Events and Courses 2020

  

February 2020

Saturday 15th February Group Meeting . Venue to be confirmed (tbc) by Catherine Day . Meeting took place

April 2020  Events disrupted due to Covid 19 restrictions

Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April - 'Listen to the Bees' is a beekeeping course on an alternative method of beekeeping  using the Warré hive, guided by the biology and natural behaviour of the honeybee.
The venue will be at St Peter's Church Hall,  Over Wallop, Stockbridge Hants SO20  8HT
The main tutor will be John Haverson assisted a group member.  For further information contact Chris Haverson at cmhaverson@hotmail.co.uk 
THE COURSE IS NOW FULL -  Chris is keeping a waiting list in case of cancellations. Course Cancelled

Visit to Cricklade North Meadow 6 miles north of Swindon. Cancelled
Best time for flowers is last 2 weeks in April. Details tbc by Chris Bowdy

May 2020 

Saturday 30th April (tbc) Apiary Visit at Ferndown near Salisbury  with Sally Tyler  Cancelled

Skep making/Finishing. with Eleanor Coke or John Haverson. Venue Weyhill or Wallops,  and date tbc depending on weather . Took place

June 2020

Saturday 27th Jun. Visit apiary and wild flower meadow at Ashmansworth north of Andover; host John Hastings Bass  Cancelled

July 2020 All cancelled

Saturday 4th July  Visit Knepp Estate rewilding project  . Organiser Eleanor Coke

Saturday 25th July Apiary visit with Jo Lewis near Sturminster Newton

August 2020

August 25 -27  Learning From the Bees Conference in Devon.  Numbers limited to 120 . Contact Natural Beekeeping Trust Cancelled

September 2020 

Meeting rescheduled venue Sally Tyler at Ferndown Saturday 5th September Group meeting at Bishopstoke with Reader Englefield

November 2020

Group meeting . Date and venue tbc