Current news from Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers' Association
The insect year is divided into three seasons, Flowering, Fruiting and Dormant, currently we are well into the Flowering season which started about the 12 January.
The blossoms are about to appear and honey bee colonies are going flat-out to rear worker bees to collect the nectar so they can accumulate enough to get them through the next Dormant season.
If you want to lean more or even just look inside a working colony just 'phone, you will be very welcome.
Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers' Association promote and support beekeepers in the area though training courses, mentoring and we run a training apiary at Iverley.
Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers is part of Worcestershire Beekeepers' Association which in turn is part of the British Beekeepers' Association.
No one knows when we started because all our records were lost in 1998, we believe it was sometime in the 19th century.
Our aim is to buy a fragment of land in the area with vehicle access and nearby parking for up to ten cars, where we can establish a permanent teaching apiary with storage for our equipment.
