Have you ever thought about keeping bees ?

Now's your chance - come and watch us start the season. then if you like what you see, try it out for yourself. Join our "Adopt-Your-Own-Hive"** scheme for a year, and we hope you'll want to carry on with this fascinating hobby.

You will be taught the whole year's work under expert tuition and friendly supervision. Everything you need - bees, hives, protective clothing, tools etc - will be loaned to you free of charge. At the end of the course you can transfer the bees to your own equipment and use the skills you have learned to produce your own honey.

Contact Joyce Acher for details: beginners@kingstonbeekeepers.org.uk

The Apiary is open every SATURDAY from 2pm for an hour or two during the beekeeping season starting 18 March 2006 Map

** subject to availability