Cold wet weather continues but we are getting the year's programme organised. First meeting in March will deal with registration of apiaries in France and there is a talk on spring management. Usually colonies get going earlier in SW France than in the UK so we start inspecting earlier - two years ago a member had a swarm issue on 1st April! Depends on the weather. Sometimes Feb is a warm sunny month, others we've had snow. This year we are getting the tails of the storms which are battering the UK.
As we have so many beginners, we are encouraging the more experienced to become mentors and trainers to try to spread the load as well as increase the knowledge of the less-new members.
We have begun a small library of beekeeping books, greatly helped by Northern Bee Books. Thank you, NBB.
Hopefully this will encourage new beekeepers to read more widely than just using the internet, on which there is a lot of misinformation 
As we have so many beginners, we are encouraging the more experienced to become mentors and trainers to try to spread the load as well as increase the knowledge of the less-new members.
We have begun a small library of beekeeping books, greatly helped by Northern Bee Books. Thank you, NBB.
Hopefully this will encourage new beekeepers to read more widely than just using the internet, on which there is a lot of misinformation 
