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Somerset Beekeepers’ Association - LECTURE DAY

February 18, 2012
Saturday, 9am – 5.10pm at The Kings of Wessex Academy Station Road, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3AQ

The Desperate World of Laying Workers – Dr. Jim Tew
Apis Through the Looking Glass – Graham Royle NDB
The Asian Hornet – the threat posed to beekeeping in the UK - Dr Gay Marris Ph.D.
Nosema Workshop - Adam Vevers B.Sc., RBI
Ventilation Requirements in the Natural Bee World – Dr. Jim Tew
Nectar Robbing – an interesting method of foraging by bees – Nic Charleton B.Sc.

TICKETS
These will be available to non-Somerset Beekeepers Assoc. members after 1st Jan. 2012. Bookings can be made but no ticket will be sent out until after the 1st January.They will cost £20 and any application should be accompanied by a cheque made out Somerset Beekeepers Association and a stamped addressed envelope. Please make sure there is a clear address and telephone number so that last minute changes can be communicated efficiently.
Applications to:
Caroline Butter, Somerset Education Officer, The Old Manse, Wells Rd., Draycott, Cheddar, Somerset BS27 3SF
Email: okapi.bhive@uwclub.net
Tel: 01934 742075

www.somersetbeekeepers.org.uk

BBKA Spring Convention 2012

April (20,21,22), 2012
Friday, Saturday and Sunday at at Harper Adams University College Campus, Newport, Shropshire TF10 8NB

The BBKA Spring Convention is moving...
The strong growth in Spring Convention delegate numbers in recent years has been good news but this growth has brought with it some problems. We have reached the limit of the space available to us in the currently used exhibition areas at Stoneleigh and the situation is even more pressing in the lecture and workshop/seminar facilities.

The Spring Convention Committee has looked at a number of alternative venues and has decided to move the 2012 event to Harper Adams University College, Newport, Shropshire. At Harper Adams we have available high quality lecture facilities, seminar rooms and laboratories. The on-site Regional Food Academy also enables us to offer some novel new courses to delegates. Good quality accommodation and catering is available on-site at reasonable prices. Additional accommodation is available off-site in local hotels, guest houses and B&Bs. Access is good from the M6 or M54.This great new venue provides enhanced facilities for the convention’s lectures and workshops.

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