February Bee Group meeting - Beekeeping with a Flow Hive

We're back at ECOSS!

This event will be held in person with an option to attend online. If you are planning to attend online, please see below to purchase a free ticket. 

Speaker - Beekeeping with a Flow Hive

Growth in beekeeping interest during COVID and the continued strong up take of Flow Hives are considered important reasons for the escalating numbers of Victorian Beekeeper registrations. We’ve recently topped 13,000! This source of information will be critical if we locate the Varroa Mite in our country.

While it seems that not everyone can report success with their Flow Hive its introduction has created welcome new exposure and interest in beekeeping. This meeting will be devoted entirely to this topic with an experienced guest speaker. 

Michael Johnson from The Basin Backyard

The Basin Backyard runs 250 hives throughout the Dandenong Ranges and other parts of rural Victoria. What started out as one hive has expanded to become our small family business. We are passionate about bees and this passion has led us to open a retail outlet at our warehouse, where we stock basic bee keeping supplies at our Knoxfield shop.

We are now the Melbourne/Gippsland region Authorised Flow Reseller and stock the Flow Hive at our shop in Knoxfield. We offer bee mentoring at the beehive location and have been very successful in helping new Flow Hive owners not only understand the Flow Hive concept but most importantly how to be a beekeeper and not just a keeper of bees.

If attending in person, COVID regulations require you to be fully vaccinated, check in using the QR code or sign in sheet, wear a face mask at all times inside and adhere to social distancing. Please do not attend if you are unwell or experiencing any cold or flue like symptoms; have been a close contact of someone with COVID-19; or are isolating. 

Meetings are held at ECOSS, 711 Old Warburton Road, Wesburn, in the ‘Coop’ (past the old house, over the green, down the bottom). Everyone is welcome - gold coin donation appreciated.

Attending online

If you are planning on attending online, please see below to purchase a free ticket. The day before you will be sent a zoom link to join. Please note, this is the first time we will be attempting to zoom from ECOSS. So, please be patient.

**Registrations for online tickets close Saturday 26th February at 2pm. If you've missed out please email yarravalleybeegroup@mail.tidyhq.com