Members' Night 2025
In January the Association held its annual members' night.  Bill Hunter, Association President, talked about honey harvesting, extraction and labelling.  David Evans ("The Apiarist") shared his successful experience using the Speidel Hydropress and its advantages for heather honey extraction.  The session featured interesting questions, hearty discussion and shared experience.  The evening concluded with honey and mead tasting.

Autumn Picnic 2024
In August a group of members spent an afternoon at the Association's apiary near Monikie.  Bob and Neil led the group through the current stock and highlighted their observations during their inspections.  Several new beekeepers were given the opportunity to gain experience handling bees and frames.  As usual there was plenty of discussion concerning the Summer season and favoured practices.  The visit concluded with a shared picnic rounding off a pleasant afternoon.  Many thanks to Bob and Neil for leading the demonstrations and to Colin for hosting the event.
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Scottish Small Holder Festival - Forfar 2019
The Scottish Small Holder Festival is Scotland's largest small holder event celebrating the best of small holding, growing, and craft. ESBA attended again this year to promote and talk about beekeeping and it was an opportunity for the public to buy our local honey.

Heather Picnic 2019
For ESBA members, the annual visit to hives that have been taken to the heather is a particularly enjoyable event. It involves a mix of practical beekeeping, education and socializing. Discussions take place on any aspect of beekeeping but, of course, there is a focus on the processes involved in preparing, and transporting your bees to a place where they can temporarily take advantage of a heather crop.
Many thanks to GR for hosting this event.

Events Day at Kinnordy Estate
kinnordy Information Booklet 2019
A Kinnordy Estate Schools Event, organised by The Royal Highland Education Trust.
This is the third consecutive year that the ESBA has taken part in this event - helping to inform and educate children about honeybees. 

Heather Picnic 2018
 Special thanks go to SF for hosting this event.

Apiary Visits
E.S.B.A. organise visits to it's association apiary and to the apiaries of it's most experienced members. These visits are open to all members and some apiary visits are aimed at teaching beginners on their Beginners Course.