters visited the annual Spring Fling held on the Royal Norfolk Showground. Although it was a cold misty day, it did not deter the chidren from taking part in the numerous activities Read more…

By David King, 3 years3 years ago
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Opening Up

  The first outdoor event of the season was kindly hosted by Mike Thurlow. We were blessed with a mild day so the bees were flying. The apiary is Mike’s ‘sick bay’ where he nurses colonies back to health. As Read more…

By Ian Watkinson, 3 years3 years ago
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Royal Norfolk Show Honey Show – School’s Class

The Royal Norfolk Show will be held on the 27th and 28th of June 2018, and this year sees the introduction of a School’s Class to the NBKA honey show. Task Depict the tasks that worker bees carry out within Read more…

By David King, 3 years ago
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Rwanda Beekeeping – Padmore lecture by Venetia Rist

This year’s Padmore Memorial Lecture was a talk by Venetia Rist about her experiences helping the charity Bees For Development in Rwanda.

By Ian Watkinson, 3 years3 years ago
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‘Butterfly Gardening’ a talk by Dr Ian Bedford

Dr Ian Bedford leads the entomology department at the John Innes Centre. A good number of members braved the cold February weather to hear a very interesting talk about butterflies and moths.It was striking how many of the issues facing Read more…

By Ian Watkinson, 3 years3 years ago
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Winter Wildlife Weekend at Norwich Castle

On the 20th of January, Garry and Brenda Bowler, Paul Metcalf, and Lynda and Trevor Nash were on hand to demonstrate candle rolling and chat to members of the public about bees. It was the first time that the NBKA Read more…

By David King, 3 years3 years ago
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Solar wax extraction presentation

NBKA vice-chair Trevor Nash gave a presentation about wax and solar extraction for the first event on the 2018 calendar. He started by going through the benefits of solar extraction, before moving on to properties of beeswax, including the range Read more…

By David King, 3 years3 years ago
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President’s Evening 2017

Held at the Felthorpe Pavilion, the President’s Evening is the event in the NBKA calendar where trophies and other awards are presented to winners of the summer and autumn honey shows. Guests were greeted with mulled wine and other drinks Read more…

By David King, 3 years3 years ago
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Introduction to beekeeping 2017

This year’s NBKA Introduction to Beekeeping day was held on the 16th of July 2017, and attended by 25 keen would-be beekeepers.  Each attendee received a folder packed full of useful information on getting started with honey bees. Graham Wrenn, Read more…

By David King, 4 years3 years ago
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Beekeeping at the Royal Norfolk Show

The Norfolk Beekeepers’ Association annual honey show is open, in our marquee next to the Norwich gate, and visitors are welcome – join us! As well as the annual showing of honey, mead, honey cake, beeswax and hive products, liquid Read more…

By David King, 4 years3 years ago

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