The main focus was on the Col Pulling competition to be held the following week in Mittagong, where our club members, Faye and Frank, and Marcus and Julie, would be representing our club in an attempt to retain the shield...
Bathurst newsletter - May 2016
Bathurst Beekeepers will be having a short break whilst the bee season has slowed down for the cooler months. There will be no meetings for May and June.
We will be having a box building day on 31st July, where members will be able to learn how to build flat-pack bee boxes and have the opportunity to purchase a box that they can take home after the session.
More information will follow via email and Facebook in the coming weeks.
Have a lovely break and we look forward to seeing you in July.
Northern Rivers newsletter - May 2016
Flower buds have also been observed on local specimens of Grey Ironbark (Eucalytpus siderophloia) in readiness for flowering later in the year. In Doug Somerville’s publication ‘Floral Resources Database for the NSW Apiary Industry’ (Rural Industries Research and Development
Corporation, 1999), the species is indicated to produce good honey yields (mean 54 kg/hive), a pollen value towards the lower end of the level of importance (1.76/5) and a mean period between flows of 2.6 years.
The Buzz - May 2016
Winter is almost here so that means the days are getting shorter and the nights colder. Bees are generally foraging less and that means little nectar and pollen is coming into the hive. If honey and pollen stores are low in the colony, feeding may be needed to supplement the colony over the winter. This months meeting will focus on what to look for and evaluate what and if any feeding is necessary.
Goulburn newsletter - May 2016
IN THIS EDITION:
1. Editorial - contribution from the newsletters editor
2. Save the Dates – a place for people to identify upcoming events of interest to our club members
3. Plants of the Month – Pictures and facts as presented at monthly meeting
4. From the Members Garden – Plants of interest to beekeepers
5. Bee-Handy hints
6. Un-bee-lievable member’s stories
