Latest Webinars
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Latest Webinars
Bottom Up Beekeeping with Ray Baxter
Wednesday 11th February 2026
In February, we explore how to use the debris from the hive floor as an indicator of colony activity and a way to interpret what’s happening inside and outside of the colony with Ray Baxter. Ray’s passion for beekeeping started fifteen years ago when he was working as a biology teacher. His initial plan was to learn more about honey bees and share this experience with high school students in the biology classroom. This quickly developed from being an occasional lesson into an extra curricula bee club, to putting beekeeping on the school timetable as a Scottish National Progression Award (GCSE level) and supporting other schools with the development of their own beekeeping qualifications. Our webinars are free to SBA Members (including Supporting Members) and £2 to non-members. To find out how to become a Supporting Member please click on the Join Now yellow tab in the right hand corner.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmThe European Hornet with Prof Steve Martin
Wednesday 7th January 2026
In January, we welcome Prof Stephen Martin, a familiar face to those who attended our convention. Prof Martin shall be discussing our native hornet, the European Hornet. Stephen has studied social insects (bees, wasps, termites and ants) for most of his career. His areas of specialisation are the ‘hornet ecology’, ‘pest and diseases of honeybees’ and ‘chemical ecology of ants’. He holds a Chair in Social Entomology in the School of Environmental and Life Sciences at Salford University, Manchester. Prior to that he spent 12 years working at Sheffield University, 7 years with the National Bee Unit and 7 years in Japan conducting research into hornets. Our webinars are free to SBA Members (including Supporting Members) and £2 to non-members. To find out how to become a Supporting Member please click on the Join Now yellow tab in the right hand corner.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmCocos Keeling Bee Project
Tuesday 9th December 2025
In the next webinar of our winter series, we’re delighted to welcome Paula Carnell and she will taking us on a journey to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands in the Indian Ocean to tell us about her Bee Project there. A medical herbalist and global consultant on beekeeping and the healing powers of honey, Paula is particularly interested in the connection between bees’ health and our own. Our webinars are free to SBA Members (including Supporting Members) and £2 to non-members. To find out how to become a Supporting Member please click on the Join Now yellow tab in the right hand corner.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmThe Arctic Beekeeper
Thursday 20th November 2025
On the 20th Nov we welcome online The Arctic Beekeeper, Einar Johansen as or first webinar guest of this winter season. Einar is a sideline beekeeper based in Lofoten, Northern Norway, at 68° North. He manages 30 colonies in one of the world’s northernmost apiaries, where his bees must survive over seven months of winter confinement. The region is free of Varroa and other bee diseases. Aside from very limited queen imports for new genetics, he is self-sufficient. His Arctic beekeeping is shaped by extreme weather and long winters, requiring careful adaptation and timing to succeed in a very narrow biological window. His honey is primarily derived from willow, dandelion, white clover, lilac, fireweed, and heather. Our webinars are free to SBA Members (including Supporting Members) and £2 to non-members. To find out how to become a Supporting Member please click on the Join Now yellow tab in the right hand corner.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmAn Introduction to Top Bar Beekeeping with Phil Chandler
Wednesday 2nd April 2025
In April we are delighted to welcome Phil Chandler, aka The Barefoot Beekeeper www.biobees.com to discuss the fascinating subject of Top Bar beekeeping and his philosophy of keeping bees.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmThe Jersey Asian Hornet Group with John De Carteret
Wednesday 5th March 2025
A subject on many beekeepers' minds, what can we do about yellow-legged (Asian) hornets? Well, we’ve a very informative webinar on this very topic in March. Join us online for an evening with John De Carteret when he’ll give us an introduction to the Jersey Asian Hornet Group, and we will discover more about the work they have done and are doing to combat this invasive pest in Jersey https://www.jbka.org.je/asian-hornets
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmTransitioning to Varroa Resistant Colonies with Steve Riley
Wednesday 19th February 2025
Join us for an evening on varroa, when Steve Riley shall be taking us through the practical steps beekeepers can take to identify and select for easily observable varroa-resistant traits in their colonies. Steve Riley is the current Education Officer at Westerham Beekeepers, a club in the south-east of England. He is a member of the ‘Path to Varroa-resistance in the UK’ team that launched the education and science website www.varroaresistant.uk in April 2023. He presents “Identifying Varroa-resistance Traits” to beekeeping associations around the UK, including sessions and seminars at the BBKA Spring Convention and National Honey Show.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmBeebytes with Mark Barnett & Matthew Richardson
Thursday 6th February 2025
Beebytes is a social enterprise specialising in honey bee genetics and DNA analysis to characterise genetic admixture and identify the sources of forage visited by honey bees, bumblebees and solitary bees https://beebytes.org/ Founded by Expert Beekeeper and Honey Bee Research Scientist, Dr Mark Barnett (Roslin Institute), Population Geneticist and Bioinformatician Dr David Wragg (Roslin Institute) and Expert Beekeeper and Information Scientist Matthew Richardson (University of Edinburgh and SBA President), its mission is to help beekeepers and bee farmers select and breed their preferred type of honey bee in the UK.
7:30 pm - 9:00 pmPropolis, the Bee Arc Project & the International Propolis Research Group (IPRG) with James Fearnley
Wednesday 15th January 2025
Join us for an evening of Propolis with James Fearnley, the CEO of BeeVital and Nature’s Laboratory, www.beevitalpropolis.com James made his first connection with honeybees and one of their most remarkable products – propolis in 1990 and has been actively involved with it ever since! He has written and published “Bee Propolis – Natural Healing from the Hive” and is also the founder of the International Propolis Research Group (IPRG) www.iprg.info An organisation dedicated to guiding research and collaboration into propolis, creating a database of research and organising international conferences on the subject of propolis. We will also find out more about the Bee Arc Project, which grew out of James’s idea to build a research centre which could explore both the medicinal properties of bee products as well as more sustainable forms of beekeeping www.beearc.com
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
