The 2026 Royal Three Counties Show was held at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, on Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June. The event continues to be one of the premier shows in the country with around 4,500 livestock entries 3,000 equine entries and a customer base of around 90,000 over three days. The Bees and Honey Show attracts a wide range of high quality entries in several classes providing an opportunity for club and county competitors to test their skills at the three counties level.
The Bees and Honey show is organised by the three county beekeeping associations of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire. This year Herefordshire is organising the main display with the theme of ‘Honey & Health’. In addition to the honey show, there will be a variety of exhibits to promote beekeeping including observation hives and regular live bee displays (weather permitting) on each of the three days.
There were lots of educational displays including two observation hives, competion entries from all three counties and photographic entries. Children were particularly fascinated by the worker bees entering the observation hives via a transparent tube leading outside the marquee and spotting the marked queens in the upper viewing layer.