Bee Banter – Blue Anchor, Crowborough
2024-09-25 19:30 - 22:00 (Europe/London)
Bee Banter – Blue Anchor, Crowborough
Function room, Blue Anchor, Crowborough
No need to book; just come along and chat.

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

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 AGM and Honey Show
2024-11-24 13:00 - 17:00 | Five Ashes Village Hall, Five Ashes, East Sussex, TN20 6JA, 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

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

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.
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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 - 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)

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

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

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

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

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