Ipswich & East Suffolk

Learn the various controls for varroa, the types of treatment available and how to apply before closing for winter.

Session Lead: Sal Thurlow

Learn how comb can be stored to prevent wax moth damage and how mice, green woodpeckers and other pests can be excluded from the hives in winter.

Session Lead: Helen

Various methods of queen rearing.  Using Apideas and/or Nucs for colony development.

Session Lead: Sam

Extracting honey from combs, straining and bottling of honey suitable for a small-scale beekeeper.

Session Lead: Paul W

Why and when to add supers. The dangers of robbing and how to avoid it. Learn how to clear honey bees from supers.

Session Lead: Richard

Learn a method of queen introduction, how to unite colonies and what precautions should be taken.

Session Lead: Nicola

Learn how to check a colony for Nosema (fungus) and understand the effect upon the colony if present.

Session Lead: Jeremy Q

Learn about the local flora from which honey bees gather pollen and nectar. What is nectar? How is it collected, brought back to the hive, and is converted into honey? Learn about the importance of Pollen, water and propolis.

Session Lead: Paul C

An elementary description of the annual cycle of work in the apiary.

Session Lead: Gemma

Learning the signs of a queen-less colony and how to test if a colony is queen-less. Learn the signs of laying workers and of a drone laying queen.

Session Lead: Brett