NBKA Teaching Apiaries
There are three teaching apiaries in the Nottinghamshire Beekeepers Association. They provide opportunities for our beekeepers to gain experience and also for non beekeepers to experience beekeeping at first hand.
2020 Practical Sessions at the Apiaries
These will begin when Government Advice Allows
Newark Region Brackenhurst Training Apiary
The Brackenhurst Training Apiary is open to association members and non-members during supervised visits on Saturday afternoons at 2pm . Parking is at the College campus – you can then walk down to the apiary which is on the opposite side of the road.
Bring your own boots (wellingtons) and rubber gloves.
This apiary has 3 colonies at the moment
The Apiary Manager is Andrew Barber (as at March 2020)
Bring your own boots (wellingtons) and rubber gloves.
This apiary has 3 colonies at the moment
The Apiary Manager is Andrew Barber (as at March 2020)
Nottingham Region Woodthorpe Grange Park Apiary
The Woodthorpe Grange Training Apiary has limited availability. Please contact the Apriary manager for instructions and permission to attend.
This apiary has around 8 colonies- the number varies considerably during the swarming season!
The Apiary is Managed by Bob Logan and Alec Thomson.
If you have a bee suit please bring it, otherwise please bring wellingtons and gloves – washing- up gloves will be fine. The apiary managers/demonstrators have the right to turn away those who, in their opinion, are not correctly atired.
This apiary has around 8 colonies- the number varies considerably during the swarming season!
The Apiary is Managed by Bob Logan and Alec Thomson.
If you have a bee suit please bring it, otherwise please bring wellingtons and gloves – washing- up gloves will be fine. The apiary managers/demonstrators have the right to turn away those who, in their opinion, are not correctly atired.
The Hucknall Bee Garden
This new training apiary is still undergoing final completion on an allotment in Hucknall.
We have to thank Tesco's Bags of Help for two grants that have allowed us to buy hives, build a shelter and invest in a shed to store our equipment. This apiary has been used in 2019 for assessments for beekeepers and an open session for some of the allotment holders. The site was completely overgrown by brambles and other difficult vegetation. Hard work has been put in by several people especially Rod, Dianne, Glennis, Ron and Geoff. In just one year the site is unrecognisable from what it was at the end of 2018. There is more work to be done in 2020 but we have had a good start in 2019.
We have to thank Tesco's Bags of Help for two grants that have allowed us to buy hives, build a shelter and invest in a shed to store our equipment. This apiary has been used in 2019 for assessments for beekeepers and an open session for some of the allotment holders. The site was completely overgrown by brambles and other difficult vegetation. Hard work has been put in by several people especially Rod, Dianne, Glennis, Ron and Geoff. In just one year the site is unrecognisable from what it was at the end of 2018. There is more work to be done in 2020 but we have had a good start in 2019.
