The Committee is pleased to announce the resumption of our monthly meetings at the Wokingham Bowling Club. It’s been a long time since we were able to get together so it will be great to see everyone again. Whilst Covid restrictions have been eased we are recommending the use of a face mask inside the Club. The dates and agenda …
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The Association’s annual honey extraction took place on Saturday 28 August. The session started in the Portakabin with Tony, the Apiary Manager’s 10 o’clock briefing, given to an audience of seven volunteers.
Next, Evan arranged equipment and spread newspapers around the extraction room while everyone else donned veils and went to remove honey supers. The bees were subdued by the …
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The Association offers its congratulations to the members who successfully completed their Basic Assessment on Sunday 27 June. Performing to the normal high Wokingham and District standard, all five candidates passed despite having to deal with aggressive and uncooperative bees on the day. 
We cancelled the scheduled 08 August extraction because poor forage conditions meant stores were low in the Association’s apiary hives. Stores have now started to build up and the extraction has been rescheduled for (weather permitting) 10am, Saturday 28 August.
The following leaders
Evan Taylor and Tony Lack
with these assistants are attending
Mara H, Andy O, Debbie, C, Tony …
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If you would like to take advantage of the bulk orders the Association is able to negotiate for jars, Ambrosia and Apistan please click the link below to access a document with all the ordering details. Please follow the instructions carefully.
Our annual apiary cleanup, due to take place on 9th January 2021 is cancelled owing to our membership of the T4 club.
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EFB Outbreak in Wokingham/Bracknell area.
Please check that all your apiary sites are correctly registered in BeeBase, to enable the NBU to identify the potential infection zone. If they are not registered use the link under Member Information above and register now.
On the evening of Tuesday 18 June I was informed that Phil Spillane (NBU Seasonal Bee Inspector – …
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Our apiary’s Portakabin meeting room has a new heavy duty, marbleised vinyl floor, replacing the old flooring which saw a lot of traffic in a previous life as a site office/staff facility. We once again thank the Luff family for the donation of the Portakabin and Todds Flooring who carried out the work, (and laid the extractor room floor last …
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If W&DBKA members have equipment they want to sell or obtain, we can post the details on the website.
Send us a description of the item(s) for sale (or wanted) using our contact form. Include the sale prices (or amount you are prepared to pay). Let us know if you also have a photograph(s) to accompany the description of what …
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