Membership

Conwy Beekeepers' Association

Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Conwy

Home
Beekeeping Course
FAQs
News, Meetings & Events
Bardsey Bees
Swarms
Beekeeper's Shop
Membership
CBKA Newsletters
For New Members
Conwy Fairs, Festivals & Markets
Honey Recipes
Contact Us & Links
CBKA - Photo Album

Application form for membership.

Beekeeping - An Introduction - CALU Technical note 040401 (compiled by CBKA)

Conwy Seed and Honey Fairs, information for stallholders.

News:

	Beekeeping Course for Beginners - enrol now for the course starting in September 2008. Print off the application and course outline.
	Conwy Farmers' market - RSPB Reserve 9:00am - 2:00pm, last Wednesday every month
	Volunteers wanted to help at the Tal y Cafn apiary: Contact Chris Clarke, apiary manager on 01745 832812.
	DOWNLOAD Geoff Critchley's PowerPoint slides from his talk on 'Making Increase', at St David's College on Monday evening, 28th April 2008.
	DOWNLOAD Wally Shaw's PowerPoint slides from his talk on the Snelgrove Board, to CBKA members at St David's College on 17th March 2008.

CBKA Honey Show Rules

CSL Advisory Leaflets:

1. Managing Varroa

2. Foul Brood recognition & control

3. Foul Brood statutory procedures

4. Small Hive Beetle factsheet

CBKA Membership 2008

Subscriptions:

	Individual membership £16.00 including minimum Bee Disease Insurance (BDI) for up to 3 hives.
	Family membership £18.50 including Bee Disease Insurance for up to 3 hives.
	CBKA Basic Beekeeping Course Members £10 incl. BDI and WBKA capitation
	Junior membership £5.00 including Bee Disease Insurance for up to 3 hives.

Extra BDI premium for additional colonies:

4 to 5 colonies £2.00

6 to 10 colonies £5.25

11 to 15 colonies £7.75

16 to 20 colonies £9.50

21 to 25 colonies £11.10

26 - 39 colonies add 50 pence per hive.

Send cheques payable to Conwy Beekeepers' Association to; The CBKA Treasurer, Pete Barrar, 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. Beekeepers’ Quarterly magazine at the group rate of £14 for 4 issues, saving you £10 per year.

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 13^th September, and Conwy Seed Fair on 26^th 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

All this for just £16 per individual or £18.50 per family for the year!

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.