Club newsletter

The Buzz - July 2016

The Buzz - July 2016

After a bumper season, some of our colonies still have a surplus honey waiting to be harvested. So this month we will conduct our last honey extraction for the season. The day will include demonstrations of how to take honey off, when to take it off and actual honey extraction. We will have access to the newly renovated honey house so make sure you come along to look and learn.

The Buzz - June 2016

The Buzz - June 2016

We recently held another Open Day at our Apiary and it was a huge success thanks to the many members and friends who lend a hand. Also a big thanks to Council for their on-going support plus the local newspaper, the Leader who featured our open day on the front page! This was a fantastic show of support from the local media and we appreciate this magnanimous gesture.

Bathurst newsletter - May 2016

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

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.