Roger HedgecoeBarnet U3A member Roger Hedgecoe who is President of Barnet & District Beekeepers' Association gave a lovely talk on Bees, Bee Keeping and the threat to Bees from the deadly mite varroa.
Roger illustrated his talk with a range of accessories used by Bee Keepers. He showed how the modern bee hive is constructed - much more complex than you might imagine. He described the life-cycle of Queen, Drone and Worker Bees using very nice animated graphics.
The talk was followed by a lively set of questions.
A very good start to this year's monthly meetings
Newletter - Contributions Wanted!
The newsletter plays a vital role in keeping members up to date with the tremendous range activities now available within Barnet U3A. Sam Smith, the editor welcomes articles from members. If you have any contributions for the newsletter, please email them to Sam (see below). Articles, photos,letters or just comments about Barnet U3A and its activities are all welcome.
Barnet University of the Third Age (BarnetU3A) offers people no longer in full-time employment an opportunity for life-long learning, friendship and hopefully some fun. The key aims of BarnetU3A are:
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To encourage and enable older people no longer in full-time paid employment to help each other to share their knowledge, skills, interests and experience.
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To demonstrate the benefits and enjoyment to be gained and the new horizons to be discovered in learning throughout life.
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To celebrate the capabilities and potential of older people and their value to society.
Does this describe you?
- Are you retired or semi-retired?
- Do you want to be active (socially, mentally, physically)?
- Would you like to join one or more of our many special interest groups?
- Would you enjoy outings to theatres and concerts or visits to Stately homes?
Then Barnet U3A is for you!
Barnet U3A (BU3A) set up at the end of 2007 has grown very rapidly and the current membership is now over 750 members.There are more than 60 groups from which to choose. The meetings are at convenient times and at venues all around the northern part of Barnet. Costs are low because our activities are organised by our members who freely share their skills and expertise. Once a month we have a general meeting open to all members where we normally have a guest speaker.
See what the Groups have to offer, visit the Membership page, then Contact Us.
The Barnet U3A is a Registered Charity (No. 1129309) and is
one of 702 U3As in the UK affiliated to the Third Age Trust (Reg. Charity No. 288007), the national parent body, which now has over 200,000 members.
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Recent Announcements
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February Monthly Meeting - Thursday 2nd February
Professor
Malcolm Hawkesford Deputy Head of plant science at the Rothamstead
Agricultural Research Station. A talk on food security:"Can we grow
enough to feed ourselves?"
9.45 am , Barnet ...
Posted Jan 5, 2012 7:25 AM by Barnet U3A
BU3A's Singing for Pleasure Choir entertain local residents with Christmas songs
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