Introduction to Beekeeping – Luton
This course is aimed at those who are interested in taking up the wonderful hobby of beekeeping as well as those who would like to learn more about beekeeping. It includes a weekly series of classroom and […]
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Introduction to Beekeeping – Bedford
This course is aimed at those who are interested in taking up the wonderful hobby of beekeeping as well as those who would like to learn more about beekeeping. It includes a weekly series of classroom and […]
Training Event
New Year Workshop 2020
This is our New Year Workshop aimed at beekeepers who would like to learn more about how to keep honey bees. After a welcome coffee or tea and biscuit the workshop will be divided into […]
Events
BedsBKA AGM 2020
The Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association 97th AGM will take place at Flitwick Village Hall on Saturday 29th February starting at 10am. After lunch, at 1.45pm, John Hendrie, President of the British Beekeepers Association will give a […]
Queen Rearing talks by Dave Corbett & Paul Walton
Queen breeding and rearing are two areas that many members have shown a keen interest in and further to our talk earlier in the year from Kevin Thorn on the native bee reserve at Abberton […]
Talk on charity ‘Bees Abroad’ by Geoff Redwood
Bees Abroad provides education and technical advice on beekeeping and relevant business skills. We achieve this by setting up and supporting field extension services. Training courses are also run for local beekeepers and we finance […]
Christmas Social
The Bedfordshire Beekeepers Christmas Social will be held on Saturday 30th November 2019, commencing at 7.30pm. The venue is Cranfield Campus Social Club, postcode MK43 0AL. A branch of Santander Bank is situated close by. […]
Briefing on Asian Hornets by Andrew Durham
Andrew Durham is a Cambridgeshire beekeeper who has travelled extensively in France and who spent the last three years researching the Asian Hornet. He has written articles on the Asian Hornet for the BBKA News […]
BedsBKA Honey Festival and Honey Show
Woburn Abbey courtyard and gardens provides a beautiful setting for a new event in our calendar, the Honey Festival on Sunday 22nd September. A wide range of stalls will be there to appeal to visiting […]
A talk on re-establishing the native honey bee by Kevin Thorn (BIBBA)
Kevin is a commercial beefarmer with 78 colonies in apiaries in and around Lavenham. Starting Stour Valley Apiaries 3 years ago, he has grown it from just 6 hives in a very short period and […]