Events
From Sutton Coldfield and North Birmingham Beekeepers Association
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Apiary Meetings
- In Spring and Summer meetings are held every Tuesday from 18:30 in our Sutton Park Apiary in Sutton Coldfield
Apiary Programme 2010
Sunday March 28th 14:30
Apiary Spring Clean - Sutton Park Apiary
Saturday April 24th 14:00
Apiary Open Day, start of summer meetings - Sutton Park Apiary
Tuesday 4th May 18:30
Start of beginners classes at Sutton Apiary and every Tuesday evening during the summer - David Sutton, RBI - Sutton Park Apiary
Tuesday June 22nd 18:30
Open day in support of National Insect Week - Sutton Park Apiary
Association Meetings (Inside) 2010
- Association Indoor meetings are held on 3rd Thursday of the month starting at 19.30 at Erdington Methodist Church, Station Road, Erdington
Please note there are NO indoor meetings in August and December
Please contact us for further details.
Thursday 18th February 2010
AGM - CANCELLED Due to Weather and low turn out
Thursday 18th March 2010
Claire Waring on “Bee, Little Bee and Bees that do not Sting”
Rescheduled AGM - Please Try to Attend
2010 Agenda & Officers Reports
Thursday April 15th 19:30
“The Bee Space” - Malcolm Blake
Thursday 20th May 19:30
Wax Modelling - Martin Buckle
Thursday 17th June 19:30
“The biology of Parasitic Wasps” - Gay Marris - Fera
Saturday 19th June 14:30
Apiary Visit and Garden Party - Chris Meadows House
Thursday 15th July 17:30
BBQ - Sutton Park Apiary
Sunday 5th September 10:00
Branch Honey Show - Middleton Hall
Thursday 16th September 19:30
Caste Anatomy - Bob Gilbert
Tuesday 5th October 19:30
Start of Social Gathering and every 1st Tuesday of the month - Park House - Sutton Park
Thursday 21st October 19:30
“Bees have Hairy Eyeballs” - Neil Harrison
Tuesday 3rd November
Social gathering - Park House - Sutton Park
Thursday 18th November
Chairman’s Evening
Thursday 20th January 2011
Solitary Bees - Dr Adam Bates
Thursday 17th February 2011
80th AGM
External Events 2010
Wednesday 17th March
County AGM - BBKA HQ Stoneleigh
17th & 18th April
BBKA Spring Fare - Stoneleigh
21st to 27th June
National Insect Week
Saturday 26th & 27th June
Beekeeping display - Shenstone Garden Centre
7th August
Canwell Show - Canwell
4th & 5th September
Birmingham Honey Show - Kings Heath Park
3rd to 5th September
Midland & South West Convention - Swansea
Sunday 26th September
County Honey Show - BBKA HQ Stoneleigh
28th to 30th October
National Honey Show - St. Georges Chapel, Weybridge
Sunday 31st October
Harvest Festival Service followed by tea - Stoneleigh Village Church
Friday 12th November
County Lecture - Steven Falk, who is Senior Keeper of Natural History at Warwickshire Museum will be talking on 'Bees and Wasps of Warwickshire and Beyond' - BBKA HQ Stoneleigh
19th to 21st November
Central Assoc. of Beekeepers’ Conference - Stratford-on-Avon
