For those of you who are interested in learning more about bees and beekeeping can I draw your attention to two courses and a website which may be of interest to you.
Beginners' Course
This starts with three evening sessions (7:00 to 9:00) at the Colliton Club in Dorchester. These sessions will be held on Tuesdays March 11th, March 18th and March 25th.
There will then be three sessions on Sunday afternoons at the Association Apiary at Stinsford (just to the East of Dorchester) at 2:00.
The cost of the course is £60. At the end of it you will have learned a lot about bees, have opened a hive and handled bees. This is an excellent way to prepare you for keeping bees.
Bee Behaviour Course
This course consists of six sessions on Monday evenings at the Colliton Club in Dorchester. These sessions will be held on Mondays 20th January, 27th January, 3rd February, 10th February, 17th February and the 24th February. The course will be run by Lesley Gasson and cost just £60. The course will be based on the BBKA Module 6 exam so the course details can be found here. To see the other exams the BBKA offer have a look here.This prepares you for the exam but there is no pressure to take the exam - just do the course to learn more about these fascinating insects.
The website I wish to draw your attention to is the BeeInfo area of our own web site. This is growing rapidly and this is reflected in increased visitor numbers - and the more visitors we get the more information I can put up there.
And just a reminder - membership fees are due.
And the Christmas Social is on 2nd December at the Colliton Club.