Bee Keeping

Worsley Hall Apiary - Link
Worsley Hall Community Allotments, 126a Poplar Ave, Worsley Hall, Wigan WN5 9NU

A programme of bee keeping and hive building courses, volunteer sessions based around the apiary and opportunities to improve areas in Worsley Hall for our pollinators.
 
SUMMER


6 Week Bee Keeping Course 
1st set of 6 course sessions run from 1st June - 6th July / 2nd set run from 20th July - 24th Aug
Each course session will take place on a Mon Evening, 6pm-8pm
 
Practical Sessions
Volunteer/practical sessions open to all, working on the practical aspects of keeping bees.
These will run every Thursday 10am - 12pm, from June until October.
 
WINTER
Come Oct, the bees are safely tucked up for winter, & a programme of hive building begins.
It will look at building mainly top bar hives and nucs and possibly other types of hives.
Open to all.


For more information, please see - www.wigangrowingnetwork.org.uk

As part of Adult Learning Week 2015 - Link :

Bee Hive Talk
Thursday 18th June, 10am-11am at Leigh Library, booking essential.

I wasn't around when you posted about the bees Jo anne so I missed ^^^^ that. In Oslo they have built a 'Highway For Bees' Yaaaay!

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2015-06/29/bee-highways-oslo

@The_RHS: 
It's Pollinator Awareness Week! Play your part and support #BeesNeeds - see how at www.wildlifetrusts.org

Bees are brill.

Thanks Jo anne.

@luckyhens: Fancy keeping bees! Take a look at this! homefarmer.co.uk

Save the Bees

To Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP,

Please reverse your decision to allow neonicotinoid use this autumn and help save the bees.


https://secure.greenpeace.org.uk/page/s/save-bees-this-autumn?source=tp&subsource=tpbees02&utm_source=tp&utm_medium=tpbees02&utm_campaign=bees