This month Dave Bonner from the Coventry Beekeepers Association visited us to give a presentation on queen rearing using the Miller method. At the start Dave explained he was going to condense eight weeks of manipulations on two colonies of bees into a 60 minute talk and tha it may be a little pacey!
However, although the who process involves many steps, each one was explained perfectly by Dave and by the end of the talk most people, many taking notes throughout, had a good understanding of what needed ot be done.
Dave gives his talks to raise funds for Bees Abroad, a very worthy charity that trains people in Africa to maintain their own honey bee colonies and in so doing generate a valuable cash crop, honey. This income allows them to provide some of the basic necessities in life.