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 Williams for a sting to the eyebrow at the apiary.
The more skilled trophy was hard fought through multiple rounds of conkers. Different skills and approaches were seen in attempt to be crowned the conkerer.
Finally – exhausted – Simon Gniadkowski was the victor! Thanks to all who participated – a great way to round off a brilliant season.
On Friday 20/02/2026 23 of us gathered at Namaste Sutton, in Wilde Green for a delightful evening of Indian culinary loveliness. If you haven’t tried
Sutton Park Town Hall was packed with close to 50 members and even more visitors for our 95th AGM and Chairman’s Report. We started off
Our third winter talk was from Dr Jane Medwell who is a Master Beekeeper. This topic was Queen Rearing on a small scale. Jane started
Our second winter talk was from Rhona Toft, Master Beekeeper and was entitled Seeking Varroa Resistant Bees. Rhona explained that she has around 60 colonies
This was our first winter talk in our lovely new venue of Sutton Coldfield Town Hall. It was delivered by Dave Bonner, Master Beekeeper, with
Our annual Christmas meal took place on Tuesday 9th December at the beautiful Wishaw Country Sports at Grounds Farm in Wishaw. There were 51 in