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Presented by Bob Smith NDB

Sunday 14th January 2018

2.00pm to 5.00pm

Harrow Beekeepers invite you to an afternoon at

Hatch End Suite 2 and 3 Harrow Art Centre,

The HBKA AGM will be held on Saturday 18 November 2017 at Hatch End Scout Hut, Grimsdyke Road, Hatch End HA5 4PH at 7pm. It will be followed by our annual dinner and social. See email circular for the agenda, minutes of the last meeting. Please read the documents before coming to the meeting. If you would like to come to the meal, please reply to Carole or Gloria, details on a separate email.

The 13th Harrow in LEAF Horticultural and Craft Show for 2017 has been and gone.
Thank you to everybody in HBKA who entered and helped to make this years honey show a success.

Harrow Beekeepers' Association is a registered charity. Its stated activities include “promoting the craft and heritage of beekeeping by educating the public” and “encouraging an understanding of the benefits of our craft and the role of bees in the environment”. One of the key ways of engaging the wider public, and fulfilling the charitable role, is through the Harrow in Leaf show.

The time has come... Honey harvest is mostly done, colonies are very slowly starting preparations for the winter and beekeepers should start thinking about helping them to go into this dificult period as healthy and strong as possible which means also Varroa free.

For this purpose Brian has Api Life Var and Apiguard available fot treatment for our colonies.

Thank you everyone for a tremendous effort to check all our colonies in the apiaries last Saturday. Especially we would like to thank our inspectors: Jo, Bill, Doreen and Judy. All colonies are fine and in a good health. Happy extracting now :)

Sale of second hand beekeeping equipment. If you wish to buy or sell any item come to our apiary on the Sunday at 11am

Items must be clean/ sterilised / scorched to be able to be sold. 

We would like to invite all members of our Association to join us for annual Preident's Tea Party which will take place on July 1st at 4 pm. It will start with M. Davey talk about antiquities of beekeeping after wich we will have afternoon tea. Please bring plate of food to share and drinks of your chioce. Some deserts will be provided including big bowl of strawberries and cream.

This year the May Day Festival takes on a green theme, celebrating the local environment of the Hill and how to protect it for future generations. Join us for an afternoon of fun, food, music, dancing and activities for kids big and small. HBKA will have there its own stall.

Sunday 30 April 2017, 12.00-17.00

The Green, High Street, Harrow on the Hill, HA1 3LP

For more info please o to the below link:

http://www.harrowhilltrust.org.uk/may-day-festival

The Latin name of this amazing bee is Apis mellifera carnica. It is a subspecies of the western honey bee, first described by Pollmann in 1879.