To join HWBKA please contact the membership secretary

membership@hwbka.co.uk

Membership Classes

All members are welcome to invite a guest to attend HWBKA meetings.

(A) Individual membership £32.50

  • Registered member of BBKA, Bucks BKA & HWBKA
  • Bee Disease Insurance for up to 3 colonies
  • Third Party Public Liability and Products Liability Insurance

(B) Family Membership (2 or more beekeepers living at the same address) £52.50

  • 2+ Registered members of HWBKA
  • 1 Registered member & 1+ Partner member(s) of BBKA and Bucks BKA
  • Bee Disease Insurance for up to 3 colonies
  • 2+ beekeepers’ Third Party Public Liability and Products Liability Insurance

(C) Country Membership (for those with an interest in bees, but not planning to keep bees this year) £18.50

  • Country member of BBKA and Bucks BKA
  • Associate member of HWBKA

(D) Associate Membership (ONLY for BBKA members with BDI through another local BKA – please write in your main local Association in the space provided)

  • Associate member of HWBKA

HWBKA Website Members’ Area

This site has a separate area for members only.  For GDPR reasons this is a separate registration process.  Registering instructions will be shared with the receipt for your HWBKA membership payment.

The members’ area includes a Small Ads section, equipment for hire, an archive of our members’ magazine, BeeSpace and a list of books that can be borrowed.

The site can also be used to book visits to the association apiary in available slots.

Bee Disease Insurance (BDI)

Bee Diseases Insurance Ltd. is set up and run by beekeepers for beekeepers, owned by Member Beekeeping Associations and offers some financial compensation for the replacement cost of any hive parts that need to be destroyed following the discovery of a notifiable disease. All members of HWBKA are members and the minimum £2 premium is included in Individual and Family Membership subscriptions.

It is important to pay additional premiums as necessary to insure all hives containing bees regardless of size of the colony and allowing for increase through the season.

Beecraft Magazine

http://www.bee-craft.com/

Beecraft is owned by UK Beekeeping Associations and run by a team of Directors and Consultants who put together an informative, readable monthly magazine, and publish information for beekeepers in a variety of forms. Paper and digital copies are available there are examples to view on the website; HWBKA offers members a reduced subscription rate. Subscriptions run from Jan-Dec, to catch first edition this must be paid by end of November.

Beekeepers Quarterly Journal

http://beekeepers.peacockmagazines.com/

Beekeepers Quarterly is a 64 page full-colour journal with in-depth articles on a wide range of topics from around the beekeeping world. It is seen as essential reading for the keenest beekeepers; sample copy on the website.

HWBKA offers members a reduced subscription rate; we hope to keep up the group subscription again this year.

Ron White Fund: Donation to Bee Research

Named in honour of one of longest serving members, who passed away in 2018, this is a fund all members are invited to contribute to when joining or renewing their membership of HWBKA. The donations help to support an academic research project studying bee health or other related topic carried out at Royal Holloway, University of London.