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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…
News
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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
NBU
Starvation and varroa warnings from the NBU
The National Bee Unit has recently published warnings on starvation and high varroa mite levels in colonies observed during the course of hive inspections. Beekeepers are advised to check levels of stores, especially in colonies where honey has been removed Read more…