Clive Stewart will give a talk on his work at Westart Apiaries on removing honey bee colonies from buildings and other places of inconvenience. Full details will be on the Birmingham Beekeepers website.
This year there will be a two day Honey Bee Health course (1st and 15th April 2023, 9.30- 16.30) for members who would like to do the honey Bee Health Certificate, run by Warwick and Leamington and Coventry Branches. Members from all branches are welcome to join; members must have passed the Basic Assessment to… Read More »Warwick and Leamington Training – Honey bee Health Certificate
Lectures, Workshops and Seminars covering a wide range of practical and scientific topics, directed at all levels of experience, presented by leading experts Bumper Trade Show Saturday 22 April Speakers and Tutors include: Randy Oliver (virtually), Samuel Ramsey (virtually), Marin Anastasov, Martin Bencsik, Shirley & Richard Bond, Giles Budge, Stephen Case-Green, Julie Coleman, Michael Collier,… Read More »BBKA Spring Convention 2023
Led by a local Master Beekeeper our weekend course will give you an insight and hands on experience of the world of the honey bee and the role of the beekeeper. We will cover:- Day 1 (classroom, Brailes Village Hall) How a honey bee colony works The beekeeping year The essential equipment Harvesting your honey… Read More »Shipston Beekeepers Introduction to Beekeeping weekend course
Asian Hornet Week: 4th - 10th September 2023 This year Asian Hornet week takes on a new urgency. There have already been multiple nest sightings (22 as at 23rd August) predominantly in Kent, but also in Hampshire and Devon. During Asian Hornet week there will be a series of talks on YouTube including an update… Read More »BBKA Asian Hornet Week
We invite beekeepers and members of the public to our 2023 open honey show. There will be lots of activities for all of the family, including arts and crafts, demonstrations, competition tent with our honey exhibits, etc. Also there will be lots of honey to buy from a variety of local producers. Saturday 9th to Sunday… Read More »Birmingham Open Honey Show
Commencing at 12.30pm and going through to 4.30pm, the events will be held at the Coventry Branch Training Apiary in Coventry. Our team of experienced beekeepers will provide participants with a great taste of what is involved in being a beekeeper. The programme for the afternoon will be: Two group sessions which will cover the… Read More »Coventry Beekeepers – Taster Day *Sold Out*
Birmingham and District BKA has a winter talk: A beekeeper's incredible journey through India and the apis Indica he met along the way. The speaker is Gervald Frykman and the event will be held at Dame Elizabeth Hall B30 1UA
Warwickshire Beekeepers’ Association 2023 Honey Show Venue: Kings Hill Nursery, Kings Hill Lane, CV3 6PS Staging: 8am-9.30am Judging: 10am-lunchtime Show open: 2pm onwards Presentations: 2.30pm Removal of exhibits: 4.00pm Online entry will open on 2nd September and will close on 23rd September. If you enter online, you will receive your labels and entry form… Read More »WBKA County Honey Show 2023
Birmingham and District Beekeepers have a winter talk by Riverside House Stourbridge. It will be held at: Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville, Birmingham B30 1UA
Andrew Durham is Cambridgeshire Beekeeper who is a regular contributor to the BBKA News on the Asian Hornet and has been a speaker at the BBKA Asian Hornet Conferences. For over 9 years he has been studying the Asian hornet situation in France with regard to its effect on beekeeping. Drawing on his own research… Read More »Asian Hornet: The Beekeepers’ Guide by Andrew Durham
The honey bee relies on (apart from water) just two relatively simple, readily available, natural products. As you know, these are nectar – a variable solution of sugars – and pollen – a very variable, sometimes poor source of protein. With such apparently poor beginnings, how do they manage to produce the miracle food that… Read More »WBKA Winter Zoom Talks – Colony Nutrition by Pete Sutcliffe
