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ILLAWARRA BEEKEEPERS assoc. inc.
[your beekeeping club in Sutherland: club activities, agenda + news]
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ILLAWARRA BEEKEEPERS assoc. inc.

your beekeeping club in Sutherland: club activities, agenda + news
Welcome members and friends of the Illawarra Beekeepers assoc. inc. This website serves to specifically publish our monthly news and information. We distribute a newsletter called the Buzz and this is where you'll find current and previous editions. So check back here often to see new editions as they are published. If you'd like to subscribe to the Buzz, make sure you enter your details by clicking the subscribe button above.

the Buzz editions

click any of the months listed below to see the corresponding edition of the Buzz. we will add to the list as they are published so check back here again to see more editions

SEP 2016

coming soon

AUG 2016

Bee prepared for swarming season, the how to's of creamed honey and your chance to sample some

JUL 2016

Assembling the flow hive, honey extraction in the newly renovated honey house, honey bees in the wild

JUN 2016

Agriculture & the Beekeeping Industry, Beehive Maintenance Workshop, May 2016 Open day Report

MAY 2016

Pre Winter Checklist and Feeding Options, National Honey Month, Recycle Your Wax

APR 2016

Frame Assembly, beehive maintenance 101, preparing for winter, Honey Land at the Sydney Royal Easter Show

MAR 2016

Food Safety, Branch Elections, Aussie Honey is Safe: AHBIC Report, ,

FEB 2016

Honeyland 2016, Air Pollution/Honeybee Research Project, AHBIC media release, Local Film on Bees, Drone Tracking field day

DEC 2015

new things planned for 2016, Christmas party 2015, beekeeping for beginners course date for 2016, announcements from council

NOV 2015

apimondia 2015, tips on re-queening your colonies, new beginners beekeeping courses available, advanced beekeeping course: queen rearing

OCT 2015

swarm prevention by Ian Phillips; spring workshop 2015; tocal field day; Vale Bob Perkins; hot weather tip for the apiary

SEP 2015

Spring 2015: Foraging Bees by Ryan Leonard; Spring Open Day 2015; bee info sessions, honey tastings & a sausage sizzle; the apiary at Government House

AUG 2015

swarming by Duncan; NSW ABA meeting; ABC radio with Bruce White; the NSW Governor visits our apiary

JUL 2015

testing honeys for biological activity by Dr Peter Brooks; AFB alert from the DPI; Bio-Security workshop & club activities

JUN 2015

Liane Colwell, The Rise of Sugar & Fall of Honey; Bee Week; Spring 2015 course announcement; a story from 60 minutes Australia called "Bee Scared"

MAY 2015

our very first issue featuring upcoming events; monthly evening meeting & field day; Honey Week in Orange on 22nd and 23rd

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editor, emmanuel farrugia