
Sheffield Beekeepers
@sheffbeekeepers
Promoting the craft of amateur beekeeping
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http://www.sheffieldbeekeepers.org.uk/ 26-10-2010 11:20:11
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A bit of a theme for #WorldBookDay C. Marina Marchese Dave Goulson BBKA Northern Bee Books 🐝. Current #reading and some of the reference collection #beekeeping





Was a buzzy Convention, but as springconvention.bbka.org.uk is open until May 31st, I'm enjoying Market Place exhibits again. Liking Worshipful Company of Wax Chandlers 'Pollinating London Together' springconvention.bbka.org.uk/exhib/528464 For Earth Day & beyond! #earthday BBKA Pollinating London Together





Skeps & Hackles is an article I'm drafting about rural beekeeping. Skeps are cone-shaped bee homes woven from straw, grass, rushes etc. and made waterproof by covering with daub (dung+straw) or by weaving a hackle, a bit like a skep umbrella! BBKA Beverley Beekeepers Association BeeCraft



This stunning roadside verge was up until recently managed by a resident as a short mowed lawn. With encouragement he agreed to allow it to grow for the benefit of #pollinators & #wildflowers I think most will agree this has been a top result! #dontmow All-Ireland Pollinator Plan


You just know when you here that noise that summats up !!! Swarm leaving the hive but all wasn’t lost !!!!!!!! I watched and waited and got the queen leaving, safely in a queen cage with swarm in new box 😑BBKA BBC Lincolnshire Melvyn Prior Zoe Ball DerbyshireBeekeepers



Noel Chris Bryant Adam Boulton You might like this, courtesy of Newent Onion Fayre. I believe the ‘exhibitor’ was a 12year old girl!


Lots of criticism on twitter for councils cutting flower-rich verges, and rightly so. Hats off to Powys County Council for letting our local verges grow despite opposition from the ‘tidy brigade’. Meadowsweet, yarrow, birdsfoot trefoil, meadow brown & ringlet aplenty. More of this please
