Market Rasen District Beekeepers Association

Market Rasen District Beekeepers Association Market Rasen District Beekeepers Association, a charity organisation based in Market Rasen
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29/01/2026

LBKA Market Rasen District (mrdbk.org.uk)
Beginning Beekeeping Course Information

The course has 7 formal sessions which include 4 Wednesday evening sessions ( 19.00 -21.00) to be held at Middle Rasen Methodist Church Hall and 3 Saturday afternoon sessions (13.00- 16.30) at our group’s Arthur Adams apiary in Legsby.
The two principle course tutors are both BBKA Qualified Beekeepers, one being DBS approved.

Please note that working with the bees is weather dependent but if we do have bad weather we will ensure that additional opportunities are provided.
Also, throughout the year it will be possible for any member to come along and work with us in the apiary subject to commitments to other groups who may be training there.

All course participants are provided with protective clothing of full bee suits and gloves and for biosecurity reasons as well as your safety must use these when working with the bees.
Course members are asked to bring a pair of boots (wellies are good) for use at the apiary sessions.

Course members may like to read books on beekeeping and we will bring some examples for you to look at. Probably the most basic is, ‘Bees at the Bottom of the Garden’ by Alan Campion. There are many others suitable for beginners so please ask if you want a more detailed list.

Outline of course topics covered:

• The Honey bee colony
• Life cycle of the bee
• Beekeeping equipment
• Bees as pollinators
• Forage for bees
• Management throughout the year
• Feeding bees
• Swarming
• Honey harvest
• Apiary sites
• Apiary hygiene, health and disease

2026 course dates:
• Wednesday 22nd April
• Saturday 25th April
• Wednesday 29th April
• Wednesday 6th May
• Saturday 9th May
• Wednesday 13th May
• Saturday 16th May

Full course fee £70

For any additional queries and an application form please contact Celia Smith tel 07527 600698
Email: [email protected]

We will be having a stand at this event again this year. Do come along and visit us. We will have Honey from our Distric...
10/03/2025

We will be having a stand at this event again this year. Do come along and visit us. We will have Honey from our District Apiary for sale and candle rolling for the kids and adults alike.
There will be information on our Beginners Beekeeping Course and our taster days at the apiary.

10/01/2025

AGM

We will be holding our AGM on Thursday 6h February, 2025, at the Church Hall, Middle Rasen (LN8 3TR). Meeting starts at 7.30pm

1. Meeting begins at 7.30pm
2. Apologies for absence
3. Review of minutes & matters arising
4. Reports from officers
5. Election of officers: All positions are for re-election if you are interested in joining the committee please speak up, the Secretary position is Vacant.
6. Any other business
7. Close

10/01/2025

Beginning Beekeeping Course

The course is planned with 7 sessions to offer integrated learning of theory and practice in basic beekeeping.
This will be covered in 4 Wednesday evenings from 7-9pm at Middle Rasen Methodist Church Hall and 3 Saturday afternoons from 1.30 - 4.30pm at our Legsby apiary.
NB Practical beekeeping is weather dependent so the timings and dates of Saturday sessions may vary.

Dates are as follows:
1.Wednesday 23rd April
2. Saturday 26th
3. Wednesday 30th
4. Wednesday 7th May
5. Saturday 10th
6. Wednesday 14th
7. Saturday 17th

Cost of course is £70 (£35 for anyone aged 11-18yrs accompanied by a full paying course member)

Contact Celia Smith on [email protected] or 07527 600698 For further details and application form.

31/10/2024

Please see below from the National Bee Unit and help save our Honey Bees

Can you spare time to monitor for yellow-legged hornets over the next 2 weeks? Help protect our native pollinators and take time to observe insects feeding on monitoring stations, fruit/fallen fruit and flowering ivy before winter.

This year, the NBU has located and destroyed 21 yellow-legged hornet nests in Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex and Hampshire. Credible reports increase after media coverage, for example two suspect nests were found following coverage on the BBC. Your sightings can make the difference between a nest being discovered or being unreported.

The yellow-legged hornet is smaller than the native European hornet, and it has a dark velvety thorax, and a dark abdomen with a distinctive yellow band on the fourth segment. If you think you have seen a yellow-legged hornet, please report it using the free Asian Hornet Watch App, available for Android and iPhone, on the online notification form or by emailing [email protected]. A photograph and the location of the sighting must be included for the National Bee Unit to respond. Please include your contact details so we can get in touch. For more information on how to report sightings, please visit our ‘So you think you’ve seen a yellow-legged hornet’ page.

Further information about the yellow-legged hornet and the work of the Non Native Species Secretariat can be found here: Asian Hornet » NNSS (nonnativespecies.org)

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