Tuesday 1^st December 2026 – An Open Meeting will held at 7:30pm in Wall Village Hall, Wall NE46 4DX. Further details will follow shortly.

Tuesday 3^rd November 2026 – An Open Meeting will held at 7:30pm in Wall Village Hall, Wall NE46 4DX. Our speaker will be Thorsten Rettig on the subject of ‘Migratory Beekeeping‘.
Thorsten is a Master Beekeeper who currently maintains up to 30 colonies at three out-apiary sites near Ponteland. He has a wealth of experience to share with any beekeeper looking to benefit from seasonal crops such as oil seed rape (OSR) or traditional heather. So please join us for what promises to be a very useful session. Doors open at 7:00pm for a 7:30 kick off.

Sunday 4^th October 2026 – The annual Rachel Lowther Memorial Lecture was held in Wall Village Hall. This year’s speaker was Ray Baxter the author of ‘Bottom Up Beekeeping’ who is based near Berwick. Thirty members enjoyed a fascinating presentation followed by an excellent afternoon tea.

Tuesday 7^th April 2026 – An Open Meeting was held at Wall Village Hall. Sue & Ian Robinson gave a brief presentation on ‘Swarm Control and Prevention‘. This was followed by practical demonstrations of three commonly used techniques/manipulations by Sue, Ian and Judith Stewart – Queen Removal, Queen not Found and Demarree. Forty members attended.

Sunday 29 March 2026 – A Frame Making Session was held in Wall Village Hall. This was aimed at beginners to learn how to make frames and provide the Association with a stock of frames for the forthcoming season. Nineteen beginners attended.

Sunday 22nd March 2026 – A Theory for Beginners class was held at Wall Village Hall. Twenty-one new beekeepers attended in preparation for this year’s practical sessions at the Teaching Apiary which commence on 14 June 2026.

Tuesday 3^rd March 2026 – An Open Meeting was held at Wall Village Hall which 24 members attended. Martyn Farrer gave a presentation entitled ‘The Why and How of Honey Bee Feeding‘ which was followed by a lively Q&A session.

Tuesday 3^rd February 2026 – An Open Meeting was held at Wall Village Hall at which twenty five members attended. Judith Stewart presented on ‘Preparing for the Season‘ which prompted several questions and a useful discussion. This was followed by a ‘Bring and Share’ supper providing a welcome opportunity to catch up and discuss plans for the forthcoming season. Several members contributed items to a Sale of Equipment (with 10% of proceeds going to HBKA).

Tuesday 6^th January 2026 – The Annual General Meeting was held via Zoom (due to the adverse weather conditions). Twenty-seven members attended and a copy of the draft minutes is available here.