BEEKEEPERS' SOCIETY
of South Australia (BSSA)

Club Information

• Join BSSA
• BSSA Constitution
• Coming Events
• Committee Meetings
• Other Events
• Courses 2012
• Field Days and Trips
• Previous Topics and Trips

Would you like to join us?

Would you like to apply for membership of the Beekeepers' Society of South Australia? If so, please take the following steps:

1. Download the application form from one of the links below
2. Complete the form and post it to our address, which you will find at the bottom of the form
3. If you do not have Adobe Reader and would like to install it so that you can use that version, a link to the download site is also provided.

• BSSA membership application form (145 KB pdf) [Get Adobe reader]

BSSA Constitution

COMING EVENTS 2012

Monthly Meetings

• Tuesday 7th February 2012 - Plant identification - Steven Fisher, Australian Plant Society
  Strictly Beekeeping "5" minute talk - Chris Krawec, Apithor products
• Tuesday 6th March 2012 - Lifting the lid - reading the hive - Martin Gilbert, Gilbert Beekeeping Supplies SA
  Strictly Beekeeping - Setting up a honey room - layout, equipment and floor plan. - Len, Roy and Bob.
• Tuesday 3rd April 2012 - Jakibokashi Composting - Roxane
  Strictly Beekeeping - Frames: when to re-use, when to cull, storage of
  frames - Peter England
• Tuesday 1st May 2012 - Sustainable Urban Environments - the way ahead - Prof Chris Daniels, University of South Australia
  Strictly Beekeeping - Preparing the hive for winte - Paul B
• Tuesday 5th June 2012 - GM Crops in a warming world - Dr Mark Tester, University of Adelaide
  Strictly Beekeeping - Argentinian beekeepeers and GMO Soy crops, PowerPoint presentation - Lyn Hunter
• Tuesday 3rd July 2012 - Guest speaker TBA
  Strictly Beekeeping - TBA
• Tuesday August 7th August 2012 - Guest speajer TBA
  Strictly Beekeeping - Labelling honey, obligations under the food act
• Tuesday 3th September 2012 - Beekeepers' Quiz Night
  Strictly beekeeping - Uniting and splitting hives
• Tuesday 2nd October 2012 - Guest speaker TBA
  Strictly beekeeping - Re-queening
• Tuesday 6th November 2012 - Guest speaker TBA
  Strictly beekeeping - Gadget night
• Tuesday 4th December 2012 - Xmas party

Please refer to BSSA Newsletter (Buzzword) for further details of speakers /dates for each of the meetings.

Committee Meetings

Thursday 19th January 2012
Thursday 15th March 2012
Thursday 17th May 2012
Thursday 19th July 2012
Thursday 20th September 2012
Thursday 15th November 2012

OTHER EVENTS 2012

• Sale of beekeeping equipment Saturday 17th March 1pm
  7 Grantley Ave, Rostrevor SA 5073
  A team of 3 or 4 volunteers is needed to be at the venue Friday afternoon to set up and price. More details soon.
• Honey stall, ABC, Car Park Capers, Saturday 14th April
• The Animal Expo, Friday 20th-Sunday 22nd April
• Honey stand, Royal Adelaide Show Friday 7th-Saturday 15th September
• Honey stall, ABC, Car Park Capers, October date to be advised
• Plant it grow it , October date to be advised
• Herb Society Plant Sale, November date to be advised

Courses 2012

1. Beers Bees
February 2012
A weekend course commencing on Friday evening the 27th April,
Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th April 2012.
Friday 27th 6.30pm-9.00pm
Saturday 28th 8.30am-5.00pm
Sunday 29th 8.30am-5.00pm
Courses comprise of a minimum of 8, and a maximum of 14 participants.
Venue Glandore Community Centre, Glandore
Phone Bob Beer 8556 0162 mobile 0413 208 835
email beersbees@bigpond.com
For more details and an enrollment form click here (110 KB pdf file)]

2. WEA
March 2012
Beekeeping for Beginners
Saturday and Sunday 9.30am-4.30pm, 24 and 25 March, 2 days x 6 hours, field trip Sunday (WEA Centre phone 8223 1979, http://www.wea-sa.com.au)

FIELD DAYS and TRIPS (Practical Beekeeping)

Glandore Community Garden
BSSA has hives at Glandore Community Garden, Malwa Street Glandore. Practical aspects of beekeeping will be demonstrated on a number of occassions during the year.
Saturday 10th March 2012 1pm-4pm - honey extraction - facilitator required
Sunday 15th April 2012 1pm-4pm - hive inspection - facilitator required
Saturday 12th May 2012 1pm-4pm - closing down for winter - Bob Beer
Sunday 12th August 2012 1pm-4pm - preparation for spring - Bob Beer
Saturday 13th October 2012 1pm-4pm - hive manipulation - facilitator required Sunday 11th November 2012 1pm-4pm - hive inspection - facilitator required

Lenswood/Forest Range
Kym Schultz - visit to honey extraction plant and bottling line - Saturday 24th March 11am. Stentiford Road, Forrest Range (off the Adelaide to Lobethal Road)

BBQ lunch from 1pm approx. BSSA to provide the sausages, members to bring a salad or desert to share. BSSA will need to provide tables.

Kangaroo Island
date TBA

Please phone Bob Beer if you would like to attend any of these session.

The field days are a must for all new beekeepers

Please refer to BSSA Newsletter (Buzzword) for field days, trips and phone numbers.

Some previous topics

Some previous trips

The trip to KANGAROO ISLAND...
A 3-day, 2-night weekend trip, Friday, Saturday & Sunday
David Clifford's Honey Farm
Doug Seton's Retreat, Mt Taylor Cave
Gum Creek Marron Farm
Emu Ridge Eucalyptus Distilling Plant, Flinders Chase
Island Pure Sheep Dairy, Pennington Bay