Taunton & District Division

Secretary - Barbara Drakeford

Secretary - Barbara Drakeford

Email- tauntonsecretary @somersetbeekeepers.org.uk Tel:01823 490811

CONTACT DETAILS

PRESIDENT David Morris Tel. 01823 432686
CHAIRMAN Mary Adams Tel. 01823 432287
SECRETARY Barbara Drakeford Tel. 01823 490811
TREASURER Chris Pollard Tel. 01398 371127

MEMBERSHIP Sarah Merchant Tel. 01398 371127
APIARY MANAGER John Smales-Cresswell Tel. 01460 281767
EQUIPMENT HIRE Mr Jason Wallis Tel 01823 667338

Beginners' Course co-ordinator Amanda Smales-Cresswell

Email    tauntonbeginners@somersetbeekeepers.org.uk

Swarm Contacts

M N Clark , Brookfield , Rectory Drive, Staplegrove, Taunton TA2 6AP 01823 282239

S J Gammon, 500 Cheddon Road , Taunton TA2 7QX   01823 270465

Ms L Garner, Long Down Barns , Appley, Stawley, Wellington TA21 0HL 01823 672119

Mrs R McClure, 1 Newlands Grove, Ruishton, Taunton. TA3 5JJ 01823 442677

D Pearce, Haddeo , Bathealton, Taunton TA4 2AG 01984 623851

Richard Cherry, mobile 07502016955 

BEGINNERS COURSE

Beginners' Course co-ordinator Amanda Smales-Cresswell

Email    tauntonbeginners@somersetbeekeepers.org.uk

Please contact Amanda before attending if not already signed-up.

TAUNTON

HONEY SHOW

AND THE COUNTY HONEY SHOW

Vivary Park , Taunton

Friday and Saturday

3th & 4th August 2012

Download a schedule and entry form HERE

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• Our headquarters and Apiary are at Heatherton Park.

  Follow the A38 from Taunton until you get to the Worlds End hotel (2.5 miles). On the opposite side of the road you will see a house with an archway through it. Go through this archway and drive for about 300m. Our Apiary and building are on the left. Beware of sleeping policemen!

  If you are coming from the Wellington direction it is 1.3 miles from the A38 roundabout.

  STRICT HYGIENE CONTROL MEASURES ARE IN FORCE AT THE HEATHERTON PARK APIARY.

• NON-APIARY EQUIPMENT CAN ONLY BE USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE APIARY MANAGER AND MUST BE STERILIZED. BEESUITS SHOULD BE FRESHLY LAUNDERED. VINYL AND LATEX GLOVES ARE PROVIDED BY TDBK.

Programme 2012

Sat /JanTBC Quiz night with R & E Burgess & S Jones 7:00 for 7:30pm

Contact R Burgess 01823 283482.See Dec Beelines for date and venue

Wed 15th Feb Pollen talk with Dr Jean North 7.30 (ACH)

Wed 29th Feb Introduction to Beekeeping (1) 7:30 pm (ACH)

Wed 7th Mar Introduction to Beekeeping (2) 7:30 pm (ACH)

Sat 10th Mar SBKA, AGM at Lysaght Club, Cleeve

Wed 14th Mar Introduction to Beekeeping (3) 7:30 pm (ACH)

Wed 21st Mar Introduction to Beekeeping (4) 7:30 pm (ACH)

Sun 25th Mar Auction of second hand beekeeping equipment at Ruishton Village Hall at 2:00 pm

Items to be booked in from 10:00am Contact Chris Harries 01823 442734

Wed 28thMar Introduction to Beekeeping (5) 7:30 pm (ACH)

Sat 31st Mar Introduction to Beekeeping (6) 2.30pm (HP)

Sat 14th Apr Finding, marking, clipping & introduction of queens with Simon Jones 2.30pm (HP)

20th to22nd Apr BBKA Spring Convention Telford

Sat 28h Apr Beginners 2.30pm (HP)

Sat 12th May Swarm prevention & control, simple artificial swarm & use of split board with

David Morris HP 2.30

Sat 19th May Apiary visit with Chris Harries

Sat 26th May Beginners 2.30pm (HP)

30th May/2nd Jun Bath and West Show

Sat 2nd Jun Honey judge hints and tips with Chris Harries 2.30 (HP)

Sat 9th Jun Rearing queens for the hobbiest, making up and use of nucleus hives with

R&E Burgess 2.30 (HP)

Sat 23rd Jun Beginners 2.30 (HP)

Sat/Jun/TBC Waggle Dance, at Neroche Village Hall Contact S Jones 01823 443737

Sat 30h Jun Skep making with Diana Robertson 2:30pm (HP)

Sat 7th Jul Maximising supers for extracting & preparing hives for the heather with Tony Richards 2.30 (HP)

Sat 14th Jul Presidents Afternoon, Speaker Gail Johnson, 2:30 pm (H.P)

Sat 21st Jul Beginners, 2:30pm (HP)

Sat 28th Jul Preparation for flower show, help needed 2.30pm (HP)

3rd/4th Aug Taunton and County Honey Show at Vivary Park.

Wed 8th Aug Beginners, Putting on Varroa floors & clearing 6:00 pm (HP)

Frid 10th Aug Remove supers 6:00 pm (HP)

Sat 11th Aug 1st Varroa treatment 2:30 pm (HP)

Sat 25th Aug 2nd Varroa Treatment 2.30pm (HP)

Sat 1st Sep Beginners et al, Extracting day at Haddeo, Bathealton with D.Pearce 10:00 am start

Sat 8th Sep Beginners, returning supers/making up feed 2.30 pm (HP)

Sat 15th Sep Beginners, Feeding 6.00 pm (HP)

Sat 22nd Sep Beginners, Topping up feed 6.00pm (HP)

Sat 29th Sep Beginners et al, Clean up and close down 2.30 (HP)

Wed 3rd Oct Beekeepers question time with Milnes Priscott 7:30 pm

Wed 10th Oct Continuation Course (1) 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

Wed 17th Oct Continuation Course (2) 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

Wed 24th Oct Continuation Course (3) 7:30pm (venue TBC)

October Skittles TBA

25th to 27th Oct National Honey Show, St Georges College Weybridge

Wed 31stOct Continuation Course (4) 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

Sat 3rd Nov TDBK Div. AGM, Reading the colony with Richard Ball 2:30 pm (venue TBC)

Wed 7t h Nov Continuation Course (5) 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

Wed 14th Nov Continuation Course (6) 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

Sat 8th Dec TDBK Annual Dinner (venue TBC)

Sat 15th Dec Late varroa treatment using oxalic acid solution 2:30 pm (HP)

2013

Jan Quiz night TBC

Wed 13thFeb Speaker TBC 7:30 pm (venue TBC)

HP = Heatherton Park Apiary, ACH=Air Cadets Hall TBC=To Be Confirmed

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• January 2012...plus......Jan suplement (Beekeeping terms explained)
• December 2011
• November 2011
• October 2011
• September 2011
• July 2011 ...plus.... .July suplement (Supers and Supering)
• June 2011
• April 2011..plus....April .suplement (Wax Recipes)
• Feb 2011..plus.....Feb suplement (second hand equipment)

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