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WEDMORE AND CHEDDAR DIVISION

 


Secretary: Elizabeth Friend
Tel. 01934 712971 email: friend.elizabeth@ gmail.com
Chairman: Jonathan Friend. Tel. 01934 712971. email: jpdfriend@gmail.com
Treasurer: Janet Frost. Tel. 01934 713463. email: janet.frost6@btinternet.co.uk


Swarm Contacts:
Terry Andrews: Henley House, Wells Road, Rodney Stoke, BS27 3XH. Tel
: 01749 870365
Caroline Butter: Old Manse, Wells Road, Draycott, BS27 3SF. Tel: 01934 742075
Jonathan Friend: New Tyning, Stone Allerton, BS26 2NJ. Tel: 01934712971
Ken Masters: Lane End Farm, The Batch, Bleadney, BA5 1PG. Tel: 01749 670349


Programme - 2012


Sat 18th February - SBKA Lecture Day: Kings of Wessex School, Cheddar
Sat 10th March - SBKA AGM
Sun 11th March - Apiary Meeting
Sat 24th March - BBKA modules 1, 2, 5 and 7 exams
Sun 25th March - Bee Keeping Equipment Sale: Ruishton Village Hall
Sat 14th April - Apiary Meeting.
Wed 18th April - SBKA Special Lecture: Hazelgrove School.
Fri 20th to Sun 22nd April - BBKA Spring Convention.
Sat 12th May - Disease Recognition Day & Apiary visit with Adam Vevers
Sat 26th or Sun 27th May - Around My Hive (or Safari)
Wed 30th May to Sat 2nd June - Royal Bath and West Show.
Sat 9th June - Apiary meeting
Sat 23rd or Sun 24th June - Around My Hive (or Safari)
Sat 14th July - Apiary meeting
Summer barbecue: To be arranged
Sat 28th or Sun 29th July - Around My Hive
Fri 3rd to Sat 4th August - Taunton Flower Show
Sat 11th August - Apiary meeting
Sat 18th or Sun 19th August - Around My Hive
Sat 8th September- Apiary meeting
Sat 13th October - Apiary meeting
Wed 17th October - W&C Division AGM at Draycott Village Hall.
November -Evening meeting - date and speaker to be arranged
Sat 10th November - BBKA Modules 1, 3, 6 and 8 exams
Sat 8th December- Apiary meeting: Oxalic acid (subject to weather)
2013
Apiary meetings will start on Sun 10th March
Anyone wishing to attend any of the apiary meetings should contact the secretary first.

 

NEWSLETTERS


Read our recent newsletters here.

Bee Safari 10th June 2011 with Megan Seymour

 

 

Apiary Meeting 13th August 2011

 

 

Around My Hive 23rd July 2011

 

Our entries in the Bath and West Show 2011

 
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