SURREY BEEKEEPERS ASSOCIATION Founded 1879
Croydon	Epsom	Farnham	Guildford	Horsham& C	Kingston	Reigate	Weybridge	Wimbledon

Weybridge Division

Apiary
Members apiary in Row Town, opposite Bourne Valley Nurseries, New Haw.

Meetings
Monthly garden/apiary meetings in the summer for practical beekeeping.
Winter meetings (discussions, talks or practical sessions).

Courses
Members encouraged to attend courses at Blackhorse Apiaries, run by John Hamer, 28 Limewood Close, St Johns, Woking, GU21 1XA. Tel 0148 347 5259. or by Twickenham and Thames Valley
Beekeepers' Association (T&TVBKA) Secretary: Chris Deaves, c_deaves@compuserve.com

Events
Members enter exhibits and assist in running stands at local events,
eg the Surrey Show, Royal Egham Show and TTVBKA.

Other information
Hire of honey extracting equipment.
Beekeeping equipment available at discount prices.

Contact
Marion Cooper - cooper56@ukonline.co.uk

Website
http://www.pyrford.com/weybridgebees/

SURREY BEEKEEPERS' ASSOCIATION (WEYBRIDGE DIVISION)
Annual Report prepared for the SBKA AGM, 25/11/2006

A few new beekeepers who have attended John Hamer's beginners' Courses have joined us this year, bringing our membership up to 29 full and 7 associate members at the end of the year. Others who have just finished the course will be joining as full members in the new year. There are also 5 newsletter-only members, who wish to keep in touch with the Division but have no bees.

Our annual Winter Meeting was an open meeting to which we invited all other Surrey Divisions and theTwickenham and Thames Valley beekepers. The invited speaker was Roger Patterson, who gave a report on queen problems and invited the participation of beekepers in his data collection. This meeting was well supported by Weybridhge members, but sadly few others came.

There have been monthly meetings throughout the summer in the gardens or apiaries of members. Tests for resistance of Varroa mites to pyrethroids (Apistan and Bayvarol) have been carried out at some of these meetings and on the colonies of some members; overwhelming evidence of resistance has been confirmed in a few of these.

There have been no reports of brood disease outbreaks in the Division this year.

Individual members or groups have been involved in the following:
The Surrey County Show
The Egham Royal Show
The SBKA Council
A honeybee/bee products stand at the autumn event at the RHS Garden, Wisley
The Central Association of Bee-Keepers (attending conferences and editing publications)
Attendance at the National Honey Show and the BBKA Convention at Stoneleigh
Talks to groups of children and adults
Swarm collection
Advice on bumble bees, solitary bees and wasps

Marion Cooper (Secretary)