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East Surrey Bees

New Facilities, New Courses for 2012
 
In addition to the popular Beginners Practical this year we are running courses on Tuesday nights for those with some experience of beekeeping who want to develop their skill.  Covering topics like IPM, disease recognition, swarm control and colony increase it provides a choice of colonies to work on, in different types of hives with experienced beekeepers on hand and a wide variety of equipment to work with.
 
For further details contact celia@eastsurreybees.co.uk

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East Surrey Bee Hives at an Out Apiary

 

Five Frame Nucs

 

Available around the end of May, we should have a number of five frame nucs.

 Cost £185.00

Contact: enquire@eastsurreybees.co.uk

 

 



Queen Rearing Day

Sunday 20th May 10.30 - 4.00  * New Date*

The aim of the day is to give you the knowledge and practical experience of a number of different methods and techniques that you can use to raise queens in your apiary. The course will cover the use of the cup kit systems and grafting, we will also be using nuc boxes and mini mating hives. We will also discuss and demonstrate  the preparation of cell raiser and queen breeder colonies. This day course will cover both the theory and practical aspects of queen rearing,with some activities in the classroom as well as practical, hands on in the apiary.

Ploughmans type lunch included in the course fee.