(31st) TOCAL BEEKEEPING FIELD DAY

Date: 
23 Oct 2010

Presenters: NSW Industry and Investment staff

Dr Doug Somerville, Technical Specialist Honey Bees (Goulburn) and Nick Annand, Apiary Officer (Bathurst)

Members of the Hunter Valley branch of the NSW Amateur Beekeepers Association and NSW Apiarists’ Association

 

9 am            Welcome

9.10             Manipulating a bee hive for beginners

10.10           Selecting combs for extraction

10.40           Beekeeping education – what’s available

11.10           Making mead

11.50           Bee diseases - what to do when one is found

12.30           Lunch (bring your own)

1.30             Small hive beetle traps

2.10             Honey & pollen flora

2.40             Question & answer

3 pm            Close

 


Directions: Tocal Agricultural College is located near Paterson in the Hunter Valley, just north of Maitland.

From Sydney once you hit the expressway near Wahroonga, Tocal College is just under 2 hours drive. Go right to the very end of the expressway till you come to the New England Highway.

Once on the New England Highway, stay on the highway till you come to a large roundabout near Maitland Railway Station (sign before roundabout saying Tocal College, Paterson, Dungog) - there is an overhead walking bridge over the highway just before you reach this roundabout. Turn right at this roundabout and follow signs to Paterson/Dungog.

Proceed up and over the railway bridge and turn left at little roundabout near Maitland Station. Drive round past the farming land on your left - come to another small roundabout and go straight through this roundabout past the Woolies Service Station on your right - continue to a set of traffic lights and go straight ahead up and over the Hunter River, through Lorn and through more farmland to Bolwarra - keep on main road following signs to Tocal College. At the top of the hill near the Bolwarra Service Station keep going straight ahead (don't take the right turn).

Keep on this road for another 5 or so minutes going through lots more farmland, bush till you come to a hill (after a windy bit of road) - turn left at top of hill into Tocal College entrance. Once in the driveway come to a T intersection and turn right and drive up driveway 500 metres approx, turn right and follow road around buildings to locate the beekeeping field day site.