Members Meeting – Tuesday 27th May 2025
This months meeting will be on Varroa, what it is and how and when to treat it!
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This months meeting will be on Varroa, what it is and how and when to treat it!
A talk by Steve Riley on: How to identify varroa resistant traits in colonies and the various club projects underway in the South East. Steve is the author of the book “The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa” and a member of the “Path to Varroa-resistance in the UK” team that launched the education and science… Continue reading Members Meeting – Monday 30th June 2025
A talk by Daniel Bailey on: The uses of honey in health treatments. Daniel Bailey is Chair of Salisbury District and Beekeepers Association. Honey and other bee-related products have a long history of medicinal uses. In this talk we delve into the uses of honey in health treatments and also examine the often-quoted statement is… Continue reading Members Meeting – Monday 27th October 2025
A talk by Laurence Edwards on: Increasing Honey Yield. Laurence Edwards, founder of Black Mountain Honey, presents a practical approach to dramatically increasing honey production without adding more hives. Drawing on over 15 years of experience and insights from managing thousands of colonies, Laurence shares proven techniques for optimising colony strength, timing, forage access, and… Continue reading Members Meeting – Monday 24th November 2025
The annual Christmas dinner for LDBKA members on 6th December 2025 at The Chequers Inn, Laddingford.
There are 8 colonies to treat and they will all be done on the day. A practical demonstration on an empty hive will take place to show the principles before we do the actual operation. The method we will be using is sublimation of oxalic acid crystals. Oxalic acid is corrosive and so people attending… Continue reading Members – Laddingford Club Oxalic Acid Treatment
A talk by Laurence Edwards on: Increasing Honey Yield. Laurence Edwards, founder of Black Mountain Honey, presents a practical approach to dramatically increasing honey production without adding more hives. Drawing on over 15 years of experience and insights from managing thousands of colonies, Laurence shares proven techniques for optimising colony strength, timing, forage access, and… Continue reading Members Meeting – Monday 26th January 2026
We will be running a Beekeeping Course for Beginners starting on the 14th March 2026. The course will consist of 6 sessions held weekly for two hours on a Saturday morning at 10.00am (except Easter weekend 4th April 2026) and will cover many aspects of beekeeping plus a practical session looking at bees, frame making… Continue reading LDBKA Beginners Beekeeping Course
The Annual General Meeting will be held at The Chequers in Laddingford on 31st of March 2026 at 19:30.
A talk by Richard Noel on: Asian Hornets in France. Richard is a professional bee farmer in Brittany, France. He will be giving a talk on his experiences of living with Asian Hornets. He will give practical advice on how bee keepers can mitigate the threat from Asian Hornets. This meeting will be on-line (using… Continue reading Members Meeting – Monday 27th April 2026
Wax Processing and Preparation demonstration