South Lanarkshire Council Countryside and Greenspace Service Environmental Volunteer Network Newsletter Spring 2017
The Volunteer Network South Lanarkshire Council’s courses that would help Countryside and Greenspace fulfil your objectives and Service work with build capacity within your environmental volunteers group! across the county in a number Emergency First Aid of ways. We continue to work closely with a number Outdoor Skills of groups to help improve Getting to grips with sites and engage with local Social Media communities. Health and Safety In this newsletter we have Funding tips updates from the Cambuslang Bat survey training Apiary Project, Badgers in the Networking and skill- Landscape and an introduction sharing is important too to Stonehouse Park. so again we are always We also have the latest from keen to facilitate our CAVLP and details of an groups and volunteers exciting competition, our getting to know each wildlife challenge! other a bit better! Learn more about the You never know, there amphibians in our area and may a funding whizz get inspired to do some in a group who could biodiversity surveying, either give you some great on your site or out in the tips and ideas about furthest reaches of South funding they have Lanarkshire! discovered they are We are also able to facilitate eligible for, just from experience. training for our volunteers Surveying in the sunshine and we are always interested in suggestions for potential Cambuslang Apiary Project Who we are: What we do: We are a small community group who started Opportunities are beekeeping a few years ago. None of us had given to get close much knowledge or experience so we decided to the bees to it was best to learn together. As a group we see what goes on can do a lot more and get funding to assist in inside a hive. All our aims and objectives. equipment (bee suit A Cambuslang Honeybee and veil) is provided Our Aims and Objectives: with experienced We support and provide practical training beekeepers at hand. for new beekeepers. Those with experience This will allow you to are encouraged to improve in competency decide if beekeeping and be able to demonstrate good standards. is the hobby for you; or perhaps The group educates the general public on you are just curious and want to find out what the benefit of pollinators during public beekeeping is like. events. If you would like a list of plants which Where to find us: encourage pollinators please use the email below. The Cambuslang Apiary Project has hives at Cambuslang and Shotts. We meet in How we started: Cambuslang every third Thursday of the A few potential beekeepers in Cambuslang month (except December) at 7.30pm to were finding it difficult to get started in discuss business. The location may vary and beekeeping, having no suitable location. can be found on our facebook or please Thankfully the Cambuslang Fire Station email ([email protected]) for offered us a secure site for our community confirmation. Beekeeping is done on evenings hives when our first location suffered and weekends subject to the weather of vandalism. The Community Payback Team course, honey bees don’t come out when it landscaped the area making it suitable for use. is raining. Occasionally unplanned visits are The honey bees thrive here due to the wild necessary as sometimes the bees like to catch flowers along the banks of the river Clyde. you out and do something unexpected! In Conclusion: Most of our members now successfully keep bees as individuals ranging from 1 hive to 14. This is a very challenging and enjoyable hobby and helps the honey bees at a time when they are struggling with reduced habitat and an increase in pests and disease. If you would like to be involved, you will find a very friendly and enthusiastic welcome from us all.
Clydesmill Fire Station apiary
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