ABOUT THE MACARTHUR BRANCH OF THE AMATEUR BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION
The Macarthur Beekeepers Association Inc. has been serving our district, looking after bees, hives and swarms in spring and summe for many years. Our members are very hands on and always ready with help and advice.
Our club is represented at over twelve shows
per year, this includes the Camden and Campbelltown shows, we also attend
community sites, school fetes and just about anywhere people gather to
sell produce and have fun. We have exhibits of bees in hives and we also
give demonstrations to the general public, we try to generate and interest
in bees and in many cases we recruit new members this way. Hopefully this
website will help to broaden our membership and more people will learn
to enjoy bees and natural honey like we do.
Even the graffiti artists in our area appreciate the value of our bees as this picture shows. We have six hives in the vicinity of this ‘artwork’.
At our local show, members Ken Jackson, Lurliline
Tanner, Alistair Kilfeather and our newest beekeeper and member Gail Fleming,
all took our first and runners up prizes for different classes of honey
and art work
This is our travelling circus; we give video demos of various beekeeping activities. It also provides transport for all the equipment we carry around at show time.
Our meetings
The Macarthu Branch meets at the Jack Nash Tennis Centre at Jack Nash Place, Currans Hill at Mount Annan on the the third Wednesday of each month at 7:30 pm.
Why not call past and find out more about beekeeping?
| Swarm List - July 2009 - 2010 | |
| Area | Contact |
| Camden, Cambelltown and Narellan | Alistair Kilfeather (02 4658 1444 or 0421 465 608) or Milorad Braneza (02 4625 9525) |
| Glenfield, Ingleburn or Wattle Grove | Donald Johnson (02 9618 2309) |
| Airds, Minto or Mt Annan | Ivan Cavajda (02 4628 3885) or Jim Zrilic (02 4626 2605 or 0415 403 015) |
| Oakdale, Cobbity or Warragamba | Jim Connolly (024659 6779) or Brian Norton (0403 836 251) |
| Roberston, Bowral or Mossvale | Barry Austen (0429 309 097) |
| Picton | Lance Rickert (02 4684 2542) |
| Roselands | Ken Jackson (emergency only) 0419 971 262 |
| For further information please contact Alistair Kilfeather (0421 465 608). A call out fee will be applciable to cobver the cost of travel and time involved in the collection of swarms. | |
| Contact Us | |
| President | Bruce Wallace (02 9605 6688) |
| Vice president | Alistair Kilfeather (02 4658 1444) |
| Assistant Secretary | Barry Austen (02 4885 1705) |
| Assistant Secretary | Quinton Poole (02 625 7996) |
| Librarian | Donald Johnson (02 9618 2309) |
| Treasurer | Jean Haavaslu (02 4681 8540) |
| Apiary Officer | Anthony Martin (02 9606 6842) |
| Editor | Alistair Kilfeather (02 4658 1444) |