Caithness CWS - Community - Clubs - Olrig & District Beekeepers Association

The Olrig & District Beekeepers Association meets roughly once a month. In Summer we have demonstrations.
Our members are a repository of many years of accumulated knowledge on bee keeping.
We can offer advice to new beekeepers and members can use our extracting equipment.

For further information on our activities, contact club secretary.

Affiliated to the Scottish Beekeeping Association.

Winter meetings will take place in the Drill Hall, Castletown, on the following dates starting at 7.30pm.

Thursday, 11th November 2010.
By popular demand, a Honey Tasting evening – bring along a jar of honey (which need not be your own).
Also a welcome to anyone who is interested in taking up beekeeping.Varroa Checks

Thursday, 9th December 2010
‘A Caithness Year in Beekeeping’ – followed by a discussion on experiences and problems from the past season.

Thursday, 13th January 2011
Spring Feeding, Colony build up and expansion, Queen Rearing.

Thursday, 17th February 2011
Varroa and bee diseases update.

Thursday, 24th March 2011
Annual General Meeting

Varroa Checks
In order to check that Caithness is still Varroa free, please could all beekeepers in Caithness
send Spring floorboard scrapings so that they can be checked for Varroa.
The envelope of scrapings should be clearly marked
“Bee Diseases” and sent to SASA (Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture) :-
Mrs Fiona Highet
SASA,
1, Roddinglaw Road
Edinburgh. EH12 9FJ

Click here for the Scottish Beekeeping Association web site.

Some club members may sell small amounts of their honey depending on conditions each year.

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