Medway Beekeepers Association - MBKA

21/10/2026

Happy National Honey Day 🍯🐝

Today we celebrate the remarkable honeys produced by beekeepers right across Britain with every jar reflecting the flowers, landscape and seasons of the place it came from.

And there’s more variety than you might think: look out for runny honey, smooth soft-set, chunk honey, or whole honeycomb straight from the hive, each with its own distinct texture, flavour and character.

So if you haven’t already, pick up a jar of local honey, share it with friends or family, and really savour it.

Not sure where to find some? The BBKA’s interactive honey map helps you track down beekeepers and local honey near you: https://buff.ly/SiTSHCb

Bought a jar? We’d love to see it.
Share a photo using and tell us how it tastes. 👇

06/09/2026

Come find us Elm Court Garden Centre today for the last day of our annual honey show. We got lots of local honey for sale, as well as beeswax candles and cosmetics all made my members! There’s also candle rolling and we have lots of beekeeping information for you and you can see the exhibits in our show. We are located in the Garden Cafe area, open the same time as the garden centre

07/08/2026

30/06/2026

We will be at Kent County Show this Friday, Saturday and Sunday alongside all the Kent associations and branches in the Garden Life area with everything bee! 🐝 we hope to see you there!

20/05/2026

It's that time of year when all the bees are out and about. So it's important to know what to do, depending on the type of bee, when they start nesting, settling and being a nuisance in your garden or wall.
This link will help identify them: https://www.bbka.org.uk/identification?srsltid=AfmBOoqsu5d1SxXbhwgapUGl5iNyM_8cYnWzXawexrDho7n5Mg_ALwn3

If you think they are honeybees you can either send us a message or find a local swarm collector here:
https://www.bbka.org.uk/find-a-local-swarm-collector

23/04/2026

Check out our new website:
www.medwaybka.co.uk

04/04/2026

The weather has made it tricky to find opportunities to check colonies.
However, the annual spring build-up seems well underway.
Early swarming is already being reported in some areas.
Adding space is a key part of swarm prevention.
Watch out for clues colonies need more space.