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🐝 Bedfordshire Beekeepers Honey Show and Festival 2025 - Ampthill


Time: 10:30 - 16:00

🐝 Join us at Redborne School in Ampthill on Sunday 21st September 2025 for a fun, family friendly, buzzing day of beekeeping discovery!

🤩 WHAT TO EXPECT
The Honey Show and Festival is a fantastic way to support local beekeepers and producers, learn about honey bees, beekeeping, and helping pollinators thrive – perfect for all ages.
Whether you’re a seasoned beekeeper, or a curious newcomer, there’s something for everyone.

🐝 LIVE BEES!
You can experience live honey bees up close in an observation hive.  This unique set up allows visitors to safely view bees at work, including the queen bee and her workers and learn about their fascinating world.

Discover beekeeping equipment and how it’s used, explore beehives and suit up like a real beekeeper.

🍯 FREE HONEY TASTING
Did you know that honey flavours vary from hive to hive, flower type and season?  Well now’s your chance to taste a wide variety of different honeys from Bedfordshire Beekeepers. Visit our honey tasting and sales tables, sample the different honeys and see for yourselves.

🤩 HANDS ON ACTIVITIES
✨️ Candle rolling – make your own beeswax candle
✨️ Apple pressing with Paul, making tasty fresh apple juice.
✨️ Free children’s crafts and honey bee temporary tattoos.
✨️ Meet the Beekeepers
Beekeepers love chatting about their favourite subject!  Experienced Bedfordshire beekeepers will be on hand all day to answer your questions.  They can also give advice on getting started with beekeeping, about Bedfordshire Beekeepers Association and training offered.

🗣 ENJOY FASCINATING TALKS
▪️So you want to be a beekeeper?
▪️All about bees and how to make your garden bee-friendly

And for those budding and more seasoned beekeepers
▪️Bee pheremones by Paul Verrier
▪️Dead bees dont buzz! By Roger Patterson
▪️A look into the honey sommelier's mind by Peter Lewis and Helen Rogers (honey tasting like the experts)

🤩 WHAT ELSE?
Plus get an exclusive peek behind the usually closed doors of our honey show, where experts will be evaluating locally crafted honey to national standards.

😋 DELICIOUS FOOD & DRINKS

☕️ Hot drinks: When you get thirsty............... Wooden Hill Coffee is on hand providing tasty drinks including their own unique blends of delicious fair-trade roasted coffee, excellent tea by the Tea Division, rich hot chocolate, chai and other refreshments.  Did you know that for every 100kg of coffee they sell they plant a tree at Marston Vale Forest Centre?

🍕 Pizza: And when you feel peckish......... Pecoro Wood Fired Pizza will be providing their fabulous freshly baked pizzas made from quality ingredients – yum!  All made on site in their traditional wood fired oven.  There’s plenty of options to choose from including Margherita, Diavola - salami, vegetarian, Bergamo - red onion and goats cheese plus Reggio – gorgonzola, Nduja and spicy honey.

🍦 Ice-cream: For those with a sweet tooth – and who of us don’t..............we have Willen Ice Cream joining us.  Gorgeous hand crafted artisan ice cream with a impressive range of flavours, you’ll  be going back for seconds, or even thirds!

👨‍👩‍👧‍👧 FREE ENTRY, EVERYONE WELCOME
Come for the bees and the honey, stay for the food and drinks – it’s a perfect day out for nature lovers, families and anyone curious about the world of bees!
We look forward to you joining us on the day.

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ℹ️ CONTACT INFORMATION
📧 Email: events@bedsbka.org.uk

🖌🥂 Sip & Paint at Cod & Waffle in Leighton Buzzard


Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Price: £22.50

🖌 Sip & Paint with Something Less Boring at The Cod & Waffle in Leighton Buzzard.

🖼 WHAT TO EXPECT
⭐️ Join us for a relaxing guided art class at the fabulous Cod & Waffle restaurant!
⭐️ Enjoy a drink on us and see how your creativity blossoms.
⭐️ Perfect for beginners and improvers you'll be gently guided by Liddy, we supply all the materials you need, we know you'll enjoy creating your own piece of artwork in this lovely coffee shop at one of our most popular art evenings.

🥂 MATERIALS PROVIDED
Join us for an evening's guided art at the fantastic Cod & Waffle Restaurant, we provide all the materials and all the guidance you might want, plus your first drink.

🤩 BEGINNER OR IMPROVER?
Our pub/cafe art workshops are an ideal way for beginners or improvers to enjoy an evening of creativity aswell as learning a range of techniques in a warm welcoming environment

You'll be guided through by our very friendly, and knowledgeble art tutor, Liddy. You are free to take as much guidance as you like, but we certainly won't restrict your creative flair
By the end of the evening, you will have some new skills and your own piece of wall worthy art.

🐟🍟 FISH & CHIPS BEFOREHAND?
Perhaps drop in before and enjoy one of their delicious waffles or fantastic fish & chips.

🎟 TICKETS COST: £22.50
You can book tickets via the event link.


🗓 Sip & Paint Theme Dates 2025
▪️Wed 19th March 7.30pm - The Highland Cow
▪️Wed 16th April 7.30pm - Sailing
▪️Wed 21st May 7.30pm - Giant Pandas
▪️Wed 18th June 7.30pm - Monet’s Cat
▪️Wed 16th July 7.30pm - Aperol Spritz
▪️Wed 20th Aug 7.30pm - The Blue Door
▪️Wed 17th Sept 7.30pm - The Wolf
▪️Wed 15th Oct 7.30pm - Silver Birch Woods
▪️Wed 19th Nov 7.30pm - November Stag

🖌🥂 Sip & Paint at Cod & Waffle in Leighton Buzzard


Time: 19:30 - 21:30 Price: £22.50

🖌 Sip & Paint with Something Less Boring at The Cod & Waffle in Leighton Buzzard.

🖼 WHAT TO EXPECT
⭐️ Join us for a relaxing guided art class at the fabulous Cod & Waffle restaurant!
⭐️ Enjoy a drink on us and see how your creativity blossoms.
⭐️ Perfect for beginners and improvers you'll be gently guided by Liddy, we supply all the materials you need, we know you'll enjoy creating your own piece of artwork in this lovely coffee shop at one of our most popular art evenings.

🥂 MATERIALS PROVIDED
Join us for an evening's guided art at the fantastic Cod & Waffle Restaurant, we provide all the materials and all the guidance you might want, plus your first drink.

🤩 BEGINNER OR IMPROVER?
Our pub/cafe art workshops are an ideal way for beginners or improvers to enjoy an evening of creativity aswell as learning a range of techniques in a warm welcoming environment

You'll be guided through by our very friendly, and knowledgeble art tutor, Liddy. You are free to take as much guidance as you like, but we certainly won't restrict your creative flair
By the end of the evening, you will have some new skills and your own piece of wall worthy art.

🐟🍟 FISH & CHIPS BEFOREHAND?
Perhaps drop in before and enjoy one of their delicious waffles or fantastic fish & chips.

🎟 TICKETS COST: £22.50
You can book tickets via the event link.


🗓 Sip & Paint Theme Dates 2025
▪️Wed 19th March 7.30pm - The Highland Cow
▪️Wed 16th April 7.30pm - Sailing
▪️Wed 21st May 7.30pm - Giant Pandas
▪️Wed 18th June 7.30pm - Monet’s Cat
▪️Wed 16th July 7.30pm - Aperol Spritz
▪️Wed 20th Aug 7.30pm - The Blue Door
▪️Wed 17th Sept 7.30pm - The Wolf
▪️Wed 15th Oct 7.30pm - Silver Birch Woods
▪️Wed 19th Nov 7.30pm - November Stag