20 Bees members gathered for the New Year social, a welcome break from the confinement imposed by the severe the winter weather of 2010. The spread was magnificent but seemed to disappear in a flash. One of our founder members Dorothy Jones was able to be with us. Dorothy went onto be a very worthy joint winner of Alice's cryptic quiz. Margaret presented the review of 2009 together with a new version of the Bees Diary 2009 based on the Bees blog.There was agreement that it had been a successful year with 26 outings, we visited a variety of habitats and sites, also a new minibus had been made available to the group and the Bees blog had been established.Thankyou cards were presented to Joan and the two drivers. Joan outlined sites for possible visits in 2010 and welcomed suggestions from the group. Concerns were raised by some members that due to the popularity of Bees activities it was not possible to join the group in the mini bus. Various suggestions were made but no firm changes agreed. The meeting concluded with two quizes and the group departed around 3 30pm. Margaret