Shropshire Beekeepers’ Association works to promote the craft of beekeeping, supporting beekeepers and training new beekeepers to care for and enjoy our honey bee.
The Shropshire Honey Show
The Shropshire Honey Show is on Saturday 5th September – come and see us in Shrewsbury at the Shropshire Wildlife Trust, The Cut, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury SY2 6AH. The event is open to the public from 12.00 till 4.30 – it is free to attend.
Beekeepers from Shropshire Associations (Oswestry BKA, Ludlow & District BKA, North Shropshire BKA and Shropshire BKA) will be exhibiting their honey, wax products, honey cakes and more.
Shropshire honeys will be on sale
See inside the beehive
Look closely at the bees using a microscope
Information about beekeeping and how to get started will be available, and there will be refreshments too.
More information – on the rules of the show and how to enter – is available by clicking the button below
Good Bee Husbandry Day for all beekeepers old and new
10.30 – 16.00 19th August @ Field Studies Council’s Preston Montford Centre, Montford Bridge, Shrewsbury SY4 1DX
This will be a day of useful workshops and practical sessions covering all aspects of good beekeeping practice with a team of experienced Bee Inspectors from the National Bee Unit led by Andy Wattam the National Bee Inspector. Informal and relaxed day with ample opportunity to see Bee Diseases in a controlled setting (all necessary protective clothing provided and safely removed), discuss your beekeeping and hopefully take away information which will help and improve your beekeeping.
There are only 60 spaces available – Book a place on the Learning page
Cost £5.00. Bring your own packed lunch.
Honey Bee Management Course
This course is a good refresher for beekeepers with a few years’ experience and will address in more detail topics from the Beginners Course and other bee husbandry topics the course did not cover. It will follow the BBKA Module 1 Syllabus. It will include swarm management, swarm collection, moving colonies, dealing with aggressive bees, feeding, hives and much more.
The course will be held from 18.30-20.30 on Wednesday evenings at Condit Head Apiary.
Dates: 2nd & 23rd September, 14th & 28th October, and 4th November
The cost for the course is £25.00
For those wishing to take the Module 1 exam:
Application Closing Date: 30 September. Exam fee £50
Exam Date: 14 November
Book a place on the Learning page
Beginners courses 2026
Saturday course – SOLD OUT!
Wednesday eve course – SOLD OUT
Taster Day 2026
Taster Day – SOLD OUT!
If you want to try beekeeping to see what’s involved, book a place on our Taster Day. Details are on our Learning page.
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