Belfast and District Beekeepers

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Event's Calander 2008

NEXT EVENT :

Beekeepers Meeting Monday 10.11.08 at 1930hrs to be held at
Queen's Hall Leisure complex, Holywood

Date	General	Beginner Topic		Advanced Topic
8 Sept	Preparations for Belfast Honey Show Advertise Meadmaking	The beekeeping year Francis Greene		Queen right and Queenlessness Mr. Phelim Breen
13th Oct		The Winter bee –metabolism and feeding – Mr. Joe Thompson		The alimentary Canal -Dr. Phil Earle
10th Nov	Advertise quiz		Hives and hive parts – Mr. David McCartney			The circulatory system - Mrs. Esther Ross
8th Dec		ANNUAL QUIZ
Jan		Monitoring the Colony in Winter – Dr. Phil Earle		The wings of the Honeybee – (Speaker to be Announced)
		Launch of B&DBKA Queen rearing and bee breeding development group. (B&DQRBBG)
9 Feb		Diseases of the Adult Honeybee - Dr. Phil Earle			Swarm Control – (speaker to be announced)

9 Mar		Diseases of the Brood – Dr. Phil Earle		Migrating Honeybees for pollination – Mr. Alan Jones
13 Apr	AGM	. Importing Honeybees & Producing Quality Queens – Dr. Mervyn Eddie
May	ANNUAL SOCIAL EVENING Start of outdoor meetings

Archive material :

Event's Calander 2007

Date	General	Beginner Topic		Advanced Topic
10 Sept	Preparations for Belfast Honey Show Advertise Meadmaking	The beekeeping year Alan Jones		Disease and Oxalic acid Philip Earle
8th Oct		Hive parts and planning the right equipment		The eyes of the honeybee
Nov	Advertise quiz		Meadmaking at Barista (bring a demijohn,bung,honey and bubbler)
Dec		ANNUAL QUIZ
Jan		Preparing an apiary site		The legs of the honeybee
Feb		Swarm management		The glands of the honeybee
Mar		Spring inspections		The mouthparts of the honeybee
Apr	AGM	Foraging – useful plants and trees		Smells and senses in the hive
May	ANNUAL SOCIAL EVENING Start of outdoor meetings