Welcome to the Beekeeping society!

We are a student-led society that takes care of three hives of honeybees. At peak times, we have over 300,000 members (most of whom are bees), however we usually have 100 human members as well!

During the winter, when our bees are hibernating, we extract the honey, repair any kit and run chill socials.

While we don't go out drinking or clubbing often, we are still very social and like to host more relaxed events, such as film screenings, board game evenings and coffee/trips to Scoops! We also collaborate with other societies such as Cooking Soc, Hookers, Knitters and Stitchers and Wildlife Soc to host bee themed socials. As well as this, we work to raise awareness of the importance of bees in the ecosystem and collaborate with other sustainability societies to make a positive impact on our local environment.

Members who have completed the relevant training (Details to be released in March 2025) are able to go for hive visits, where we get into the hives to make sure they're healthy and so you can see how a hive works. We provide all the kit you need and everyone's first hive visit is free, so there's no reason not to give it a go! We do require a £5 membership for kit rental for following hive visits.

Keep an eye out for our honey in The Locker and The Shop from November onwards!

Sign up to our free membership and follow us on Instagram @subeesoc to be notified about our upcoming events and so you don't miss when the training starts!

Feel free to message a committee member, email us at subeekeepingsociety@gmail.com or message our Instagram if you have any questions.

We highly recommend giving a hive visit a go, but if you are unable to (e.g. allergic to bee stings) or you don't want to visit the hives, you can still join in our socials and help extracting all the honey goodness!!

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The Committee

All clubs and societies within the Students' Union are run entirely by students. The student committee for Beekeeping Society this year are: