We’d been keen to do a talk on beekeeping for a while because the health of these important pollinators has been an ongoing WI concern since our SOS For Honeybees campaign in 2009. Fortunately, our talented member Jen Kaines keeps bees and she kindly agreed to do a talk for us.
We like to give our members the opportunity to do talks or organise meetings. It’s certainly not compulsory but we regard public speaking as part of the WI’s remit of developing skills, so we do like to encourage it. After Sarah Long’s excellent talk on Mental Health back in March, it was Jen’s turn to impress us with her expertise and she certainly did.