Newbattle Beekeepers Association upcoming events

Mentor Meeting - Live - The Bee Academy (27 May 2026)

Wed, 27 May 2026 17:30:00 GMT

Mentor Meeting

Wednesday 27 May, 18.30

Live @ The Bee Academy

If this invitation was part of an Newbattle Beekeepers Association event announcement please let us know if it is your intention to attend.

Apiary Management Group Meeting - Tuesday 2 June (02 June 2026)

Tue, 02 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Tuesday 2 June 2026 18.00

The Bee Academy

Agenda Items to Martin by 29 May please

Click Here to send any Agenda Items to Martin

Click Here to view and download a copy of the apiary sub-group minutes from 23rd april 2026

Agenda for this meeting and the meeting notes for the previous meeting held on 26 April 26 to follow.

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SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination - 2026 - 10.00 Start Time - Newbattle Teaching Apiary (06 June 2026)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination 2026

For Beginner Beekeeper Course Participants Listed Below

Saturday 6 June, Between 10:00 and 11:30

Newbattle Teaching Apiary

With Refreshments available at the Bee Academy throughout the day - All candidates and their mentors are invited to join the examiners for lunch at the Bee Academy at 13.00 (please respond to the separate lunch invitation)

Katy Scott

(Examiner - Alan Riach)

David Duguid

(Examiner - Martin Vevers)

Karen Mair

(Examiner - Jane Slight with Sarah Price)

Jason Morenkeji

(Examiner Lorraine Aitken)

13:00 Lunch (served at the Bee Academy) You Are Invited if you are around at Lunchtime

SBA website - "Going for the SBA Basic Beekeeping Certificate"

Scottish Beekeepers Association Examiners

Alan Riach, Lorraine Aitken, Jane Slight, Sarah Price

&

Martin Vevers

SBA Basic Beekeeper Syllabus

Sarah Price will be working with Jane Slight as an Examiner in Training

Refreshments available at the Bee Academy both before and after the examination.

Also the Opportunity to return Course Books and PPE

Mentors are invited to join their mentee for refreshments.

Advance Notice for the SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination - 2026 (06 June 2026)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 GMT

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination 2026

For NBA Beginner Beekeeper Course Participants

will be held on

Saturday 6 June, Between 10:00 and 16:15

Newbattle Teaching Apiary

Candidates - Please respond and advise us if you would prefer a morning or afternoon examination slot.

(8 morning slots available & 3 afternoon)

Exam slots are 10:00, 11:30, 14:00 and 15:30 (if needed)

Refreshments available at the Bee Academy throughout the day - All candidates and their mentors are invited to join the examiners for lunch at the Bee Academy at 13.00

SBA website - "Going for the SBA Basic Beekeeping Certificate"

Scottish Beekeepers Association Examiners

Alan Riach, Jane Slight, Sarah Price, Lorraine Aitken

&

Martin Vevers

SBA Basic Beekeeper Syllabus

Sarah Price is an Examiner in Training and will work with an experienced examiner

Refreshments available at the Bee Academy both before and after the examination.

Also the Opportunity to return Course Books and PPE

Mentors are invited to join their mentee for refreshments.

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination - 2026 - 11.30 Start Time - Newbattle Teaching Apiary (06 June 2026)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 10:30:00 GMT

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination 2026

For Beginner Beekeeper Course Participants Listed Below

Saturday 6 June, Between 11:30 and 13:00

Newbattle Teaching Apiary

Marian Rae

(Examiner - Alan Riach)

Andrew Rae

(Examiner - Martin Vevers)

Bram van Bunnik

(Examiner - Jane Slight with Sarah Price)

Jake Donald

(Examiner Lorraine Aitken)

13:00 Lunch (served at the Bee Academy) You Are Invited if you are around at Lunchtime

SBA website - "Going for the SBA Basic Beekeeping Certificate"

Scottish Beekeepers Association Examiners

Alan Riach, Lorraine Aitken, Jane Slight, Sarah Price

&

Martin Vevers

SBA Basic Beekeeper Syllabus

Sarah Price will be working with Jane Slight as an Examiner in Training

Refreshments available at the Bee Academy both before and after the examination.

Also the Opportunity to return Course Books and PPE

Mentors are invited to join their mentee for refreshments.

It is Basic Beekeeper (BB) Examination Day! Come On Over to Celebrate & Encourage our Candidates (06 June 2026)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT

Please do not visit the Newbattle Apiary or Cottage on Saturday 6 June if you are Not involved with the Basic Beekeeper Examination (BB)

Help us plan our catering by responding to this

Announcement

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination - 2026 - 14.00 Start Time - Newbattle Teaching Apiary (06 June 2026)

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:00:00 GMT

SBA - Basic Beekeeping Examination 2026

For Beginner Beekeeper Course Participants Listed Below

Saturday 6 June, Between 14:00 and 15:30

Newbattle Teaching Apiary

Ewgene Eaton

(Examiner - Alan Riach)

Emma Gordon

(Examiner - Sarah Price)

13:00 Lunch (served at the Bee Academy) You Are Invited if you are around at Lunchtime

SBA website - "Going for the SBA Basic Beekeeping Certificate"

Scottish Beekeepers Association Examiners

Alan Riach Sarah Price

SBA Basic Beekeeper Syllabus

Refreshments available at the Bee Academy both before and after the examination.

Also the Opportunity to return Course Books and PPE

Mentors are invited to join their mentee for refreshments.

June Monthly Meeting - Guest Speaker Enid Brown - Single or Double Brood? - Sunday 7 June (07 June 2026)

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 12:00:00 GMT

13:00 - Welcome, Notices & Updates

Gillian Grant

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***** Enid Brown. *****

13:10 - Scottish Beekeepers Association President, Enid Brown will present an Affiliated Association Award

Rosemary Mackay, Edith Butler

Josefine Schneidt-Frazer & Annette Evans

the award to Ian Evans was presented at the SBA AGM in April

Awarded to beekeepers in recognition of the quality of their contribution within their Local /Scottish Beekeepers Association Affiliated Association, and for their active promotion of the art of beekeeping in the environment of that Association. The recipient must be a current member of the SBA and have been an SBA member for at least 7 years.

NBA Recipients - 2026

Martin Vevers will be presented with

The Scottish Bee Expert and Apiarian Certificate

After Presenting the Awards & Certificate Enid will deliver a

Presentation

Single or Double Brood?

Enid is the holder of the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association Apiarian Certificate. She is a Honey Judge for both the Scottish Beekeepers Association and the BBKA also a judges referee at the National Honey Show. In addition she is Director of World Beekeeping Awards (Apimondia).

Enid has been keeping bees now for 27 years, following in the

footsteps of her father and grandfather. She generally runs about 40 colonies. All are in Smith hives.

She is SBA President, President and member of the two Fife Associations: Fife Beekeepers’ Association and Dunfermline and West Fife Beekeepers’ Association.

14:50 Networking, Social & Library Open

This will be the first opportunity to meet together after the Basic Beekeeper Examinations on 6 June

2026-27 Basic Beekeeper Course - An Invitation to Reserve Your Place (05 July 2026)

Sat, 04 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMT

What Will I Learn?

The management and manipulation of a colony of honey bees over the period of one year. How to use the equipment required to undertake the work needed to look after the bees including the smoker, the hive tool and feeding equipment. Also, the maintenance and cleaning of equipment and hive parts. Assembling the frames, fitting the foundation in the frames and spacing the frames in the brood chamber and supers of the hive. Harvesting and processing honey. The life cycle of the honeybee and swarm prevention and management.

Pests and diseases of the honeybee together with their prevention and treatment. How to avoid and treat stings. Health and safety in the apiary.

The topics will be covered in one to one discussions with your mentor, monthly meetings, forum meetings, demonstrations, practical sessions, drop in sessions and other training events.

In addition the course will prepare you for the Scottish Beekeepers Association Basic Beekeeping examination - the first step in the SBA examinations system. The oral and practical over the hive examination normally takes place in June at the association Newbattle Teaching Apiary using the hive you have looked after during the course of the past year.

Places are limited and will be allocated to members only on a First Come - First Served Basis

Mentor Meeting - via Zoom - Tuesday 7 July (07 July 2026)

Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT

Mentor Meeting

Tuesday 7 July, 19.00

via

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Topic: Mentors Meeting

Time: Jul 7, 2026 19:00 London

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