Devon Apicultural Research Group Meeting Dates for 2025

DARG Dates 2025

Meeting Dates:           Normally second Sunday of the month except AGM which is first or second Saturday in November.

Location:                    Buckfast Abbey, apart from July when Tricia and Alan are hosting.

 Jan – Steve Riley Varroa free beekeeping Feb – Mail Order Queens. Clare Densley March – Discussion: Benefits/detriment of reducing varroa treatments and commensals April – Pollenize the latest research May – Evolution, Keith de la Plane film followed by a discussion June – Bee tea venue TBD July – Diversity in the hive, a discusion about the queen’s geneticsAug – No meeting Sept – Wax moth research or Bee vision Oct -Bee sting trial results ref Plymouth university study Nov – Fursleigh Mill for 12 November 2025 for both lunch and AGM Dec – Planning meeting plus results from commensals study by David Jan 26 – Zoom talk. Wild colonies