ONLY 2 SPACES LEFT!!
We are almost fully booked on our yearly Bee course, starting in April 2025.
Are you interested in beekeeping? Look at the link below to learn more about the course (And how to sign up)
Click here to read about the Westbury Bee group in a lovely blogpost by Helen & Douglas House!
In June, a group of the siblings joined Rosa and Laura from the Siblings Team, and Westbury Bee Group at Westbury Arts Centre in Milton Keynes for a buzzing sunny day of beekeeping….
WE HAVE HONEY FOR SALE – But only a limited number of jars!
Our Westbury bees have been busy collecting nectar all spring and we have now spun our first honey for the year.
We have a limited amount available for sale at £9 per 454g jar. You are also able to purchase honeycomb tubs for £12. Phone 07885 268500 to collect.
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Our first ever HONEY SHOW is to take place during the HERITAGE OPEN DAYS 7-8 september 2024. Westbury Arts Centre is taking part in the Heritage Open Days…
There will be information about honeybees, beekeeping, courses, workshops, candle making and honey tasting as well as a stall selling local honey and bee related goods.
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Our 2024 Bee course has started!
The yearly course started on the 17th of April and will run throughout the Bee season.
Read more
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21st February 7pm – 9pm Beekeeping expert Mike Bensley and Westbury Bee Group will provide a fascinating insight into the life of a honey bee. You will be provided with information about the life of a honey bee, as well as what happens within a hive and the division…
HONEY CAKE BAKING COMPETITION!
CALLING MASTER BAKERS AND BAKING LOVERS OF ALL AGES – Get cracking those eggs and show us your best traditional Honey Cake baking.
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SAVE THE DATE – We are already planning BEE FEST 2024…
We are pleased to announce that the mayor of Milton Keynes will be opening the Beefest at 11am on Saturday 27th July! 27 – 28 of July is a Weekend to take note of in the diary. it is easy to find us at Westbury art centre and festivities are open from 11am in the…
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OVER 250 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR BEE FEST – WBG’s yearly festival turned into a great success. This year our Bee Fest was opened by the Milton Keynes Mayor and Mayoress. They both showed great interest in our bees and honey production; so much so they even attended one of our honey extractions at a later…
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THE JAMES DUFFY SHIELD FOR BEST HONEY IN SHOW – The WBG are very grateful to Joe Little for presenting the shield dedicated to his great uncle. The Westbury Bee Group were pleased to be presented recently with a shield which will hold the names of each winner of Best Honey in Show at their…
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In August we collected the supers that were full of capped honey. This was our 4th and final extraction of 2023. All of this year’s bee-keeping course students have been able to attend at least one extraction. Our teacher and expert Mike Bensley shows us the techniques and then we all work together to extract…
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THERE WAS GREAT EXCITEMENT FOR THE WESTBURY BEE GROUP ON SATURDAY when Joe Little of Tesco – and an artist at the Westbury Arts Centre – presented Mike Bensley, our group leader, with two junior bee suits!
