Canberra Region Beekeepers Field Day

Come along to our major field day event for 2019.  The day includes demonstrations of beekeeping (both native and honeybees) as well as honey sales and beekeeping gear vendors.  We will even have locally produced honey mead to drink (to release your inner viking)!

10:00 –  Official opening (Organizing ambassadors and ACT Gov)

10:30 –  Mark Page – Bee Biosecurity Officer (surveillance) NSW DPI

11:30 –  Flow Hive & Langstrogh hive demo

1:00  –  Native Bees with Peter Abbott/Alan Wade/Cormac Farrell

3:00  –  Apiary Tour, talking through hive types – Alan & Apiary Team

4:00  –  Close and pack-down

The Canberra Region Beekeepers are hosting an exciting and fun-filled field day at Jerrabomberra Wetlands training apiary and would like Canberra to come along and help celebrate. This is our major field day for the year, and is free to everyone.  Last year we had over 500 people attending

There will be:
• A huge variety of stalls and activities for the whole family including ‘hands on’ demonstrations of beehive management, as well as specialist suppliers of beekeeping equipment.

• A selection of food and drink from around Canberra, showcasing the growing local food movement

• Bee-friendly plants for sale to turn your garden into its own pollinator paradise.