[sheepandponies]

 
 

Ayr & District Be~keepers Beekeeping for Beginners
 
Spring 2010
6 week course of lectures for beginners
•   Overview of beekeeping equipment and types of bees
•   Lifecycle of the honeybee, bumblebee and wasp
•   The Beekeeping Year: from swarming to honey harvest
•   Extraction, straining, jarring, labelling of honey
•   Products of the hive and their medicinal uses, stings, allergies and bee diseases
Informative and Practical sessions culminating in visits to our Association Apiary where full protective clothing and equipment is available.
Classroom sessions are on Wednesday Evenings at 7.30pm 24th February - 31st March 2010 . , Doonfoot Primary School Alloway, Ayr
Course Fee £25
Includes membership of the Ayr & District Beekeepers' Association for one year.
 
To enrol' for the course, telephone:
Lindsay Baillie (Secretary) 01292 570659
   Tony Riome (President)    01292 443440
or
 
Just turn up on the first night. You will be made very welcome.
www.ayrbeekeepers.co.uk

[ballingall]

Oh I know Tony- I didn't really know he kept bees though!


Beth

[marigold]

Do you have any beekeeping contacts in the Angus area? I keep looking at the beekeeping assoc website but I can't find any local contacts.

[xillent]

Should have posted earlier. Anyhow, this course was absolutely brilliant. There'll likely be one next year so worth enrolling.

Here's a link to up and coming events and I think the members from Ayr will be at Gardening Scotland over the weekend to answer any questions etc.

http://www.ayrbeekeepers.co.uk/News%20Page.htm

[ruives]

Marigold, There is the East of Scotland Beekeepers

http://www.eastofscotlandbeekeepers.org.uk/

I have attached their web address above, really nice people and very helpful too

Hope this helps?

Cheers, Scott