All GBKA members are welcome to attend any of the Branch seminars listed below…
November 2025
| Thursday 27th 19:30 | Trees & Bees by Richard Rickitt (Beecraft) | NBKA. Newent Community Centre (Glebe Chapel) |
January 2026
| Friday 9th 19:30 | BS Honeybees – from birth to present day by Daniel Bates | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |
| Thursday 22nd 19:30 (Zoom open from 19:00) | Using Apideas, with a focus also on using those opportunistic queen cells by Dan Basterfield | Dean Forest BKA, Zoom (contact DFBKA for details) |
| Thursday 29th 19:30 | Bumblebees vs honeybees by Richard Comont (Bumblebee conservation trust) | NBKA. Newent Community Centre (Glebe Chapel) |
February 2026
| Friday 13th 19:30 | Commercial beekeepers tips & tricks by Steve Donohoe & Paul Horton (Walrus and Honeybee) | C&G BKA. Via Zoom |
| Saturday 21st 10:00 to 16:00 | GBKA Spring Lecture day, County Honey Show and AGM sponsored by Maismore Apiaries | Hosted by the Stroud Beekeepers Association at the Stonehouse Court Hotel, Bristol Road, Stonehouse, Gloucestershire, GL10 3RA. |
| Thursday 26th 19:30 | Varroa resistance through bee improvement by Steve Riley (Westerham beekeepers) | NBKA. Newent Community Centre (Glebe Chapel) |
| Thursday 26th 19:30 | Miller method of queen rearing by Lynfa Davies | DFBKA. The Main Place, Coleford. GL16 8RH |
March 2026
| Friday 13th 19:30 | Honeybees, Bumblebees and Solitary Bees – the same but different by Lorraine Wheeler | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |
| Thursday 26th 19:30 | Aspects of bee disease by Marin Anastasov (Gloucestershire beekeepers) | NBKA. Newent Community Centre (Glebe Chapel) |
| Thursday 26th 19:30 | The cell punch method of queen rearing by Phil Tinker | DFBKA. The Main Place, Coleford. GL16 8RH |
| BBKA Module Exams |
April 2026
| Friday 10th 19:30 | Honey & Health by Daniel Bailey | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |
May 2026
| Friday 8th 19:30 | The mind of the honey bee by Marin Anastasov | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |
June 2026
| Friday 12th to Sunday 14th | Royal Three Counties Show | The Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW |
September 2026
| Friday 11th 19:30 | The beekeepers guide to defence against YLH (Asian Hornet) by Andrew Durham | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |
October 2026
| Friday 9th 19:30 | Pathway to Varroa resistance in the UK by Rhona Toft | C&G BKA, Uckington Village Hall, GL51 9SR |