Tilstock Village Hall.  (With the AGM)

Steve is a UK-based commercial beekeeper, writer, and editor with over a decade of hands-on experience managing bees for health, resilience, and sustainable honey production.

He runs Walrus Apiaries, operating multiple apiary sites in Cheshire. Steve is the founder of The Walrus and the Honey Bee, a widely read website and media platform exploring honey bee health, forage, genetics, and real-world beekeeping decision making. He is also the editor and regular contributor to Bee Farmer magazine, the journal of the Bee Farmers’ Association. Steve’s writing and talks are known for being clear, honest, and grounded in lived experience rather than dogma. He has written two books: Interviews With Beekeepers (2018) and Healthy Bees Heavy Hives (2024 - with Paul Horton).