Conwy Beekeepers' Association
Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Conwy
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Conwy Beekeepers' Association Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Conwy |
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Download the Application form for Membership to join the CBKA Downloads below; Intro to Beekeeping Course; Session 3, The Honeybee Colony How to transfer bees from a nuc. to a full size hive. Winter preparation record card Beekeeping - An Introduction - CALU Technical note 040401 (compiled by CBKA) Conwy Seed and Honey Fairs, information for stallholders. News:
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CBKA Membership 2010 Subscriptions: Following the reduction in capitation charged for 2010 by the WBKA, from £8.00 to £4.00 per member, we are able to pass on the full benefit to members.
Send cheques payable to Conwy Beekeepers' Association to; Pete Barrar, CBKA Treasurer, River View, Ty'n y Groes, Conwy, LL32 8SS. 22 reasons why you should belong to the Association! 1. Seven evening meetings, with well-known speakers, at St David's College, Llandudno, on the last Monday of the month from September to April. Free tea or coffee and biscuits. 2. Membership of the Welsh Beekeepers’ Association (WBKA), with discounts on courses and exams. 3. Free bee disease insurance (through BDI Ltd.) for your first three hives. This covers American Foul Brood and European Foul Brood. Insurance for additional hives available. 4. Assistance with access to oil seed rape and heather sites. 5. WBKA Welsh Beekeeper magazine four times a year. 6. Access to locally raised strains of honeybee. 7. Beeswax foundation, frames, honey jars and varroa floor mesh at members’ discount prices. 8. Owners’ liability insurance up to £5 million through WBKA insurance. 9. Product liability insurance. 10. Regular newsletters, keeping you fully up to date. 11. Training meetings with the bees at the Association’s own apiary at Tal y Cafn, every three weeks, April to August. 12. Mentoring for new beekeepers. 13. Honey extractor and settling tank available for hire. 14. Apistan strips and Apiguard to control varroa, at the lowest possible price. 15. All the help you need to control varroa, and regular updates on varroa research. 16. Association Honey Show in October. 17. Conwy Honey Fair on 13th September, and Conwy Seed Fair on 26th March organized by Association members. 18. Association BarBEEque. 19. E-mail newsletters and updates. 20. Access to secondhand equipment. 21. Access to free swarms of bees. 22. Association website www.conwybeekeepers.org.uk
Peter McFadden, Hon Secretary, "Ynys Goch", Ty'n y Groes, Conwy LL32 8UH. Tel 01492 650851. E-mail: peter@honeyfair.freeserve.co.uk Updated 01/06. Click here to return to top of page. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
