Welcome to the Fareham & District Beekeepers Association website.
We
are a predominantly urban group of bee keepers numbering 60+
Registered, Partner and Country members and now in our
94th year
(2012). We are affiliated to Hampshire Bee keepers Association and the
British Bee keepers Association. We have monthly meetings outdoors in
the spring and summer when we hold apiary meetings, and indoor
meetings in autumn and winter in Stubbington, when we have special
guest speakers on all different bee related topics.
We
also run a Training and Educational Apiary at Manor farm, Burseldon,
where we held a Honey and Bee weekend last September which was a
fantastic weekend for all, details of this are posted on the Apiary
page.
We openly encourage and welcome newcomers to join us. We
are also happy to invite members of the public who may have a fear of
bees or people who really want to know a little more about bee's and
bee keeping along to one of our apiary meetings. We will loan you a
bee suit and gloves (limited numbers depending on the meeting) if you
wish to know more please email Steve using the Info@fdbka.co.uk
address.
If
you wish to join us and become a member of FDBKA please click on this
link Application
form.
The
Annual Subscription for a Registered Member is £30 (anyone
who has at least 1 hive) will receive: HBA and British Beekeepers
Association (BBKA) Publications, BBKA Public Liability Insurance
for swarm collection and product liability etc.
The
Annual Subscription for Junior, Partner, Country or Associate Member it is
£16 (anyone
who is sharing and working with a Registered Member) will
receive: BBKA Public Liability Insurance for swarm collection and
product liability etc
A proportion of all Subscriptions is
annually sent to HBA who then send part of that on to BBKA. A further
portion of Registered Members Subscription is sent off for Bee
Disease Insurance.
Introduction to bees and bee keeping course
Mike Holloway will be running his very successful and popular Introduction to bees and bee keeping course in 2012. For more information please click here
Swarms
We offer a swarm collection service for honey bees only.
Please contact the bee keeper in your area to arrange collection;
Fareham Central and East - John B - 01329 289668
Fareham West - Mike H - 01489 885159
Any other areas - Mike A - 07715 273667
Just some of the pictures taken when we've held an apiary meeting or there has been a local show.
Click on any picture to see the complete album.
2011 meetings and members hives
Previous years
2012
(Provisional Calendar)
Month
Date
Event - Meeting - Talk
Time
Location
Jan
20th
Members informal evening
19.30
Stubbington
Feb
17th
Bee Keepers Question Time
19.30
Stubbington
March
16th
John Hanks - Swarm management
19.30
Stubbington
17th
SE Hants Spring Convention
09:30
Wickham Community Centre
April
15th
Spring Inspection - Manor farm
13:30
Manor Farm
May
5th
MVBKA Auction - Bees & Equipment
11:30
Greatham, Liss
26th
RBI - Apiary Safari (Saturday)
10:00
See Newsletter
June
24th
Apiary Visit - Sam Summersgill
13:30
Gosport
July
21/22nd
Honey & Bees Weekend - Manor Farm
10:00
Manor Farm
Aug
19th
Apiary Visit - New Forest
-
See Newsletter
Sept
22nd
FDBKA Honey Show
-
St John's Hall, Fareham
29th
Michaelmas Fayre *
13:00
Alverstoke
Oct
13th
Pumpkin Festival *
-
RVCP Netley
19th
Talk - Roger Patterson (Queens)
19:30
Stubbington
Meridian BKA - Open Talk
19:30
Bishops Waltham
25-27th
National Honey Show - TBA
-
-
Nov
10th
HBA Convention
-
Barton Peverill College
16th
Talk - Christine Stevens (Wax)
19:30
Stubbington - Foster Rooms
Dec
7th
AGM
19.30
Stubbington - Holy Rood Church
Foster Rooms (Stubbington) - We use the Foster rooms for all our winter meetings. Click Here to see a picture of Stubbington village centre.
Red Dot - Foster Rooms
Green Squares - Parking
Honey Sales If you wish to buy locally produced honey from some of our members they will be at the various events marked with a * above and every first Saturday of the month at Fareham Market.
Latest News
The National Bee Unit have just released an official guide to Hive Cleaning and Sterilisation click here to download it. (Includes how to clean plastic and poly hives)
FDBKA Honey Show - Full details can be found by clicking the side bar link Honey Show or clicking here.
Honey & Bee Weekend
Despite the weather we had a lot of fun putting on the show for the public.
