February

Sat

2

colonies checked for stores

Sat

9

RA 2 nd hand frames foundation fitted

Fri

15

St Lawrence Comm. Centre, (SLCC) Hamilton Rd , Sidcup
7pm – 9pm : Beginners Course 1 Starts

Sat

16

RA 2 nd hand frames foundation fitted

Fri

22

7pm – 9pm : SLCC Beginners Course 2

Sat

23

RA Equipment check – brood & super boxes checked

Fri

29

7pm – 9pm : SLCC beginners Course 3

March

Sat

1

Colonies checked for stores

Fri

7

7pm – 9pm : SLCC Beginners course 4;

Lecture by A. Byham: Oxalic acid use for Varroa resistance.

Sat

8

RA colonies checked for health, viability, stocks equalised

Sat

15

RA 1pm – 3pm : Beginners Course 5 (1 st Practical), - Cancelled
3pm – 5pm colonies check; 2 nd brood or 1 st super put on.

Sat

22

Easter

Fri

28

7pm – 9pm : SLCC Beginners Course 6

Sat

29

RA colonies checked & swarm prevention undertaken,

April

Fri

4

7pm – 9pm : SLCC Beginners Course 7

Sat

5

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checked, Varroa entrapment frames inserted

Sat

12

1pm – 3pm Beginners Course 8 (2 nd practical)
RA 3pm – 5pm colonies routine check, swarm prevention.

Sat

19

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks
[BBKA Stoneleigh Spring Convention 9am – 5pm ]

Sat

26

RA 1pm – 3pm Beginners Course 9 (3 rd practical)
RA 3pm – 5pm colonies checked, Varroa entrapment frames replaced, swarm prevention, 2 nd supers put on

May

Sat

3

RA 1pm – 3pm Beginners Course 10 (4 th practical)
RA 3pm – 5pm Colonies routine checks

Sat

10

RA 2pm – 5pm Colonies routine checks, swarm prevention

Sat

17

RA 2pm – 5pm Colonies checks, Varroa entrapment frames replaced, all nucs checked for queen rearing programme

Sat

24

RA 2pm – 5pm Queen rearing programme starts, colonies checks, swarm prevention - Postponed to 7th June

Sat

31

RA 2pm – 5pm Queen grafting, colonies checks, assessment if extraction will have to be done the following week

June

Thu

5

RA 8am – 9am Clearer boards inserted, or bees blown out of supers, supers removed to pavilion ready for extraction

Sat

7

RA 11am – 2pm Extraction of spring honey 12.30 light lunch with drinks Queen Rearing Starts

RA 2pm – 5pm Queen rearing checks, colonies checks, Varroa frames replaced, swarm prevention

Mon

9

RA 8am – 9.30am Queen raising colony dismantled and ripe queen cells distributed into nucs

Sat

14

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, 3 rd supers put on

Sat

21

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, swarm prevention, nucs with young queens checked, queens marked and clipped

Sat

28

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, Varroa frames replaced

July

Sat

5

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, swarm prevention, additional supers put on if needed

Sat

12

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, checks on nucs for space

Sat

19

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks, Varroa frames removed for the last time

Thur

24

Sat

26

RA 10am – 4pm Extraction of honey, 12.30 lunch with drinks

August

Sat

2

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks

Sat

9

RA 2pm – 5pm colonies checks

Sat

16

RA 2pm – 5pm Requeening colonies

Thur

21

Sat

23

RA 10am – 2pm 2nd extraction of honey, simple lunch wih drinks

Sat

30

RA 2pm – 4pm 1st Varroa treatment (Thymol)
Hall Place 10am - 5pm Bexley Garden Festival

September

Sat

6

Well Hill 2pm - 5pm BBQ in David Rea's garden

Mon

8

Sat

12

RA 2pm – 5pm check for stores

Sat

20

2pm – 5pm feeding of colonies if required

Sat

27

RA 2pm – 5pm honey distribution meeting

October

Sat

4

RA 2pm – 5pm hedge trimming, bonfire

Sat

11

RA 2pm – 5pm removal of Varroa treatment

Sat

18

RA 2pm – 5pm installation of mouse guards and woodpecker netting, tidying of garden.

Sat

25

RA 2pm – 5pm tidying of garden, bonfire

November

Sat

1

RA 2pm – 5pm tidying of garden, bonfire, cleaning of boxes

Sat

8

RA 2pm – 4pm tidying of garden, bonfire, cleaning of boxes

Sat

15

RA 2pm – 4pm tidying of garden, bonfire, cleaning of boxes

Mon

17

7pm – 9pm
Bee Breeding Talk by Frank Pendell
The Olympic, Beechenlea Lane,
Swanley, Kent BR8 8DR
(very close to J3 M25)

Sat

22

RA 2pm – 4pm Varroa treatment with Oxalic Acid

Sat

29

AGM 2pm - 4pm
St Lawrence Community Centre.

December

Sat

6

RA 2pm – 4pm 2 nd chance of Varroa treatment with Oxalic Acid

Sat

13

Apiary closed

Sat

20

Apiary closed

Sat

27

Apiary closed