Location Details
Lectures / Talks Venue
West Parley Memorial Hall, Stocks Lane, off Christchurch Road, West Parley, BH22 8SQ
Time
All meetings start at 7.30pm
Teaching / Practical Demonstrations Venue
High Mead Farm, Ham Lane, Ferndown, Bournemouth, BH22 9DR
2019 BADS Events
15th January – BADS Annual General Meeting
For members only @West Parley
19th February 19:30
Chris Park who will speak to us on ‘Honey Island’ – Some Heritage in of Honey in Britain? @West Parley
19th March 19:30
Luzia Barclay will be giving a talk entitled “Remedies from the Beehive”.
Luzia is a Regsitered Medicinal Herbalist trained in Western Traditional Herbal Medicine, Luzia mainly uses indigenous herbs in the form of tinctures, but also herbs like Echinacea from North America as well as Remedies from the beehive. @West Parley
6th April – Wannabee Day
@High Mead
16th April 19:30
Andy Willis – ‘Purifying and maximising your wax crop’ @West Parley
21st May – Bring and Buy Sale + Bumble Talk
A bring and Buy sale of new and old Beekeeping related items.
Schedule:
19:00 – 20:00 Selling / Buying + Teas and Coffees
20:00 – 20:30 Peter Darley “Bumbles I have known” 🙂
20:30 -21:15 Selling / Buying + Teas and Coffees + clearaway
15th October 19:30
“What’s going wrong with our Queens? – Roger Patterson
17th October – Skittles
Hamworthy Sports and Social Club (Magna Road, Canford Magna, Wimborne BH21 3AP)
9th November – Honey Show
St Catherine’s Hill Community Hall, 17 Marlow Drive, Christchurch BH23 2RR
19th November 19:30
“Spring Management & OA treatment” – Jim Vivian-Griffiths
10th December 19:30
“Swarms” – Peter Darley plus Christmas Platter Supper!
2019 BADS Social Events & Trips
13th July 14:00 – Kevin Pope Inspection followed by Club BBQ
@High Mead
Please proceed to Apiary area on arrival. The inspection will start at 14:00 sharp. After the inspection has finished, the BBQ will start. Members free, children free + non-member guests £3 each. This includes food, please bring your own drink. Please let Sheila Orr know if you are coming and how many. She can be reached at secretary@bads-bka.org
Trips – be sure to book early as most have limited space
TBA
2020 BADS Events
21st January 19:30
AGM @West Parley
18th February 19:30
“Time saving inventions” – Will Steynor
17th March 19:30
“NUCs and their uses” – David and Celia Rudland
21st April 19:30
“Varroa control without chemicals” – Bob Smith
2020 Local and National Calendar – Dates of Interest
3rd–5th April – BBKA Spring Convention
Harper Adams University
28th – 30th July – New Forest Show
5th–6th Sept – Dorset County Show
22nd–24th Oct – National Honey Show
Sandown Park Racecourse, Esher. KT10 9AJ