Mountfield Village Hall on 1st March Guest speaker will be Martin Smith (Past President BBKA, Current President of Lancashire & Northwest BKA, President of BDI, & Project Manager eR2 membership ...continue reading
Tuesday 4th March - via zoom 7:30pm (MW, PC) The basics of bee biology. Mind blowing
Just a date for your diary at the moment - more details to follow, closer to the date.
Function room, Rose and Crown, Mayfield No need to book; just come along and chat.
For more details goto: www.bbka.org.uk/springconvention Flyer: https://hwbka.info/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/2025-Spring-Convention.pdf
Mark Wilcox (a retired doctor and member of the HWBKA committee) has arranged for Steven Rochester (Senior Resuscitation Officer, Eastbourne DGH) to hold a teaching session for us. This will include Basic Life ...continue reading
Saturday 12th April - 10:00am-12:00pm - Swarm control (RG, KO, DP) Navigating your way out of disaster. A theory session at the Horsted apiary in the hangar
Saturday 26th April - Introduction to the Bees (SB, PH, PL, M.Wilcox) Opening a hive for real. Anyone diagnosed with anaphylaxis must bring their Adrenaline Auto-Injector (Epipen) to this session.
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough No need to book; just come along and chat.
Saturday 10th May - Swarm control for real (MW, M.Wilcox) Horsted apiary 10am to 12pm (or longer if necessary) Anyone diagnosed with anaphylaxis must bring their Adrenaline Auto-Injector (Epipen) to ...continue reading
Saturday 10th May -1pm - 4pm Building your hive (MW, PC, RG, SB, M.Wilcox)
The SBKA Bee Market 2025 will be on the 17th May 2025 at Uckfield Community College Details can be found on the SBKA website: https://sbka.info/2025-bee-market/ Plant stall booking form can ...continue reading
Function room, Rose and Crown, Mayfield No need to book; just come along and chat.
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough No need to book; just come along and chat.
Saturday 28th June - 10am to 4pm - Bee Safari Anyone diagnosed with anaphylaxis must bring their Adrenaline Auto-Injector (Epipen) to this session. The experienced members leading the safaris are ...continue reading
Saturday 12th July - *** was originally scheduled to be 11am to 1pm, but will now be held from 10am to 12am *** - Varroa control options - (MW, RG) ...continue reading
To be held by Mike Cullen at our Horsted Green Apiary Anyone diagnosed with anaphylaxis must bring their Adrenaline Auto-Injector (Epipen) to this session.
Function room, Rose and Crown, Mayfield No need to book; just come along and chat.
Saturday 2nd August now amended to 11am to 1pm - Varroa control options (This session replaces the beginners honey extraction session which was held on July 12th) Beginners and members ...continue reading
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough No need to book; just come along and chat.
Saturday 13th September - Preparing hives for winter - 10am - 12pm (KO, RG) Horsted apiary Anyone diagnosed with anaphylaxis must bring their Adrenaline Auto-Injector (Epipen) to this session.
Function room, Rose and Crown, Mayfield No need to book; just come along and chat.
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough No need to book; just come along and chat.
£10 cash on the day At Sandy Infield's Either Google Black Shed Studios, Fairwarp or What3words expect.butterfly.point Email Sandy sandyinfield@gmail.com to reserve your place
1:00pm - Doors open for members 2:00pm - AGM commences 3:00pm (approx) - AGM closes and Honey Show commences 4:00pm - Honey Show results and prize giving 4:30pm - AGM ...continue reading
Function room, Rose and Crown, Mayfield No need to book; just come along and chat.
David Evans theapiarist.org talks.theapiarist.org
When Saturday 13th December 7pm till Midnight Cost A sumptuous Four Course buffet and Seasonal welcome drink £40 per person please bring your favourite tipple! We will only be ...continue reading
The agenda will be posted here soon! In addition to AGM we will also have Tom Bickerdike our Regional Bee Inspector as invited speaker to talk about YLH/AH Spring trapping.
Details to be confirmed