Our 2016 annual show seeks to provide a lively and interesting combination of exhibits, displays and stalls for all the family to enjoy and learn and this year features the ‘Queen Bee’ and the ‘Four Seasons of Beekeeping’. More…
Want to be a beekeeper in 2017?
Reigate Beekeepers are running an ‘Introduction to Beekeeping Course’ during the coming winter on Monday evenings.
Commencing 9th January 2017 and running through to 13th March 2017. More…
Members Honey For Sale
Looking for local honey made by local bees and offered for sale by local beekeepers? Some of our Members are able to offer products from their hives for sale either ‘from the door’, or from small local village stores or market stalls. More…
Bird Boxes & Bumble Bees
Our Honeybee Swarm Collection Coordinator provides this update to his advice first published last year about dealing with the newly arrived Tree Bumblebee that has a particular preference for nesting in bird boxes and can be very aggressive …. More…
Out-Apiaries … Hives in Your Garden?
Able to have hives in your own large garden, orchard or field, but unable to devote the time or investment to be an actual Beekeeper? Could you provide one of our beekeepers with an ‘Out-Apiary’ site for one or two (or more!) hives? More…
Practical Training
Teaching Apiary meetings take place every week (weather permitting), from the first week in April to the end of August on Wednesday evenings starting at 6.30pm. The apiary itself will typical house approximately 12 hives, which … More…
Food for Foragers
One very direct way that everyone with a garden, large or small, can help the honeybees is to grow a selection of some of the plants that honeybees are particularly fond of as sources of nectar or pollen or both. More…
Honey Straight From The Producer
The Dance of the Honeybee
Get the Buzz, Become a Beekeeper
The Global Threat to Honeybees
Treating Cancer with Honey?
