Newsletters

The Beekeepers Association of the ACT puts out a monthly newsletter. You can view or download recent issues here.

issue	contents	view
August 2001	Report on July dinner, Late Winter - Need to Feed?, Book Reviews
July 2001	July dinner in place of meeting, NSW Apiarists Assn Conference, talk by Professor Mandyam Srinivasan on bee navigation
June 2001	Economic value of beekeeping, Winter activities, third annual winter swarming (dinner), Wagga field day, Crop Pollination Annual Conference
May 2001	Handy hints, Irradiation of hives, Book review - Beekeeping, Preserving wood equipment
April 2001	Canberra Show Judges Report, Beekeeping Courses, Foot & Mouth in GB, Smoking the Hive
March 2001	Canberra Show and results, Procedures for handling bee disease
February 2001	February meeting, Royal Canberra Show, Queen Marking 2001, Bee Venom, Removing Bees from a Chimney
December 2000	No December meeting - Xmas get-together instead, President's message, nutritional value of pollens
November 2000	Tips on presenting honey for judging at the Royal Canberra Show, BYOQB (breed your own queen bees), Enlisting Bees to fight disease
October 2000	Preparing honey exhibits, honey judging at the show, bees turn up heat on invaders, happy landings, bees miss out on God's message, empty super award entry, requeening with a division board - no need to kill old queen?
September 2000	No September meeting - dinner instead, report on Doug Somerville's Spring management talk, killer bees and varroa, three nominations for empty super award, hints for introducing queen bees
August 2000	August meeting - Doug Somerville & Spring management, Winter madness BBQ, Beekeepers' code of practice? July meeting - brewing, Apimondia 2005, pollinating blueberries, NZ varroa, book review - Field Guide to Native Trees of the ACT
July 2000	Beekeeping courses, Healing properties of honey, How bees measure distance, Why do bees build hexagonal cells
June 2000	Innovations and inventions, Floral sources, Fresh air in hives, Varroa in NZ update, Code of practice
May 2000	May meeting: "Brewing Your Own", April meeting: Autumn shutdown, Varroa in New Zealand, Program for year
April 2000	Program for year, new office bearers, talk to Probus, bee incidents, hive spacer, giant bees found, bees help truck factory, Rose Cottage market
March 2000	Canberra show honey judging, reference library list
	February 2000 Newsletter
	December 1999 Newsletter
	November 1999 Newsletter
	October 1999 Newsletter
	August 1999 Newsletter
	September 1999 Newsletter

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