Sussex Beekeepers Association

Beginners course 2025 - Bee Safari
2025-06-28 10:00 (Europe/London)
Saturday 28th June – 10am to 4pm – Bee Safari
To lead: SB, PE, KO, DP

2025 Bee Market
2025-05-17 10:00 - 16:00 | Uckfield Community College, Downsview Crescent, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 3DJ, United Kingdom

2025 Sussex Beekeepers' Association - Bee Market
2025-05-17
The SBKA Bee Market 2025 will be on the 17th May 2025 at Uckfield Community College
Details can be found on the SBKA website:
SBKA

Beginners course 2025 - Introduction to the Bees
2025-04-26
Saturday 26th April – Introduction to the Bees (SB, PH, PL, M.Wilcox)
Opening a hive for real.

The special language of bees, by Margaret Murdin
2025-04-16 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

Hastings and Rother Spring Convention (four speakers, details await)
2025-04-12

BBKA Spring Convention
2025-04-04 - 2025-04-06

From Forage to Honey Harvest; Factors Affecting the Productivity of Your Hive(s) John Farmer, Eastbourne BKA
2025-03-18 19:00 - 21:00 | St. George’s Church Hall, 110 Eastbourne Road, Polegate, BN26 5DF

Beginners course 2025 - The basics of bee biology
2025-03-04 19:30 - 2025-04-03 21:30
Tuesday 4th March – via zoom 7:30pm (MW, PC)
The basics of bee biology. Mind blowing

SBKA AGM
2025-03-01 13:00 - 17:00

Beginners course 2025 - Initial introduction
2025-02-22
Saturday 22nd February – Initial introduction (MW, HH)
How a hive works and protective equipment needed

The role of drones and drone congregation areas, by Stephen Fleming
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

2025 AGM & Honey Show
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

Varroa Tolerant Bees Steve Riley, Westerham BKA
2025-02-18 19:00 - 21:00 | St. George’s Church Hall, 110 Eastbourne Road, Polegate, BN26 5DF

Winter Programme – speaker Emmeline Smith Reading University Strengthening Links Between Agri-environment Management and Pollination Services for Cost-Effective Bee Conservation
2025-02-08 14:30 - 17:00 | Mountfield Village Hall, Robertsbridge, TN32 5LY

Beekeeping Like You’ve Never Seen it Before with Mike Roscopes, Eastbourne BKA
2025-01-21 19:00 - 21:00 | St. George’s Church Hall, 110 Eastbourne Road, Polegate, BN26 5DF

Beginners mead making demonstration and tasting
2025-01-18 09:45
18th January from 9.45 to 11.45 at Five Ashes Village Hall
Cost nil to members £15 to non-members.
Please register <>

How to keep your bees in the best of health, by Margaret Murdin
2025-01-15 19:30 - 21:00 | Eastgate Baptist Church, Eastgate Street, Lewes, BN7 2LR, United Kingdom

Winter Programme: speaker Norman Carreck ‘Science and the Thinking Beekeeper’
2025-01-10 19:30 - 21:30 | Mountfield Village Hall, Robertsbridge, TN32 5LY

2024 AGM and Honey Show
2024-11-24 13:00 - 17:00 | 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
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
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
Please register by clicking <>
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
