Beekeeper News

The British Beekeepers Association Spring Convention 2024 kicked off for the 46th year on Friday 12th April at Harper Adams University. This was during a

Remembering Julian Routh… On Sunday 14th April, we gathered at our Apiary with some of Julian’s family to plant a commemorative apple tree. Our Association shared

Our Apiary opened on Saturday 6th April for our first meet up and maintenance sessions. We split into a few groups and diligently undertook our

On Saturday 3rd February a group of around 16 people headed to WBKA headquarters at Stoneleigh for a day of microscopy. The motivation was different

Our 6 week winter beginners course started on Tuesday 6th February. We have had a record number of places this year, with 20 ‘newbees’ taking

Chairman’s Report 2023 Each year when I sit down to write this report I think to myself, all I need to do is get last

Our Association Christmas Dinner was held at Wishaw Country Sports Club on Tuesday 12th December. It was a cold and wet evening, but gathering in the

By Leonie Williams The Heritage Craft Association is the UK’s advocacy body for traditional heritage crafts and publishes a red list which is a list

Autumn marks two important events in our calendar. With our bees fed, treated and checked for health, it was time to close up our training

By Julia Wigfield and Leonie Williams It was an 08.00 start for staging at the venue in Coventry, Julia, Fiona & Leonie managed to finish

Our 17 week practical summer beginners course ended on Sunday 27th August. This was marked with a quiz on subjects we covered on our course

Sunday 17th September 2023 Judges Peter Lewis – Yorkshire David Shannon – Yorkshire Stewards Todd, Leonie & Julia The doors opened for staging the exhibits

Basic Exam Results 2023 This year we had five people go for the Basic exam. The Basic test is a practical test to show the

Thursday 27th July saw Sutton Beekeepers once again support The Fort Shopping Centre Eco Festival. With a steady flow of visitors to our outreach stall,

Our association BBQ took place on Thursday 20th July with 75 Sutton beekeeping members, friends, family and invited guests attending the social event of the

On 1st July and 15th July, four members, Will Van De Merwe, Todd Wilkins, Julia Wigfield and Richard Evans have had their assessment at our

I responded to the request this year for stewards at the Gardner’s World Live at the NEC, and I must say I thoroughly enjoyed myself.

UPDATE !! What a great evening, and thank you to all those members who attended, we had about 30 people there. Dan and Luke were

The fully booked Summer course has now start, started on Sunday 7th May at our Associations Apiary. It lasts for 17 weeks and below is

Our association was approached back in 2021 by the charity organisation Food Behind Bars. They wanted our help to give training to Swinfen prison staff

Chairman’s Report 2022 With Covid restrictions lifted, our association was back hosting our 6-weekwinter beginners’ course at Langley School. 15 people participated with some continuing their education later in the year on our 17-week summer course. Our thanks go to Julian,

On Tuesday 13th we came together for our Christmas meal, which was once again held at the Wishaw Country Sports Venue. The food was excellent

On Sunday 2nd October Sutton and North Birmingham Beekeeping Association supported the Fort Shopping Centre BuzzFest event. Giant stilt walking insects, accordion playing ants and

Members of the Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Beekeepers Association got together recently for a thorough spring clean of the apiary in Sutton Park. Despite

Recently, Becca Mundye, a young beekeeper, went to visit our projects in Uganda where she held a series of workshops aimed at supporting beekeepers to