(Photo: Trudi Bartlett)
September 2, 2014
Beekeepers throughout the South Burnett have been invited to get together later this month to discuss the possibility of forming a local beekeeping club.
The Beekeeping Club Open Day will be held at Burnett Beekeeping Supplies premises at 806 River Road, Kingaroy, on Saturday, September 13.
“We have had a lot of our local beekeepers say they would like to see the area have a beekeeping club,” Burnett Beekeeping Supplies owner David Horton said.
“The club would help promote beekeeping and assist new beekeepers by providing hints, tips and guidance.
“Our current professional and amateur beekeepers have shown they would like a club but simply haven’t had the spare time to organise one.
“We have clubs from all over south-east Queensland come to our manufacturing plant as a beekeeping club outing.
“We have seen first hand how forming a local club really does help beekeepers.”
Burnett Beekeeping Supplies manufactures timber beekeeping products.
“We are happy to help facilitate the forming of a club by holding an open day for our professional and amateur beekeepers and anyone who is thinking about beekeeping in the future,” David said.
“We will open our gates from 9:00am for people who would like to look through our manufacturing plant.
“There will be a free sausage sizzle for beekeepers at noon and we’ll look at holding our first club meeting at 1:00pm.
“We will start up our plant and do some live demonstrations of our timber manufacturing during the morning.
“One of our local beekeepers will also do a talk about beekeeping and we will have information packs for those who are starting out as beekeepers.”
People interested in beekeeping, or currently beekeeping, who would like more information about the open day have been invited to contact David Horton on 0429-130-167 or (07) 4162-3606 or by email
