🐝 IWBKA Teaching Apiary Meeting (Quarr)

Saturdays

Teaching Apiary Meetings are designed to offer members the chance to assist and learn from hive inspections, manipulations and guided hive management processes. They are an excellent opportunity to gain practical experience following beginners theory courses, to further beekeeping knowledge and skills, to prepare for BBKA assessments and to meet other IWBKA members.

They will take place on May 9th* and the first Saturday of June, July and August 10:30-12:30 at Quarr Abbey Teaching Apiary, PO33 4ES.

(* due to the Bank Holiday weekend the previous week)

🐝  Open to all IWBKA members.   Booking is required. 🐝

Please note the following :

• IWBKA TEACHING APIARY at Quarr Abbey.  The bee manipulations held during the year at the Teaching Apiary will be dependent on the weather and the current situation of the bee colonies at the time of the apiary meeting. 
  During the year it is anticipated the subjects covered will include: shook swarming, splitting colonies, queen marking and bee health monitoring. 
  The subjects of each meeting will be publicised in the IWBKA website and IWBKA Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2125993507621711/), as well as in the periodical news updates.

ALL APIARY VISITS - ETIQUETTE

• SAFETY. The correct footwear must be worn, e.g. boots that cover the ankles.

• ALLERGIES.  If you need to carry an EpiPen, please always bring it with you to apiary meetings and always inform the beekeeper in charge.

• BEEKEEPING HYGIENE Kindly observe basic bee-keeping hygiene avoid transmitting disease during visits, by ensuring that:

• Bee suits are cleaned both before and after apiary visits.
   
• If bees or frames are to be handled, clean disposable gloves must be worn. If leather gloves are worn, please do not handle bees, frames or equipment. However disposable gloves may be worn over leather gloves
   
• Tools must be washed and disinfected before and after use at each apiary. Please check with the apiary beekeeper to ensure personal hive tools may be used at their site.
   
• Please do not be offended if the beekeeper in charge of the meeting asks you not to participate if you fail to observe these requirements.