Our Apiary is based in the grounds of the Rural Life Centre at Tilford in Surrey. During the main season (April to September) we meet every Saturday afternoon from 2pm to examine our hives and talk beekeeping. If you are interested in keeping bees or just curious, please come along to one of our meetings - visitors are always welcome. We keep spare bee suits, but you will need to bring a pair of wellington boots and washing-up style gloves (Marigolds).

If you would like to visit, join or for further information please contact:
Mrs Anne Buckingham 01252 714069 (info@farnhambeekeepers.org.uk)

Events
Saturday July 11th  - Second of the Public Open Hive days (booking is essential please contact Mrs Anne Buckingham 01252 714069 (info@farnhambeekeepers.org.uk))
Saturday July 25th  - Farnham Grows at The Maltings

Swarms
Please read "How to Recognise a Swarm" first, if you think you have one, you can call one of the contacts below. Your contact will want to know as much about the swarm as possible:

• Where you are
• Where the swarm is
• What it has settled on (tree, ground, fence, etc)
• How high off the ground
• When you are at home
• Is there good access

The process is that the swarm collector will usually 'take' the swarm sometime during the day. This means persuading it to go into a box or other receptacle such as a skep. The bees should then remain quietly in the box, but there will still be a lot of bees flying, scouting for a new home. Towards dusk they will settle into the box and that is when the collector will usually pack them up and take them off your property.

The FBKA collectors are:
Mrs Anne Buckingham 01252 714069 (Farnham and The Bourne)
Mr Michael Somers 01428 606544 (Churt and Hindhead)