DARG Dates 2026-27
Meeting Dates: Normally second Sunday of the month except AGM which is first or second Saturday in November.
Location: Buckfast Abbey Bee Sheed
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 genetics
Aug – No meeting
Sept – Wax moth research or Bee vision
Oct -Options for next years research and reflection learned from 2026 project
Nov – Fursleigh Mill for both lunch and AGM, plus speaker
Dec – Planning meeting for 2027 New Citizen Science project set up for 2027
Jan 2027 – Zoom talk. Mini Graydon research project. Honeybee egg size difference and what it means
Feb- Alan Rowse Apisense and Buzzcopper field trial first conclusions
March- Zoom talkby Dr Julia Pigot. Enjoying roadside and spring meadow flowerfrom an insect perspective
April- Graham Kingham. Honeybees and trees to include tree honey tastings
Feb- Alan Rowse Apisense and Buzzcopper field trial first conclusions
March- Zoom talkby Dr Julia Pigot. Enjoying roadside and spring meadow flowerfrom an insect perspective
April- Graham Kingham. Honeybees and trees to include tree honey tastings