7.30pm start at the Drill Hall, Community Centre, Peebles. All welcome.
Speaker: Matthew Richardson, President of the Scottish Beekeepers Association, a geneticist, and also a beekeeper for many years.
His talk is entitled: Preparing for the Season Ahead.
The talk will be also be live streamed and recorded (subject to the speakers permission) but we would encourage people to attend in person if possible.
Our annual honey show was held this year on 26th November 2024.
Many thanks to our regular judge Alan Riach who was joined as usual by his wife Cynthia who is a fount of knowledge on how to best prepare exhibits for show.
There was not a particularly high number of entries this year, perhaps reflecting the difficult beekeeping season. However, most classes were at least competitive and all had a high standard of entries.
We have grading glasses, which will be available on the night for you to determine which class honeys should be exhibited in.
We have 2 frame display cases which can be borrowed if required: book with Mandy. (and contact her if you have any queries)
For further information, have a look at these guides for preparing to show honey, and the SBA guide for honey judges, which explains what the judge will be looking for.
PBKA president David Ferguson gave us a very interesting talk on using “spare” queen cells to raise new queens. The presentation had lots of good practical advice on his own technique making use of mini nucs.
We had a few technical difficulties on the night so David has kindly revamped the format of the presentation to make it clearer for future reference and it is available here for download (pdf).
