The Leeds BKA trip out to the heather went well this year. This photo shows a hive aloft on an appropriate heather stand made from a pallet. It is still strapped up and waiting to be released. This is an annual event for beekeepers that we always encourage association member to attend. Heather honey is considered after all, the King of all honey's This hive is a 14*12 with 2 supers on top. The owner, Shane had shaken more bees in to the hive this last week and drifted bees in to the hive from other nearby colonies to maximise the bees in the box in the hopes of maximising a heather crop. Heather gods willing, we pray for fine weather this August and a good years heather crop.
Check out our new, natty bee suits! We are sure everyone will agree that they look great. They've arrived just in time for our fully booked taster session in August. Thanks to Linzi for all her help at Branded Sportswear, Wakefield for doing a great embroidery job. If you are interested in attending one of our Taster Sessions, then next year's are available for booking here.
On Friday 30th June, the St Johns Shopping Centre welcomed their first colony onto the roof of their office block. With the fantastic help of Dave Cook and Andy Gowdy from LBKA, four members of their team have completed their Bee Keeping course and introduced their bees into the new hive. It has been a long project spanning over a year but they are very excited to become bee keepers and help to preserve such an important species
