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One Day Queen Rearing Course 27th March 2010

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Published 29.Jan.2010, 10:26pm

Roger Patterson

Kingston Division, Surrey Beekeepers Association - One Day Queen Rearing Course

10.00am - 16.30pm, Saturday 27th March 2010.

Venue: Vera Fletcher Hall, 4 Embercourt Road, Thames, Ditton, Surrey KT7 0LQ.
Entry by ticket only - £8.00. Tickets available from: Andy Watters Tel: 020 8546 0661 Email: andy @ internetgamble.org.

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Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Bring your own packed lunch. Roger Patterson is organising the Local Queen Programme which is designed to encourage beekeepers to produce bees that suit their area. In this event he will cover methods of queen rearing that will suit one person on their own as well as larger groups such as a BKA where possibly the teaching apiary can be used for queen rearing. He will encourage beekeepers to assess their colonies and rear queens from those showing the required characteristics. Plenty of free parking on the adjacent roads. Vera Fletcher Hall is a short walk from Thames Ditton BR station.

Tutor: Roger Patterson

www.kingstonbeekeepers.org.uk

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