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On Saturday 5th October 20 prospective new beekeepers, who are considering joining the FBA’s new beekeeping course, came to our new teaching apiary for a taster session to gain first hand experience of what beekeeping entails. The weather was kind, and everybody seemed to thoroughly enjoy themselves. What an excellent way to christen the new…

Fife Beekeepers Association have recently received a National Lottery grant of £20,000 towards setting up a new bespoke teaching apiary in the East Neuk. As the accompanying photos show, committee members have been working hard at the site over the summer , and the site is now ready to host its first event on 5th…

We hope you have had a good harvest this year and that you have saved the best honey for the Fife Flower Show. This year it will be on the weekend of 22nd and 23rd September at the usual venue, Leven Parish Church Hall, Durie Street, Leven. Combined Fife Beekeepers Open Honey Show 2024 RULES…

We are planning to hold two Beekeeping Taster sessions on Saturday 5th October, for those thinking of taking up this absorbing hobby. This will be an introduction to our six week Beginners Course to be held from February next year, and will be at our new apiary on the Balcaskie Estate, East Neuk (exact location…

OUR NEXT COURSE WILL BEGIN IN FEBRUARY 2025 The purpose of the course is to educate and make one realise that there is a lot of work involved with looking after honey bees. Honey bees are wild animals and it is important to learn how to handle them, when to open a colony and how to go…

In 2024 Fife Beekeepers Association are hoping to set up a new teaching apiary on the Balcaskie Estate in east Fife. We plan to document our journey here on the website. We had our first site visit on 14th January and began to plan the work we would need to do to develop this open…

A big ‘Thank You’ to Dr Jennifer Shelton (molecular ecologist at the UK Centre of Ecology and Hydrology), who gave Fife Beekeepers Association an excellent Zoom lecture in January 2024 on how the National Honey Monitoring Scheme operates. Dr Sheltons interests in citizen science, pollinator diversity and beekeeping have culminated perfectly in running the scheme.…

On Sunday 2nd July about 25 members of FBA and DWFBA arrived at Murray Macgregor’s queen rearing unit near Blairgowrie. There was lots of car-sharing and I was lucky enough to have a lift in Stewart Kerr’s open-topped sports car which made the trip even more enjoyable! We parked our cars near the loch and…

E.H. Thorne of Newburgh are holding a couple of Sale Days in August.  They usually have some great discounts, so why not pop over to their shop or you can order online instead. Sale Days Friday 11th August 1pm-5pm Saturday 12th August 9am-12 noon Last day for ordering online is Tuesday 8th August www.thorne.co.uk 

On a very cold and rainy day in March some of the FBA Committee Members got together to clean out and tidy up the container/store at Fairmont Hotel in St Andrews. The store holds not only all of the items we sell to our members (frames, foundation, jars, fondant and syrup) but also the extractors…