CBKAA Honey Show
CUMBRIA BEEKEEPERS AREA ASSOCIATION
HONEY SHOW : The Honey Show for everyone!
An opportunity for beekeepers and non beekeepers to enter Exhibits of bee products to the Honey Show and to attend a programme of workshops and practical presentations about the world of honey bees: the threats to their survival; using microscopes to learn more about them; ‘cooking with honey’; and creating pictures with beeswax.
The ENTRY of EXHIBITS to the HONEY SHOW is FREE.
The ‘2026 Cumbria Beekeepers Area Association Honey Show Schedule’ is available to download here
9.45. Doors open for entries to the Honey Show
There is a charge for attending the Programme of workshops and practical presentations.
See Programme Outline below.
Places need to be pre-booked in advance from www.ticketsource.com/cumbria-beekeepers-area-association or Tel: 0333 666 3366
Cost: Adult £20 / U18 £10 Afternoon only; Adult £12 / U19 £6
The Programme
11.00. Talk by Matt Truscott ‘Engineering an Early Warning: Developing BuzzCopper to Track the Spread of the Yellow Legged Asian Hornet’
12.00. British Beekeeper Association Exam certificate presentations
REFRESHMENTS
12.30. *Choice of group sessions:
i)Encaustic Art: making pictures with wax with Lorraine Priestley (limited places available)
ii)Taking a Closer Look at Microscopes with Dominic Rhodes
iii)Level Up Your Honey Labels: How to Create and Prep Labels for the Printers’ with Matt Truscott
1.15. LUNCH BREAK
-Bring a packed lunch
or pre- order soup + dessert £5. (This option is also available to those choosing to attend for the afternoon only. )
-Browse and purchase the books provided by Northern Bee Books and bee products from the other stalls.
2.00. Presentation of Honey Show Awards
2.45. * Choice of sessions:
i) Demonstration by John Crouch, Cumbria’s Celebrity Chef ‘Cooking with Honey’
ii) Practical workshop led by Matt Truscott ‘ Building BuzzCopper YLAH Monitoring Stations ‘ (limited places available)
3.45. Closing announcements and remarks.
4.00. end
*Please E mail your choice of sessions to Margaret when you have booked your place. You will then receive confirmation that your selection has been reserved for you.
PARKING: All day parking is available at the Bluebell Lane Car Park close to the hall. £1.30. There is very limited disabled parking available immediately outside the hall. Please contact the event organisers to request the use of a space: E mail: