2021
2 Jan : Oxalic Acid sublimation - demonstration in the Apiary
26 Mar : (2020) Zoom AGM
27 Mar : Apiary tidy / Frame making
12 Apr : Asian Hornet Monitoring Week
Apr/May : Beginners visit Apiary
July : Queen Rearing Course
31 July : Beginners Theory Study Day
18/19 : Aug Gillingham & Shaftesbury show
21 Aug : Apiary Tidy 2pm
6-13 Sep : Asian Hornet week
7 Sep : Pam Payne making wax food wraps, 7.30pm, SCC
18 Sep : Honey Sale Gillingham & Shaftesbury Show Ground
12 Oct : Kevin Pope, Bee Inspector - talk on bee diseases 7.30pm in the SCC.
21-23 Oct : National Honey Show - book in advance
19 Nov : AGM and Supper, 7pm, SCC
2020 (Planned pre Covid)
15 January : Beekeepers Question Time, Skep Making Day
February : Talk - Showing Honey
March : Apiary tidy day
April : [usually] Beginners introductory Day
May : Beekeeping
June : [usually] Apiary Visit & Social
July : [usually] Apiary Visit
August : Apiary Tidy
[usually] Apiary Visit, S & G Show
September : [usually] Talk / demonstration
November : [usually] AGM
2019
15 Jan: society activity - making an asian hornet Trap (video here)
12 Feb: Talk on Commercial Beekeeping
10 Mar: DBKA AGM
30 Mar: Frame making and Apiary Tidy
6 Apr: Beekeeping Introduction Day
25 May: Apiary visit (Sarah Watts & Steve Toop)
22 Jun: BBQ at the White House
13 Jul: Visit to Vita's apiary and research labs
20 Jul: Bee Health Day
17 Aug: Apiary Visit (Chris Harwood)
31 Aug: Apiary Tidy
10 Sep: Talk - Bees and the Law
15 Oct: Talk - Bees and water
15 Nov: AGM & Supper