UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL – with the Newbury & District Beekeepers Association – Bee Health Day

In conjunction with the National Bee Unit

Compton Village Hall, Burrell Road, Compton RG20 6NP

Saturday 23 June 2012 from  10.00am – 4.00pm

Tea and Coffee will be provided throughout the day for just £1.
PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN LUNCH

If you require any more details please Email john.palmer844@btinternet.com or phone Victoria on 01635 254 890

Provisional Programme

10.00 Arrive – tea & coffee

10.30 Welcome; general outline of the day
Rob Nickless, NDBKA

10.35 Observing the colony
Nigel Semmence, Regional Bee Inspector

11.00 Bee pests and diseases overview
Nigel Semmence

12.15 LUNCH – please be ready to re-start promptly at 13:00

13.00 Workshops Three half hour sessions
A Apiary hygiene Phil Spillane
B Diseased frames Nigel Semmence
C Varroa control Robert Carpenter Turner

14.45 Tea/Coffee break

15.15 Exotic pests
Nigel Semmence

15.45 Final wind-up

16.00 Depart