Aberystwyth Bee-Keepers Meeting
Another busy weekend for us. We like it that way but now and then it would be nice to have a quiet one as well.
Yesterday we had visitors coming for lunch, so after taking Morgan swimming for an hour or so we busied ourselves getting ready for that. Marion and Les turned up around midday so we entertained them for a bit, had some lunch and then I had to make a fairly hasty exit in order to get to a meeting of the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association.
We were at Johns out Apiary yesterday where we inspected some of his hives, marked some queens and had a little talk from John about his beekeeping methods.
It was a good meeting and as usual I learnt something new. Every beekeeper has different methods, different practises and different reasons for their way of doing things. It is good to hear how everyone else does it and pick up tips and tricks here and there ready for when we have our own bees.
I met some new people too and Anna’s chcoclate courgette cake that I took along for the after meeting refreshments went down well.
Best of all I managed to borrow a frame from Ann. I’m going to give it to my Dad so that he can use it to check the dimensions and fit of the hives he is going to build for us. And, even better, we arranged for a hive of bees to be dropped of at the house that evening.
After the meeting I went for a nice Mountain Bike ride up to Nant yr Arian.
