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Session 10 – Getting Started
Avis Marshall 6th March 2017
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Bee flight
0.5 mg honey per Km
25 gm to orbit earth
Bees carry nectar (& pollen)
approx. 40 mg
~30,000 trips per pound of honey
Trip approx 30 mins
Phenomenal rate of collection
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Nectar is collected by worker in her honey sac and brought back to hive
She regurgitates it and give it to a house bee
The house bee and forage bee mixes enzymes from the hypopharyngeal glands
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The enzymes convert complex sugars into fructose and glucose and provide protection from fermentation
Water content reduced to about 18%
When converted into honey, packed in cell and capped
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Colour of honey depends on sources of nectar
Honey will vary from year to year, season to season
Some honeys will crystallise quickly others will remain liquid for years
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Spring flow from fruit trees, dandelions
Summer flow from lime, sweet chestnut, blackberry
Autumn flow, ivy
Possible to get 30 kgs of honey per hive in bad years drop to 15 kgs
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Honey
Wax
Propolis
Pollen
Venom
Royal Jelly
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Preparation
Sales
Regulations
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Home or out apiary?
Liaise with your neighbours
Easy access
Away from another beekeeper’s apiary
Hidden from road, paths (& thieves)
Level ground Early sun & possible shade at
mid day Water nearby Plenty of room to work on the
hive Hives not in a regular pattern Safe flight path
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British Beekeepers Association National Beekeeping Centre National Agricultural Centre Stoneleigh Park Kenilworth CV8 2LZ 02476 696679 National Bee Unit
FERA Sand Hutton York, YO4 1LZ 01904 462510
Appointed Bee Inspector
Brian McCallum
KBKA Membership Secretary
Marion Hall
Chairman KBKA Derek Jones
Treasurer
Ann Jones
Bee Base
www.nationalbeeunit.com
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British Beekeepers Association
www.britishbeekeepers.org.uk
Somerset Beekeepers Association
www.somerset beekeepers.org.uk
Paynes Bee Farm
www.paynesbeefarm.co.uk
National Bee Unit
www.beebase.csl.gov.uk
Dave Cushman
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EH Thorne Ltd Beehive Works Wragby Lincoln LN3 5LA 01673 858555 Sales at Windsor, online
BJ Sherriff Carckew Road Mylor Downs Falmouth TR11 5UN 01872 863304
Local Beekeeping Supplier Thorne at Windsor Epsom BKA Ewell
Maisemore Apiaries Ltd
OldRoad
Maisemore
Gloucestershire
GL2 8HT
01452 700289
C. Wynne Jones
Ty Brith
Pentre Celyn
LL14 2SR
01978 790279
Exmoor Beehives
Kemble Bees
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BBKA Guide to Beekeeping – Davis & Cullum-Kenyon £15
Practical Beekeeping – Clive De Bruyn - £24.95
Guide to Bees and Honey- Ted Hooper - £12.99
Starting out with Bees – John Williams - £19.99
Teach Yourself Beekeeping – Adrian & Clare Waring - £9.99
Honey Bee Books – Celia Davis - £40 for two
BBKA News monthly - free for all association members
BeeCraft Beekeeping Magazine – monthly
www.bee-craft.com- £22.00 per annum
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Member of BBKA – monthly magazine public liability insurance
Member of Surrey BKA – Surrey Bee Day Courses
KBKA – Training at apiary Saturday afternoons loan of extraction equipment sale of honey at shows
purchase of queens and nucs or swarms
Attend Spring Convention, National Honey Show
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Join our local Association
Wait until you are sure you want to keep bees
Start with a nucleus in May/June
Obtain local bees from a reputable source
Do not start with a prime swarm
Obtain gentle bees rather than hard workers for the first year
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Plan to have at least 2 hives in the second season
Read and learn – there is always something different in beekeeping
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Nationals
14 x 12
WBC
Beehaus
Polyhive
Apimaye hive
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Practice session
Hampton Court Apiary
22nd April 2017
2.00pm
Bring wellies and marigold gloves
Time to join and learn more
Every Saturday at Branch apiary 2.00 pm.
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Beekeeping is Confidence and
Knowledge
Expensive hobby
Time consuming
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Lower Langford
Walled Garden
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Give one reason why a colony will swarm?
What are scout bees?
Does the old or new queen leave with a prime swarm?
Give one way a beekeeper can prevent swarming
How long should a swarm be left before feeding it?
Who owns a swarm?
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Name a notifiable disease.
Why are woodpeckers a pest of honey bees?
What does IPM stand for?
What does pepper pot brood mean?
Name 2 adult bee diseases?
How would you determine if a colony needed to be treated for varroa?
Identify two varroa treatments and the time of year they would be used.
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Your name
Number of years
Qualifications
Location
Number of colonies