Bees and Elephants

Tewkesbury

Dates: 05/04/2025

Venue: Old Baptist Chapel

Bees and Elephants

This talk will be about the use of beehives to deter elephants from emerging from the forest in order to raid the adjacent farmer crops. Brian Durk has been a beekeeper for over 40 years, and he originally went to Africa to help set up a Beekeeping training centre in Cameroon, and has been involved in that sort of work ever since.

Speaker:
Brian Durk

Brian Durk is a member of the Cheltenham & Gloucester branch of the Gloucestershire Beekeepers. He has been a beekeeper since about 1977, taught Beekeeping part time at Hartpury College for 11 years, and has been involved running Beekeeping Projects in West Africa since 1997.

Date and Time:
Saturday 5th April 2025, 11am

Tickets
Adults: £7.00, Concessions: £5.50, Children: £3.00
Tickets include entry to the John Moore Museum and Merchant’s House

 

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