Meetings & Events
Winter Meetings
Venue
Unless stated otherwise, all winter meeting will be at –
Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville, Birmingham B30 1UA
January 2024
🗓️ Friday 26th January
🕐 19:30 – 21:00
📍 Hopes garden plants
🎤 Plants for pollinators throughout the year
We have a renowned horticulturist Nigel Hope who will talk about John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries over a 12 month period. Showing how your garden can look beautiful, with flowers every day of the year available for pollinators. He will talk you through some of the projects he has done in the garden, to develop it, giving lots of hints and tips on plant cultivation and pruning.
Sue, our librarian will be on hand with a large selection of bee books to borrow
If nothing else, come along for the tea and biscuits!
February 2024
🗓️ Saturday 17th February
🕐 10:00 – 13:00
📍 Sam Walker & Ron Rock
🎤 Sam,our branch Asian Hornet coordinator will be running an Asian Hornet Workshop from 10am -11.15am which will include:
🗓️ Friday 23rd February
🕐 19:30 – 21:00
📍A.G.M.
March 2024
🗓️ Friday 22nd March
🕐 19:30 – 21:00
📍 Colleen Reichling N.B.U.
🎤 Asian Hornets
- Strategy
- Asian hornet nests up to 2022
- Asian hornet nests in 2023
- Awareness Raising
- How to report Asian hornets
- Nests
- Chemical Treatments
- Capel Le Ferne 2023
- Future decisions
NB: Visitor numbers at Highbury Apiary are currently restriced to members only. If you have any questions about visiting please call the Apiary Manager (see Contacts page.)
Summer Meetings are held at our Apiary in Highbury Park. Association and members’ hives undergo inspection by that well known pest of the bee, the beekeeper.
2.00pm every Saturday between June and August.
See the Highbury Apiary page for further information.
Winter meetings (September to March) are lively and educational with a mixture of lectures and talks covering the basics for new beekeepers and other topics. Non-members and visitors are very welcome to attend. I promise we are a very friendly and welcoming bunch. Tea and biscuits to follow, sometimes there may be cake.
Winter Meetings … members will be informed of meeting dates and topics/speakers via email
Meetings usually commence at 7.30pm.