Join us on Monday the 8th of April for the very first of Meridian’s Fireside Chats in 2024. By then it may have been warm enough for you to do your first inspection, but remember temperatures need to above 15 degrees, opening too early can impact on their growth over the whole season. Log inContinueContinue reading “Get Ready Fireside Chats Starts Again”
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Happy New Year 2024
The Meridan Committee and its Volunteers would like to wish all its members a happy new year and a successful beekeeping year ahead.
Apiary meeting, West End, Saturday 26 August 2023
Our Apiary Meeting at West End on 26 August was largely uneventful. It remained dry for the duration of the inspections, the temperature was a comfortable 21c and the bees were generally well behaved. We enjoyed a very pleasant morning’s beekeeping. All four colonies at West End are doing well and have started their winterContinueContinue reading “Apiary meeting, West End, Saturday 26 August 2023”
BBKA Asian hornet briefings
In light of the increased number of Asian Hornet nests in mainland UK in 2023, the BBKA has arranged a special Zoom briefing for beekeepers during Asian Hornet Week, split over two nights. The speaker will be the Cambridgeshire Beekeeper, Andrew Durham, a regular contributor to the BBKA News on the Asian Hornet and whoContinueContinue reading “BBKA Asian hornet briefings”
Meridian barbecue
The new date for the Meridian barbecue to be held at Toplands, Riverside Hamble Park is Sunday 17 September between 10.30 and 14.30. As the arrangements had to change they are a little bit complicated: 1. If you were booked on the old date and can make this new date you do not need toContinueContinue reading “Meridian barbecue”
Meridian Beekeepers’ Association 