Training – Winter Theory Course

Oct 19, 2025 | Training

As part of our Beginners training programme, we can confirm that we will be holding our Winter Theory Course at Nell Bank in Ilkley during January, February and March. For more details, see our Learn about Beekeeping page. Course dates: Saturday 24th January 2026 10am...

Learn to be a Beekeeper 2025/6 – update

Feb 21, 2025 | Training

The first part of this year’s WBKA beekeeper training program will be a Taster Day. The planned session, which was to have been on either Sat 18th or Sun 19th May, didn’t go ahead, but we still plan to run one this summer. For more information about this...

WBKA Annual General Meeting and Honey Show 2024

Oct 30, 2024 | Events

This year’s AGM and Honey show will be held at Ilkley Rugby Club on the evening of Friday 15th November. All members are encouraged to attend and to submit entries to the show. For full details, see the Honey Show page, which includes the AGM Agenda, Class...

Asian Hornet Presentation

Apr 28, 2024 | Training

On 13th April, Carl Prosser, a licensed Asian Hornet tracker, gave a presentation to WBKA members in Skipton. Carl has kindly shared his presentation with us. It mostly discusses the experience of trying to deal with the hornet in Jersey, but it is full of useful...

Asian Hornet

Mar 25, 2024 | Beekeeping

WBKA is part of the UK-wide effort to track and resist the spread of the Asian Hornet, an invasive species which threatens to devastate the UK population of honey bees and other pollinators. A major predator of honeybees, the hornet is also known to eat many other...