Winter time in Southern Hemishpere
 
It's seriously that time of year that gives any beginner or hard core beekeeper a great opportunity to relax! 

With the ALOES starting to come into flower bees will make use of the winter nectar flow to sustain the hard cold winter on the highveld and elsewhere.

Beekeepers could consider feeding with sugar water, maizena or cut open citrus at feeding stations or internally to assist the bees through the cold winter nights we are currently experiencing.  

Exciting news is the Bee CON this Friday! Some speaker's topics relate to the pollination project, Colony Collapse disorder, honey imports & exports, AFB and Varroa & Viruses in Gauteng by various persons.
      

Bee Con is an annual conference which switches from above Bloemfontein and below it. It is run by SABIO and a host of speakers as well as AGM meetings and voting takes place.

The outcome of this is that SABIO will be voting on the 16th June for new committee members.

It also means that the Bee Conference will be held on Friday this week at Casa Toscana Conference Centre near the CSIR.

The event is somewhat expensive fetching a day fee of R1100.

The cost per person is based on whether you are an existing member or not and the difference is minimal totalling about R250 discount.
 
Please note that Bee WARE is not responsible for marketing the event but as we like to bring BeeKeeping news and updates to your attention, we felt it best to inform you all if you didnt know about this event.         
                                

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