Hi Paul
I look forward to the talk on honey harvesting.
In February Mike and I are going to Kenya and will visit a beekeeper
acquaintance in Nairobi. I think he uses conventional hives, but he also
mentioned some "pot-hives" that he will show me - whatever they might be!
Maybe I'll find some top bar hives in the bush - I'll keep an eye out and
take photos. Will let you know how it goes when we get back.
Thanks for writing up the last meeting.
See you soon
Helen
On 15 January 2018 at 14:17, Paul Honigmann <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hi all,
well, I've finally written up the last meeting
<https://oxnatbees.wordpress.com/2018/01/15/onbg-meeting-16th-nov-2017-insulation-honey-and-mites/>.
Time to start planning new ones (following a huge not-so-subtle hint from
Ann).
I suggest we have one about honey, because a number of people have asked
me for information about exactly how to get it from a hive. Some of us have
had hives for a few years and never taken any yet. This is probably best
done at my house, where I have both Warres and, down the road, TBH's. We
need to discuss when it is OK to take honey, and the practical aspects of
it. There might be a slight complication in that we are looking after 2
aged parents now, but we can work around that.
Does anyone have any other ideas for meeting themes? Or wish to host a
meeting? Or give a talk?
Also if anyone has any bee-related events they'd like mentioned on the events
page <https://oxnatbees.wordpress.com/events/> of the blogsite, let me
know. Like skep making workshops, training events etc.
Also talking about Events:
- OBKA members can visit the Natural History Museum in Oxford for a guided
tour by an entomologist on Jan 30th, 6PM. I went on this last year, it was
good.
- There is a talk on ants <http://www.westoxfordu3a.org.uk>, ant
intelligence and ant hills on 12th Feb in West Oxford. I have no idea if it
will be any good.
- On Fri 16th Feb there is an OBKA lecture at the Natural History Museum.
- - - - -
2 of our hives were flying a few minutes ago in bright sunshine but the
rain's back now 8)
Jack - the school has finally found the veil you lent them! I am picking
it up today.
Paul
