Insects only have three seasons, Dormant, Flowering and Fruiting. We are in the Flowering season now, it started around the middle of January; you glimpse a patch of Snowdrops and you know Flowering has arrived. The season lasts until near the end of July.
The astounding thing about honeybees is that after a windy, wet, cold, and generally dreadful Dormant season, these incredible insects have survived in their colony of about ten thousand individuals, just waiting for the days to lengthen and flowers to emerge, it's their numbers that make honeybees so important for our ecosystem.
Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers' Association promote and support beekeepers in the area though training courses, mentoring and we run a training apiary at Iverley.
Hagley & Stourbridge Beekeepers is part of Worcestershire Beekeepers' Association which in turn is part of the British Beekeepers' Association.
No one knows when we started because all our records were lost in 1998, we believe it was sometime in the 19th century.
Our aim is to buy a fragment of land in the area with vehicle access and nearby parking for up to ten cars, where we can establish a permanent teaching apiary with storage for our equipment.
