The Hertfordshire Beekeepers Spring Show and AGM is being held on Saturday 22nd March at the Christchurch Peartree Hall, 20 Tewin Road, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1BW, doors open at 10.30am. Entry to the show is free of charge and open to all. Tickets can be booked in advance at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hertfordshire-beekeepers-association/herts-bees-spring-show-and-agm-2025/e-gyzvgb.
Programme
10.30am | Trade Stalls Open |
11.00am | Honey Competition entries close |
11.30am | Herts BKA AGM |
1.00pm | Speaker : Stewart Spinks - Norfolk Bee Farmer and YouTuber |
2.30pm | Results of Honey Competition |
3.00pm | Close |
The Spring Show will have trade stalls selling beekeeping supplies, so you can stock-up ready for the new season. We’ll also have a honey competition, teas and coffees on sale and space to eat if you want to bring along your own lunch.
Honey Competition
The honey competition is open to all HBKA members. If you’d like to enter, please bring along a jar of honey (any size between 8oz and 1lb) with no label and drop it off before 11am. The honey is judged by the attendees at the show according to which they like the best. We’ll be presenting the Oonagh Gabriel Memorial Cup to the winner at 2.30pm.
AGM
We’ll be holding a short AGM at 11.30am. This will review the activities and accounts from the last year and also elect new Trustees and officers of the Exec Committee. The agenda for the meeting and the associated documents can be found here.
Speaker
Stewart Spinks

Stewart is a Bee Farmer and Beekeeping YouTuber. He produces and sells honey and honeybee related products through his company “The Norfolk Honey Company” and has a much watched channel on YouTube by the same name. He is also the founder of the University of East Anglia Beekeeping Society which has recently changed names to the Norwich and District Beekeeping Club.
Stewart will be talking about his beekeeping year as a migratory beekeeper, travelling to Essex for the borage and North Yorkshire for heather honey.
Tickets
Entry to the show is free of charge and open to all. Tickets can be booked in advance at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/hertfordshire-beekeepers-association/herts-bees-spring-show-and-agm-2025/e-gyzvgb.
Venue
Christchurch Peartree Hall,
20 Tewin Road,
Welwyn Garden City,
AL7 1BW