Went to see Stuart Baldwin in Wickham Bishops who is a beekeeper. He talked to us about beekeeping and then showed us the room in the garage where he does the honey extracting. He advised that the first priority is to go on a beekeeping course as there is a lot to know before you start. Unfortunately these courses don't start until February next year. Anyway in the meantime we can gather information in the form of monthly magazines etc. Also Jean Syme who runs the Maldon and Chelmsford beekeeping groups has suggested that I ask Stuart if I can shadow him. She will take a bee suit round to his house for me. I also have a list of the various meetings in the Essex area which we can attend. I think I am dragging Ian along on this one, but you never know, he might get interested! We are looking into hives. Some of them can be built from flat packs - Ian is very good at this sort of thing!
Went into Maldon this afternoon and bought Ian some anti-hayfever tablets as he is suffering quite a bit and sneezing a lot. Its nice to go into Maldon and walk round the shops - its a nice town.
No comments:
Post a Comment