Parramatta newsletter - September 2020

In this issue:

  • September presentation – All you need to know about swarms and being swarm ready

  • President’s report

  • Executive report – 19 August 2020

  • Beginning in Bees (on-line) training has arrived!

  • Feature – When to open your hives following winter

  • Book donation – Queen Spotting

  • Free bee biosecurity training course

  • October is AFB Awareness Month

  • AFB near me

  • Do you have a warre or flow hive?

  • Are you swarm ready?

  • Meet my apiary

  • Club shop

  • Handy contact details

  • What’s on in 2020

Parramatta newsletter - August 2020

In this issue:

  • August Presentation – The hard life of the honey bee forager

  • President’s Report

  • Executive Report – July 2020

  • Beginning in Bees Training is coming

  • PAB 2021 Calendar – CANCELLED for 2021

  • Attention to all those selling their honey

  • About nectar and honey

  • Covid-19 update

  • Managing a Warre Hive

  • Congratulations – Timothy Kotlar

  • In the media

  • Club shop

  • Handy contact details

  • What’s on in 2020

The Amateur Beekeeper - August/September 2020

The Amateur Beekeeper - August/September 2020

In this issue:

  • ABA news

  • Contest results

  • What to consider when putting bees on a roof. Read this first!

  • Bee topics Q&A. Controlling small hive beetles in drawn comb

  • How honey samples are tested for AFB in the lab

  • Tocal Beekeepers’ Field Day 2020 - The Honey Show will go on!

  • Beekeeper registration and the extractor that changed the rules

  • The basics of sacbrood

  • Free online training announced

  • DIY boxes to transport honey frames with less mess

  • Stingless-bee honey’s healthy wonder ingredient

  • Stocking Australia’s honey reference library

  • Club news: training and new resources

  • Book review

  • Join the swarm register

  • ABA team. How to contact us