Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• At the Gribblehirst Hub 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Advice on cleaning hiveware over winter

• Demonstration how to assemble hiveware

• Q&A discussion

Field days are held at the Club Apiary

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

  • Minimal intervention winter hive checks

  • Choosing your hive site and shy it is important

  • Lifecycle and basic bee biology of bees

  • Integrated Pest Management - how IPM will keep your bees healthy with minimum effort and cost

  • Other hives: Top bar, Bench, Warre hives. We look at the pros and cons of each type

• Q & A

  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• At the Gribblehirst Hub 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Bee Diseases & Varroa with Kim Kneijber

• Q&A discussion

Field days are held at the Club Apiary

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

  • Moving your Bees - advice to avoid disaster

  • Preserving hiveware - painting and dipping

  • Unusual hiveware - bring along an odd piece of hiveware or equipment for show and tell

  • Planning ahead - what to do next to ensure a good season

  • Website discussion - we’re continuing to update our website. Tell us what you would like to see

• Q & A

  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

There is no mid-month hive opening today.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• At the Gribblehirst Hub 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Wintering Down - preparing your hives for winter to ensure a stong start to next season

• Late season Varroa Control

• Q&A discussion

Field days are held at the Club Apiary

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

  • Apiary Tasks - what should you be doing?

  • Cleaning Hiveware over winter

  • Weak Hives - combining hives etc

  • Pre-winter Feeding. Why and choices?

• Q & A

  Tutin Testing. Bring your samples to the Field Day. This will be the last day for collecting samples this season.

  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

11:00 am Hive openings and a chat for an hour or two.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• At the Gribblehirst Hub 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Autumn requeening. Advice and Tips

• Storing Hiveware and equipment out of season

• Q&A discussion

Auckland Beekeepers’ Club Inc. Annual Honey Show

10:00 am Event opens

12:00 pm Judging begins

Celebrate and view the best honey, comb, wax, bee boxes, beverages and photography from club members.

Find more information about enteries to the Honey Show Competition

Not a member but would like to enter? Join the Auckland Beekeepers’ Club

Field days are held at the Club Apiary

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

  • This months tasks

  • Storing honey boxes

  • Robbing - what is it and how to avoid it

  • Varroa treatments - a quick overview

  • Maximising late nectar flows

  • What to do with your honey - making the most of your harvest

• Q & A

  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• At the Gribblehirst Hub 6:30pm to 8:30pm

• Preparing and presenting for the honey show (held on 14th March)

• Tips for preparing products to sell and marketing

• Q&A discussion

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• Beeswax - how to process it, uses of and other interesting info about wax

• Q&A discussion

11:00 am Hive openings and a chat for an hour or two.

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

  • Preparing for harvest - including AFB checks

  • Wets and Drys - how to clean and store hiveware

  • Processing wax

  • Honey show - preparation of exhibits

  • Back care

• Q & A

  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

11:00 am Mid-month Hive opening

• no official hive meeting on this day, hive teams will be checking hives as fits their schedule.

• shop open from 10am to 11am

• 11:00 am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30 pm Talks:

• Varroa - testing, treatments during honey flow

• Hot days and holidays

• Hiveware - ventilated bases, queen excluders and hive mats

• Christmas presents from the hive

• Q&A
  
  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• Honey extraction - options, advice, tips & hacks

• Q&A discussion

Saturday 22nd November 12:00pm - Annual BBQ

Noon Lunch 

• We will provide meat & veggie options for the BBQ also onions, tomato sauce, bread and butter.

• Please bring a plate to share

Competitions

• Fancy hat/clothing – wear you best bee-themed finery

• Gadgets and gizmos – bring a piece of hiveware or equipment that you made

• Quiz – Questions from this year’s Club Journal and Practical Beekeeping in NZ book

• Raffle

• 11:00am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30pm Talks:

• TBC

• Q&A
  
  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

TALK: Comb honey production: different methods, advice, warnings & tips.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• 11:00am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30pm Talks:

• Hive records

• Smokers & smoking

• Preparing for the honey flow

• Queen marking

• AFB compliance

• Q&A
  
  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

TALK: Swarms & swarming.

Wednesday evening talks are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month.

• 11:00am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30pm Talks:

• Swarm collecting tips & etiquette

• Swarm collecting tools

• Spring build up and management

• Varroa treatments

• Spring splits

• Q&A
  
  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.

Bee diseases and varroa with Kim Knjieber

• 11:00am Hive opening

• Noon Lunch

• 12:30pm Talks

• Spring prep

• Feeding choices

• Spring requeening

• Brood comb: tips on cycling out old comb and introducing new frames

• Q&A
  
  Monthly Field days are held on the second Saturday of each month.  We provide tea and coffee at lunchtime. Bring something along for our shared lunch.