GBKA Spring Lecture Day, Honey Show & AGM

Programme

Lunch & refreshments provided. To help us plan adequate catering and capture any dietary needs, please complete the free event registration form here https://buytickets.at/stroudbeekeepersassociation/1943884

10:00	Arrival, Honey Show registration & refreshments
10:50	Welcome by SBKA chairman and introduction to speakers
11:00 – 12:00	The secret RNA language of the bees – Eyal Maori
12:00 – 13:00	Lunch break
13:00 – 13:30	GBKA AGM and Honey Show awards
13:30 – 14:30	Treatment free beekeeping, Varroa resistance and free-living colonies – Joe Ibertson
14:30 – 15:00	Tea & coffee
15:00 – 16:00	Bees and trees – an ancient partnership – Richard Rickett
16:00	Close

The Honey Show

If you who wish to enter the County Honey Show, please complete the attached form and contact nikkiburger@hotmail.co.uk by 20th Feb 2026. Entries are invited for the following classes:

• Commercial – two 454g (1 lb) jars of honey (same batch) packed for retail sale with exhibitor’s own label
• Two 454g (1 lb) jars of clear light honey
• Two 454g (1 lb) jars of clear medium or dark honey
• Two 454g (1 lb) jars of natural granulated or soft set honey
• One shallow comb suitable for extracting
• One cake of beeswax. (approx. 1 lb, 454g)
• Two packs of cut comb
• One plain honey cake in a 7” diameter tin (recipe as stated)
• One pint (approx.) bottle of sweet mead
• One pint (approx.) bottle of dry mead
• Three 6 x 4 photos connected with bees or beekeeping
• Two matching beeswax candles, one to be lit by the judge

We very much look forward to welcoming you to the Honey Show and hope that you will be able to attend.