Welcome to the Conwy Beekeepers’ Association website.
Conwy BKA was founded in 1978 and now has over 150 members, including about six of the original members. We are based in the county of Conwy in beautiful North Wales, and we have members all over the county and beyond. Many have only one hive of bees and some have over 60 hives. We have many members just starting with bees, and a lucky few who have had bees for over 60 years, including one whose family will have kept bees continuously for 100 years in 2012. We all love being with our bees.
We have organized the 700-year old Conwy Honey Fair and the Conwy Seed Fair since 1990, and these have become major events again. We raise funds for Bees for Development at both Fairs, to encourage people in the developing world to become self-reliant through beekeeping.
In 2004, we initiated the Conwy Feast, now a hugely popular annual event; and more recently the new National Beekeeping Centre for Wales. These are now run by separate Community Interest Companies.
Our aim is to encourage people to keep bees, and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees, and to produce honey!
We hold monthly lecture meetings at Craig y Don Community Centre in the winter, Taster Days in the summer for beginners, regular meetings with the bees at our apiary at Tal y Cafn, and a very popular winter evening course. The course is held at Henfaes Research Centre near Bangor, in association with CALU, the Centre for Alternative Land Use and NBCW, the National Beekeeping Centre for Wales. The course attracts new beekeepers from all over North Wales, and many become members of Conwy BKA.
Conwy BKA is affiliated to the Welsh Beekeepers’ Association.
Visit the WBKA website for info on other BKA’s in Wales.
We hope you enjoy our website, and we would welcome your comments.
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