Sussex Beekeepers Association

SBKA AGM 2026
2026-03-07 14:00 - 17:00 (Europe/London) | Luxford Centre Uckfield, Library Way, Uckfield, TN22 1AR, United Kingdom
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.

Sussex BKA Communications Workshop
2026-02-24 19:00 - 21:30
Microsoft Teams meeting
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The British Beekeepers’ Association Annual Delegate Meeting, 10 January 2026 at 9.30am
2026-01-10 09:30 - 17:00
Dear Secretary
The British Beekeepers’ Association Annual Delegate Meeting, 10 January 2026 at 9.30am
The British Beekeepers’ Association is planning the 2026 Annual Delegate Meeting (ADM) and warmly invites your association to send a delegate. The ADM will be a hybrid meeting, both in person at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire and simultaneously on the Zoom online platform.
Your first step is to nominate the delegate from your association; please complete and return the Delegate Nomination Form. Prior to the ADM, we will provide full details of how to participate.
We are seeking nominations for Trustees of the BBKA. In 2026 there will be four Trustee vacancies for three-year terms, to be voted on at the ADM. Additionally, there is a vacancy for President of the BBKA who will be elected for a two-year term. Information about being a Trustee or President is available on the BBKA Learning Online platform (see link below) and we encourage you to consider and propose candidates. Nomination forms are due by Friday 17 October 2025.
Similarly, there are opportunities to join the BBKA Examinations Board, which oversees examinations and delivery. We encourage you to consider and propose candidates who have good beekeeping experience and/or professional experience with other examination boards. Once again, nominations are due by Friday 17 October.
In addition, if you have a Proposition for the BBKA ADM, then please complete the Proposition Form to be reviewed by the Standing Orders & Governance Committee. Propositions are also due by Friday 17 October.
Delegate, Trustee, President, Examinations Board nomination forms, the ADM Proposition Form, plus guidance and policy documents, are all available in the Admin & Compliance section of the BBKA Learning Online platform: https://learning.bbka.org.uk/
To remind you again, please ensure that your nominations and propositions arrive at the BBKA Office (post or by email) by 4.00pm Friday 17 October 2025 – and of course, earlier is always better! Please note that timings are prescribed by the BBKA Constitution.
Naturally, if you have any questions, please contact me by email gen.manager@bbka.org.uk and I will always be very happy to help.
With best wishes,
Yours sincerely
Leigh Sidaway General Manager, British Beekeepers’ Association

Talk by David Evans - Rational Varroa Control
2025-12-03
David Evans
theapiarist.org
talks.theapiarist.org

Beginners course 2025 - Preparing hives for winter
2025-09-13 10:00
Saturday 13th September – Preparing hives for winter – 10am – 12pm (KO, RG)
Horsted apiary

Beginners course 2025 - Honey extraction
2025-08-02 10:00
Saturday 2nd August – 10am to 3pm – Honey extraction (PC, PL)
Beginners and members
Horsted apiary

Beginners course 2025 - Varroa control options
2025-07-12 11:00 - 2025-12-07 13:00
Saturday 12th July – 11am to 1pm – Varroa control options – (MW, RG)
Horsted apiary

Beginners course 2025 - Bee Safari
2025-06-28 10:00
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 - Building your hive
2025-05-10 13:00 - 2025-10-05 16:00
Saturday 10th May -1pm – 4pm
Building your hive (MW, PC, RG, SB, M.Wilcox)

Beginners course 2025 - Swarm control for real
2025-05-10 10:00 - 2025-10-05 12:00
Saturday 10th May – Swarm control for real (MW, M.Wilcox)
Horsted apiary 10am to 12pm (or longer if necessary)

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

Beginners course 2025 - Swarm control
2025-04-12 11:30 - 2025-12-04 13:00
Saturday 12th April – 11:30am-1pm – Swarm control (RG, KO, DP)
Navigating your way out of disaster. A theory session at the Horsted apiary in the hangar

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
