Bees in the Garden – 40th Anniversary Special

Did you know that this year we are celebrating 40 years of our permanent apiary sighting on the Shugborough Estate?

A small piece of land was granted by the estate and opened by Lord Lichfield on 3rd September 1983.

On 2nd September, South Staffs Beekeepers will be celebrating in the Walled Garden of the Shugborough Estate (opposite reception) between 10am and 3pm.

There will be games and children’s activities, honey tasting and sales a candle rolling workshop and an opportunity to meet our beekeepers and our bees in the observation hive!

Come on down and celebrate with us, we can’t wait to see you!

Message to Members from BBKA

Please find below some information about the Asian Hornet. It details how to identify the Asian Hornet, how to report on the App, and  asks for all members to put a trap out and monitor and report on any possible sightings.

More information has been put together by the BBKA on the following webpage: Help the fight against the Asian Hornet Invasion.

Or you can click the link below to download a PDF Document.

Click to access Help-the-Fight-Against-the-Asian-hornet-Invasion-Document-v-Aug-23-2.pdf

AHAT Members have been invited to join the BBKA Asian hornet alert WhatsApp group. You can get the latest Asian hornet news stories, sent straight to your WhatsApp on your computer- all you need to do is click the link below. https://chat.whatsapp.com/KtHEKzoayn46VwwK0isFco

Thank you.

Bees in the Garden – Sunday 6th August

Join us this Sunday 6th August, in the walled garden of the Shugborough Estate. South Staffordshire & District Beekeepers Association will be selling honey and candles 10am until 3pm. Come and meet some of our members and learn about the bees kept on the estate at Shugborough. We will be located in the walled garden opposite reception. We can’t wait to see you!

This is some of our members and young volunteers at last month’s event, we completely sold out of honey so if you’d like some make sure you come early!