Robyn meets some "Girls"

We all need to have some beekeeping training and Robyn has taken a head start by booking herself in on a introductory day for Bee Keeping in Conway last weekend.  The weather was lovely and the bees were active and with 13 attendees, it was a small brood. Robyn has informed us she wasn't the Queen Bee on this occasion as there were five other queens very much more experienced.

The morning was spent in the classroom learning basic facts about bee-keeping and in the afternoon it was a chance to work with the five hives learning how to handle the frames and to find the queen bees etc. Good information and advice was given which will move our plans forward in providing new hives around our local area to start with.

Our target date is July to have our first hive up and running, so between now and then we will be putting in the 'learning' hours required so that we can manage our/your bees in safe manner and still have fun at the same time.   

Comb

Frame from a Nucleas box

Nucleas

Types of Bees