Promoting and Supporting Local Beekeepers
The aim of Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Beekeepers Association is to promote the craft of beekeeping and to support beekeepers.
We offer a wide range of activities to suit all levels of beekeeping, including training courses for beginners and successive courses and talks and exams thereafter.
We are involved in in giving talks and demonstrations to members of the public to promote valuable information and better understanding of the behaviour of bees, their role in the ecological system and the craft of beekeeping.
Upcoming Events
We hold regular beekeeping events. See what’s coming soon.
Upcoming Events
Latest Beekeeping News
Discover what’s happening in beekeeping in Sutton Coldfield and north Birmingham.

Social Archery Morning – Saturday 11th October 2025
On a cool but dry Saturday morning, twelve of us gathered at The Frying Squad butty van to fuel up with breakfast sandwiches (strictly for energy, of

County Honey Show 2025
WARWICKSHIRE BEEKEEPERS’ ASSOCIATION COUNTY HONEY SHOW 2025 Saturday 27th September Here are the results for Sutton Coldfield & North Birmingham Beekeeping Association 1st = 1st

Annual Conker Championship
The final awards of the season were decided on Tuesday September 30th. Both included either determination or suffering. Sting of the year went to Leonie

Association Honey Show 2025
The Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Beekeepers Association Branch 87th Honey Show took place at Middleton Hall on Saturday September 20th and was subsequently open

Sutton and North Birmingham Apiary Disease Inspection
On Tuesday 12th August in temperatures touching 30 degrees, our training apiary in Sutton Park was visited by the regional bee inspector, Suzanne King. She

Canwell Show
One hundred years ago on Thursday 29th July 1925 the very first Canwell Show was held. It was the ‘Age of Jazz’, the very first