Meetings & Events
🗓️ Friday 28th March 2025
🕐 19:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 Richard Lindsey
A Night of 1’000 Hives
Richard Lindsey started beekeeping at the age of 10 and by the age of 27 he had become a master beekeeper. His passion for beekeeping has grown into a commercial enterprise and he now keeps 1000 hives scattered around Staffordshire, Shropshire and Warwickshire.
🗓️ Friday 26th September 2025
🕐 19:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 Gavin Wade-The Exotic Triangle Garden(as seen on Gardener’s World!)
🗓️ Friday 31st October 2025
🕐 19:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 TIM VIVIAN-“The Rooftop Beekeeper” part 2
🗓️ Saturday 29th November 2025 (Please note this is on Saturday)
🕐 10:00 – 11:30
📍 Dame Elizabeth Hall, Firbank Cl, Bournville. B30 1UA
🎤 Rhona Toft “Seeking varroa resistant bees”
Rhona’s talk will look at her experiences since stopping varroacides in 2007, the mechanisms of Varroa resistance and suggestions of how to select for Varroa-resistant traits in your own bees.
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.