Junior Beekeeping Course
For 10 to 14 year olds (accompanied by an adult) An opportunity for the younger members of your family and friends to learn all about bees and beekeeping with a chance to see the bees at work. 2, 9, 16 August at the Apiary 10am - noon Please contact Anne-Chantal [...]
Forage Walk
The next Forage Walk will take place on Wednesday 26th July, leaving the Half Moon pub in Sheet @6pm. The last walk in May was very good. See the July Newsletter for more details.
PDBKA Pollinator Day, Petersfield Physic Garden, 10am – 3.30pm Saturday 7 May 2022
Elizabeth Eveleigh was joined at the Petersfield Physic Garden (the perfect place for a day dedicated to “yellow and black stripey” insects in all their diversity!) by a number of PDBKA Members to chat, explain and be welcoming to Petersfield Residents dropping in to see what the 'buzz ' was [...]
Swarm Control with Percy Phelps
Petersfield Beekeepers is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. PERCY PHELPS WILL BE HOSTING A REGULAR SERIES OF TALKS VIA THE TRAINING ZOOM LINK ON WEDNESDAYS AT 19:00 ABOUT HIS BEEKEEPING EXPERIENCES AND TIPS RELEVANT TO THE TIME OF YEAR FOR NEW BEEKEEPERS. THE PRESENTATION TOPIC ON THE 6TH [...]
Apiary Equipment & Frame making day Saturday 12 March 2022
At 2pm on Saturday 12th March PDBKA members both new and old met at Petersfield Apiary for a Frame and Equipment Making Day. The weather was fine and bright, if a little breezy and members set to with a will, refreshed by tea, cake and conversation [...]
Meon Valley Auction 1pm Saturday 7MAY 2022
Meon Valley Beekeepers Association's 42nd Annual Auction Sale takes place at Greatham Village Hall, GU33 6AD, on Saturday 7 May 2022. Submit items for inclusion in the auction by 25 April . Only 250 lots will be accepted. Catalogue available from 29 April, email only. Viewing from 11.30pm on Sale [...]
PDBKA AGM 12 February 2022
A select group of members attended PDBKA's second, and hopefully last, AGM by Zoom - how we miss tea & cake in the PCC! The business of the meeting - to receive the Reports and Accounts for 2021, to elect the Committee, to present certificates for BBKA qualifications achieved and [...]
Apiary Inventory 29 January 2022
Before the PDBKA 'season' begins a small group of past, present and future Apiary Custodians and Committee Members gathered, bright and early, on a sunny Saturday morning to conduct a detailed inventory of equipment used and stored at the Association Apiary. The occupied hives were relatively simple to assess but [...]
Bumblebees have smelly feet!
The first PDBKA meeting of 2022 was via zoom. Gill Perkins, CEO of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust, joined us to talk about "The Plight of the bumblebee". Gill acknowledged that, as beekeepers, we are aware of the importance of pollination to our lives and the importance of all bees in [...]