Sussex Beekeepers Association

2024 AGM and Honey Show
2024-11-24 13:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Five Ashes Village Hall, Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6JA, United Kingdom

Last date to apply for BBKA Module - Autumn exams
2024-09-30 - 2024-10-01
Last date to apply for BBKA Module – Autumn exams

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2024 Training Session 8: Preparing hives for Winter at Horsted
2024-09-28 - 2024-09-29
2024 Training Session 8: Preparing hives for Winter at Horsted

Saturday 28th September – Horsted Green Apiary
Keith Obbard, Roxanne Gould

Bee Banter – Blue Anchor, Crowborough
2024-09-25 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-07-31 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-05-29 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-03-27 19:30 - 22:00
Bee Banter – Blue Anchor, Crowborough
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough
No need to book; just come along and chat.

Bee Banter - Rose and Crown, Mayfield
2024-08-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-06-26 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-04-24 19:30 - 22:00
Bee Banter – Rose and Crown, Mayfield
No need to book; just come along and chat.

HWBKA Summer Bar-B-Q
2024-08-11 12:00 - 15:30
Date and details to be confirmed
2024 Summer Bar-B-Q
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at:
Greenbank, Shepherds Hill, Buxted, TN22 4PX

Weald on the Field
2024-08-10 - 2024-08-11
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2024 Training Session 7: Varroa Control Options
2024-07-13 11:00 - 13:00
2024 Training Session 7: Varroa Control Options

Saturday 13th July – 11am -1pm – Horsted Green Apiary
Malcolm Wilkie

BBKA - Basic Assessment at Horsted Green apiary
2024-07-09 - 2024-07-10
Timings to be confirmed

2024 Training Session 6: Bee Safari
2024-06-28 - 2024-06-30
2024 Training Session 6: Bee Safari

Friday 28th June or Saturday 29th June – A visit to three apiaries.
Peter Coxon, Helen Hadley, Keith Obbard, Rob Gore, Jo Groom
A group of no more than 7
am or pm depending on your group leader

Bee Disease Day
2024-06-26 08:00 - 17:00 | Mountfield Village Hall, Robertsbridge, TN32 5LY

South of England Show
2024-06-07 - 2024-06-10

Sussex Beekeepers' Association - Bee Market
2024-05-18 10:00 - 17:30 | Uckfield Community College, Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3DJ, United Kingdom
The Bee MarketMay 18 @ 10:00 am – 5:30 pm
Uckfield Community College
Downsview Crescent
Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 3DJ
Please see the SBKA site for auction conditions etc.
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PROGRAMME

9:00 Registration of auction entries
10:00 Bee Market opens to the general public.
11:00 Brief talk about how to take up Beekeeping – by Malcolm Wilkie Chair of High Weald Division in theatre AG02
11:00 Childrens’ activities – painting, colouring bee images, making simple bee houses/nesting tubes made from plastic guttering etc. by Maggie Pratt School Primary School Teacher and Co-owner of the ‘Bee People’ bee keeping supplies company in Reading Room AG14
12:00 Invited talk on ‘Drone Congregation Areas’ – by Stephen Flemming – co-editor of Bee Craft Magazine in theatre AG02
14:00 Auction of Bee Equipment, Bees and second-hand items in theatre AG01
16:30 Bee Market Closes

2024 Training Session 5: Use of Mini Mating Hives and Harvesting Queen Cells
2024-05-11 11:00 - 14:00
2024 Training Session 5: Use of Mini Mating Hives and Harvesting Queen Cells

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Saturday May 11th – 11am- 2pm
Malcolm Wilkie, Helen Hadley

Talk - Ivy Bees by Francis Ratnieks, Prof. at Univ. Sussex, LASI
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

2024 Training Session 4: Queen Rearing
2024-04-13 12:30 - 15:30
2024 Training Session 4: Queen Rearing

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Saturday 13th April – 12:30pm-3:30pm – Horsted Green Apiary
Helen Hadley, Peter Coxon
Setting up a colony for Queen rearing

2024 Beginners Session
2024-04-13 09:30 - 12:00
Beginners SessionGoing through a hive

BBKA Spring Convention
2024-04-12 08:00 - 2024-04-14 17:00 | Harper Adams University, TF10 8NB
12/13/14 April 2024
BBKA Spring Convention
Harper Adams University
Edgmond, Newport TF10 8NB

BBKA Spring Convention 2024
2024-04-12 - 2024-04-15
BBKA Spring Convention 2024 – celebrating 150 years of the BBKA – Bee part of it!Harper Adams University, Shropshire TF10 8NB
12th – 14th April 2024

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SBKA Committee Meeting
2024-04-10 19:30 - 21:30 | The Ram Inn, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6NS, United Kingdom

Combined Apiary Meeting & talk from Christine Stevens, Preparing Exhibits for Showing
2024-04-06 14:30 - 17:00 | Netherfield Village Hall, Netherfield Road, Battle, East Sussex, TN33 9QB

2024 Training Session 3: Swarm Control
2024-04-06 10:00 - 13:00
2024 Training Session 3: Swarm Control

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Saturday 6th April – 10am-1pm – Horsted Green Apiary
Rob Gore
Any beginners intending to get bees, please tell Rob who is running this session.

BBKA Module - Spring exams
2024-03-23 - 2024-03-24
BBKA Module – Spring exams

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Talk - Poisonous Honey by Pam Hunter
2024-03-20 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

Talk by Pam Hunter ‘Non-standard Medications for the Control of Bee Problems
2024-03-08 19:30 - 21:30 | Mountfield Village Hall, Robertsbridge, TN32 5LY
