Classified Advertisements and Calendar : 45
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Rates: Up to ten words £12; 80p per word thereafter. First ten words free to subscribers (maximum four free entries per year). Extras: Border surround £6.00; logo £4.00. Calendar: £8.00 for up to 40 words. Free to non-profit-making organisations, subject to space availability. Charges include VAT. Receipt with SAE. Cheques payable to Bee Craft Ltd or phone 01341 250882 to pay by card. Payment must be received by the 24th of the month, two months prior to publication (eg, 24 August for the October edition). Late entries will incur an additional £5 charge. Payments to/more details from: Pauline Aslin, Erw Goed, Arthog LL39 1YR; e-mail:
adverts@bee-craft.com
FOR SALE
BUMBLEBEE POSTER – 22 BUMBLES £7.75 in tube (22¾”x15½”). From BBB, Ash View, Much Birch HR2 8HP. Tel: 01981 540907. List 170 now available.
C ARDEN (BOOKSELLER)
Specialist in beekeeping books; new titles, out of print and antiquarian books. Books bought and sold. If we don’t have what you want, we can try to find it for you. Tel: 01497 820471 (Hay-on- Wye, Powys). Website:
www.ardenbooks.co.uk
BEEKEEPER CLOTHING Affordable clothing for the beekeeper in white, coloured and camouflage. Infant to XXL. Visit
www.thebeeshop.co.uk
BEEKEEPER-MADE SKINCARE PRODUCTS made in north Northumberland to a very high standard, also honey mustard and beeswax polishes, suitable for retailing by beekeepers. Please contact us for a wholesale price list. Reflections On Beekeeping by Willie Robson, a book devoted to pinpointing the pitfalls discovered during 50+ years of keeping bees for a living as well as experience gathered by previous generations. Chain Bridge Honey Farm. Tel: 012389 382362;
e-mail:
info@chainbridgehoney.co.uk NEWMARKET HONEY
in 30 lb buckets – noted for its racy flavour. Tel: 01440 820328 or e-mail:
p.draycott@btinternet.com
COLONIES IN NATIONALS with supers. Tel: 01694 781544 (Shropshire).
NATIONAL OBSERVATION HIVES Portable £295; dual £395; extra viewing modules £100 each. Tel: 01584 831309;
observationhives.co.uk
TWO ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION INSTRUMENTS
one American, one German. £1400 ono for the pair. Tel: 07500 513590 (East Devon).
BUCKFAST PACKAGES AND NUCS National and Langstroth. Also virgin and mated queens. Available from late May onwards.
buckfastyorkshirebees.co.uk; Tel: 07968 708730.
ESTABLISHED TEN-FRAME COLONIES with 2016 marked queens in temporary polystyrene hive for £150, or swap 12 WBC lifts per colony. Mark Gale. Tel: 07900 578877;
info@surreyhoney.co.uk
MATED AND VIRGIN BRITISH QUEENS
www.the-beeman.co.uk; Tel: 01644 440202 or 07770 777603.
SIX DOUBLE-BROOD BEEHIVES with bees and two supers, varroa floor and queen excluder £200 ono. All Nationals, four of which in WBCs with six lifts each. Buyer collects. Tel: 020 8578 7392 (Middlesex).
HOME-REARED BUCKFAST QUEENS From the best breeding stock available. Over 20 years’ experience £40 each, £36 for 10+. For more details:
www.britishhoneyproducersltd.com or call 01296 730794. Ged Marshall.
SURREY HONEY WANTED Any quantity. Will collect. Tel: 01483 475072.
UK HONEY WANTED Any quantity. Can collect, swap buckets. Tel: 020 7228 7176.
SHROPSHIRE/CHESHIRE/NORTH WALES
BORDER HONEY WANTED in bulk buckets. Telephone: 07972 281496; e-mail:
alex.ellis@phonecoop.coop
COURSES
INSTRUMENTAL INSEMINATION of queen bees. Training and equipment. Michael Collier, Cornbrook Cottage, Nash, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 3AU. Tel: 01584 890236.
INSTRUMENTAL INSEMINATION
COURSES
www.the-beeman.co.uk Tel: 07770 777603 or 01644 440202.
CALENDAR
SEPTEMBER 3–4 – BRISTOL HONEY Show and Bee and Pollination Festival. At University of Bristol Botanic Garden BS9 1JB. Honey show with 19 classes. Prizes include the Bristol Silver Queen trophy. Entries by 31 August. Details:
www.bristolhoneyshow.co.uk; e-mail:
showsec@bristolbeekeepers.org.uk; Tel: 0117 982 6455.
SEPTEMBER 10 – SCOTTISH BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION AUTUMN CONVENTION
A weekend celebration of honey bees, tartan and Scotland. Moray College, Moray Street, Elgin IV30 1JJ. Friday evening: Bryce Reynard: Skep making and history (free admission). Saturday guest speakers: Professor TD Seeley and Professor Francis Ratnieks. Saturday evening cèilidh (£15). SBA members £40, non-members £45.
www.scottishbeekeepers.
org.uk (booking fee applies);
e-mail:
bookings@scottishbeekeepers.org.uk; Tel: Fiona Fernie: 01764 679152.
Display advertisement rates are available from Pauline Aslin. Great care is taken to ensure advertisements are correct but no liability is taken for errors or omissions. IMPORTED BEES: readers are reminded of the BBKA policy to discourage the importation of bees and colonies from outside the UK. Prospective purchasers should satisfy themselves as to the origin of bees offered for sale. Bee Craft accepts advertisements in good faith and cannot take responsibility for the health of any queens, bees or brood obtained in response to advertisements.
September 2016 Vol 98 No 9 Apimondia Gold Medal for Popular Beekeeping Journals, 2007, 2013 and 2015
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