Don't forget that the annual honey competition will be the focus of this month's meeting. Bring your prepared sample along in a standard jar and challenge the club's best!

Information about the date of the promised seminar is not yet available. However, each registered beekeeper should shortly receive a letter providing details of the seminars in the local area. There are two day seminars for commercial beekeepers, and a 3-4 hour session for hobbyists. The seminar will be based on the Control of Varroa handbook distributed to all beekeepers last year. You will be expected to bring the book with you to the seminar to assist with the programme.

The club's annual mead competition will be in June, so members should be planning now on making mead. There are recipes in this edition of the newsletter. Further recipes and instructions from previous newsletters are available on the club website.