Welcome

The purpose of the Fife Beekeeping Association is to support bees and beekeeping in Fife. Within this website you can discover the latest association news and learn more about our events and activities including details of our classes for beginners. In the summer there are regular demonstrations in practical beekeeping.  These are open to non-members by prior arrangement. During the winter the Association holds talks , open to anyone, on a range of beekeeping and related topics.

Our Association’s activities are mainly focused on the more easterly areas of Fife , whilst our sister association, the Dunfermline and West Fife Beekeepers Association, serves west Fife, Kinross-shire and Clackmannanshire. However, there is no hard division in the areas covered by the two associations, and members (and prospective members) are encouraged to become involved with whichever association works best for themselves. Indeed, the two association have many members in common and members of one association are always welcome at meetings, events and demonstrations of the other.

Both associations are affiliated to the Scottish Beekeepers’ Association.

Upcoming events

Saturday 14th November – Beginners Introductory Meeting

Thursday 19th November – Winter Talk ‘Beekeeping in the 2030’s’ by Gavin Ramsay at the St Davids Centre, St Andrews

Saturday 21st November – Wax workshop for Members with Michael Brand

Sunday 29th November – FBA stall at St Andrews Preservation Trust Winter Market

Thursday 10th December – Winter Talk on Bee Rescue and Managing Apiaries by Scott Herd at the St Davids Centre, St Andrews

Thursday 14th January – Winter Talk by Murray McGregor at the St Davids Centre, St Andrews

Thursday 11th February – Sandi Waddell Lecture by Ilona Shilliday on Honey Bee Toxicology at the St Davids Centre, St Andrews

Thursday 11th March – Fife Beekeepers Association AGM at the St Davids Centre, St Andrews

Saturday 3rd April Open Day and Car Boot Sale at the Association’s Apiary