ABKA Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/abka/ Tales from a down-shifted family - Making the most of modest means in West Wales Tue, 22 Jul 2014 09:39:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/cropped-favicon-160x160.jpg ABKA Archives - A Simple Life of Luxury https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/tag/abka/ 32 32 2696646 Taking the Basic Beekeeping Assessment https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/taking-basic-beekeeping-assessment/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/taking-basic-beekeeping-assessment/#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2014 09:30:32 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=17310 Our beekeeping adventures continue and we have now taken the WBKA Basic Beekeeping Assessment. There is no obligation for beekeepers to do such things but as beekeeping has always been a hobby for us rather than a money-making or even honey-making scheme, this just seemed like another aspect to the hobby. Study Groups For us,...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2014/07/taking-basic-beekeeping-assessment/feed/ 2 17310 ABKA Newsletter Publishing https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 08:22:33 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=12501 I’ve just finished the Spring edition of the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association Newsletter. It’s a lot of work writing the content, editing it, sourcing content and images and then desktop publishing it all ready for the members but I quite enjoy it and I’m always pleased with the result. Best of all, the association members seem...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2013/03/abka-newsletter-publishing/feed/ 1 12501 Christmas Meals https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-meals/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-meals/#respond Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:00:14 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11974 The Christmas festivities continue here. We’ve already had a birthday meal for my Mum’s 60th last week and a Christmas Carvery with my family. Last night we had a another celebratory meal, this time with the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association. It was also my birthday yesterday so it doubled as a birthday meal as well. We...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/12/christmas-meals/feed/ 0 11974 ABKA Photo Comp 2012 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/abka-photo-comp-2012/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/abka-photo-comp-2012/#comments Thu, 20 Sep 2012 08:05:45 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=11113 We had the Aberystwyth Beekeepers Association photo competition on Tuesday evening. Vicki who was orgainsing it this year had put a huge amount of effort into it so there were some really good prizes up for grabs. We however didn’t really put much effort into it this year as we didn’t have much time so...

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2012/09/abka-photo-comp-2012/feed/ 2 11113 ABKA Honey Show 2011 https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/abka-honey-show-2011/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/abka-honey-show-2011/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:19:41 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=8979 Saturday brought with it glorious sunshine and the 2011 Aberystwyth and District Beekeepers Association Honey Show. The show was held in Llanfach Hall in Taliesin and thankfully for us was a fairly informal affair. I’m not really into all of the intricacies and nit-picking of showing things so the relaxed atmosphere was nice to see....

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]]> https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2011/10/abka-honey-show-2011/feed/ 0 8979 Beekeeping in the Sunshine with the Aberystwyth Beekeeping Association https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/beekeeping-in-the-sunshine-with-the-aberystwyth-beekeeping-association/ https://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/2010/06/beekeeping-in-the-sunshine-with-the-aberystwyth-beekeeping-association/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:27:28 +0000 http://www.alananna.co.uk/blog/?p=5117 I haven’t given up on the idea of bee-keeping yet. In fact I’ve been reading more, listening to podcasts and keeping in touch with the Aberystwyth Bee Keeping Association (ABKA). We have decided that the best plan of attack as far as bee-keeping in the back garden is concerned is to learn as much as...

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