If you haven’t done that first harvest….then now’s the time to get cracking.
The competition this year will include categories for honey, honey comb, pollen, propolis, and wax. Details for each category follows.
News
The club will soon be taking on a hive monitoring role for the Department of Primary Industries (DPI), which will be establishing 2 sentinel hives at the Port of Eden.
This is part of the National Sentinel Hive Program which was established in 2000 to improve post-border monitoring around Australia for exotic pests of honey bees, including Varroa mites, Tropilaelaps mites and Tracheal mite.
Including a moderate amount of alcohol (wine & beer)
Please bring your own picnic utensils (cups, plates, cutlery), chairs, sun screen, hat, insect repellent and a plate of your favourite celebratory food to share
It has been a big year for the NRABA, which is now the 3rd biggest Amateur Beekeepers Association in NSW, so come and celebrate new friendships and all that we have learnt and shared.