Honey Bare Honey

05/10/2023

I enjoyed Brian Bilston work before I knew he liked bees too

Today’s poem is called ‘On Falling in Love at the British Beekeeping Association’s Annual Meeting’.

05/08/2023

Spotting bees while on holiday. Hoping ours are bee-having!

25/06/2023

This month our SSS day involved making nuclei from multiple colonies. Everyone learnt lots and was a great day. Here at the Meon Valley BKA we have lots of great teaching events so check out our calendar to come along to the next.

If you missed today, get in touch and we can share the handout with you.

23/06/2023

🐝 ❤️

Today’s poem is called ‘On Falling in Love at the British Beekeeping Association’s Annual Meeting’.

20/05/2023

Seems very appropriate to be helping at the Meon Valley Beekeepers auction today. Greatham from 10:30

10/05/2023

Wow! What an amazing video

01/05/2023

Uppark House (NationalTrust) was keeping any local bees happy with an amazing meadow covered in dandelions. Youngest found this monster of a specimen 😮

28/04/2023

Ooh! Beekeeping makes it on to the official Coronation stamps 😍

18/04/2023

Still a bit chilly and windy here but at least the blossom is starting to pop and provide extra food source for the bzzz

13/04/2023

No need to w**d. Look at the humble dandelion with a different mind set - it’s a vital food source in the spring for our pollinators 😍

Just a reminder to those in the Northern Hemisphere that Dandelions are a key source of early nectar to Pollinators, flowering normally begins in a few weeks time but we're already getting reports of Dandelions appearing across the hemisphere, so consider leaving a few plants to flower if you are mowing 🐝

Dandelion (genus Taraxacum) are flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, which consists of species commonly known as dandelions native to Eurasia and North America, but the two commonplace species in the wider world, T. officinale and T. erythrospermum, were also introduced from Europe and now propagate as wildflowers in those regions. Both species are edible in their entirety. The common name dandelion comes from French "dent-de-lion", meaning "lion's tooth". Like other members of the family Asteraceae, they have very small flowers collected together into a composite flower head. Each single flower in a head is called a floret. In part due to their abundance along with being a generalist species, dandelions are one of the most vital early spring nectar sources for a wide host of pollinators that themselves are critical to pollination of later flowering plants. Although they are appearing earlier, May-June is a peak blooming time critical for Pollinators.

11/04/2023

Having a think about what to place in the auction 💭

Less than 2 months to go until our Annual Auction. If you want to sell something at the auction, all the forms and details are on the front page of the website. We have a limit of 250 lots so please return the forms quickly. A HBA library stall will also be set up so if you have any old or duplicate books you are wanting to sell this would be the perfect opportunity. A catalog of lots will be released closer to the time of the event. Viewing starts at 11:30am, with bidding commencing at 1pm.

31/03/2023

Amazing!