May Yarra Valley Bee Group Meeting

2pm - Whats happening in my hive?

Followed by our monthly Speaker - Don Muir

Don Muir - B-QUAL and more

We are thrilled to have Don Muir from B-QUAL give us an update on the following at our May meeting:

1.        Update on B-QUAL and B-TRACE operations.

2.       Sustainability and traceability tree to shelf.

3.       Honey testing methods.

4.       Honey library testing results of various Australian honeys.

5.       Varroa update and testing results of hives after miticide treatments.

6.       Changing Government attitudes and regulations in beekeeping.

B-QUAL, as the industry owned QA and Food Safety program, has been asked by various stakeholders to implement a low-cost program that offers small producers assistance with their record keeping obligations, and to give consumers confidence in their products and product traceability.

B-TRACE is designed for smaller enterprises to maintain readily available hive record information that satisfies the requirements of the National Biosecurity Code of Practice, including Extracting and Product records that are also required by legislation. A specially designed hive management web app has been developed to assist members with this record keeping.  The B-TRACE program is intended for small semi commercial and recreational beekeepers.

Come along and keep up to date with local conditions that effect your hive, connect with other beekeepers, share resources, improve your apiary skills and learn more about honeybee ecology.

Non members are welcome too. Meetings are held at ECOSS, 711 Old Warburton Road, Wesburn, in the ‘Coop’ (past the old house, over the green, down the bottom). Gold coin donation appreciated.