Mid Cheshire Beekeepers (MCBK) is one of five branches in the Cheshire Beekeeping Association (CBKA), the others being North Cheshire, South Cheshire, Wirral and Stockport. Established in 2012, MCBK is the youngest CBKA branch and now has around one hundred members, many of whom have just started beekeeping.
We aim to promote the craft of beekeeping and increase public awareness of the importance of honeybees and other pollinating insects to our well-being and existence. To this end we provide training and mentoring for new beekeepers, hold meetings on a range of subjects for both novice and experienced beekeepers, host apiary visits, organise stands at various shows throughout the county, and give talks to schools and local community organisations.
If you are interested in becoming a beekeeper, please come along to any of our branch meetings listed on the Events page of this website where you will be most welcome. If you wish to join MCBK then please download and complete the membership form shown on the About Us page of this website.
NEXT MEETING
QUEEN REARING
The Cell Punch Method
Karl Colyer
Monday 7th April (7.30 pm)
Blue Cap, Sandiway, CW8 2DN
Queen rearing is an entirely natural process and, to some extent, the less us beekeepers do to interfere with the bees, the better. There are many ways to rear more queens, but we often only need a few queens to keep our stocks up, replace some losses or swap out a “nasty” queen. Karl will describe the cell punch method of queen rearing which is a quick and easy way to raise queens.
Please contact Ian Turley at [email protected]
if you have any questions about this meeting.