Author: apiarymanager
WBKA Spring Convention 2025
Dear fellow Beekeeper,
With just over two weeks to go until the WBKA Spring Convention don’t forget to get your reduced price earlybird tickets before they close at Midnight on March 19th.
To get your cheaper earlybird tickets go online . https://wbka.sumupstore.com
There is a fantastic line up of speakers (see below) as well as the usual traders. The NBU team and Officers and Trustees of the WBKA will be there to offer help and advice on all things bee.
9:45 – 10:15 Opening Address by Lynda Marston, Wax Chandler Master
10:15 – 11:15 Stephen Martin, Science of Varroa resistance
11:45 – 12:45 Martin Bencsik, Vibrations within a hive
13:30 – 14:30 Christine Coulsting, Making the most of inspections
14.45 – 15:45 Stephen Fleming, Drone congregation areas
More details about the speakers are on the WBKA website and Facebook page.
Looking forward to seeing you there.
Jill Wheeler and the Events Team.
Asian Hornet Webinar this Wednesday at 7.30pm
Webinar On Wednesday
There’s still a little time left to register for our next webinar, this Wednesday night (5th March) on the subject of Yellow-legged (Asian) hornets.
Join us online from 7.30pm for an evening with John De Carteret, when he’ll give us an introduction to the Jersey Asian Hornet Group, and we’ll discover more about the work they have done, and are doing, to combat Yellow-legged (Asian) hornets in Jersey.
To book your free place please click here
To find out more about their work please visit
URGENT: Overdue PBKA Membership subs due now!!
Please note that PBKA Membership subs are now overdue!
N.B. Some members have inadvertently tried to pay into our old Barclays Bank account and as a result their membership has been temporarily suspended. We have emailed them, but are still waiting for responses however, so you may wish to check!
Note that you will not be insured for BDI or Public/Products Liability insurance, if you are not a fully paid up member!
If you have any membership queries, please contact Sara Anderson at pbkamembers@gmail.com
IMPORTANT: Please read the information below!
- PBKA membership renewals and new applications will be valid until 31st December 2025.
- Please note the change of PBKA bank account, which is now with the Co-operative Bank and not Barclays.
- Also, note the changes in Annual Membership Fee, which now starts at £28.00, due to an uplift in costs to us by the WBKA.
- Note that all memberships will now be for a ‘Single Paid Person’ only, starting at £28.00.
- Previously available categories (such as ‘Partner’), will no longer be available. This has been made necessary, due to changes in the WBKA insurance arrangements.
For full details of how to join or renew, please go to https://pbka.info/join/
Details of some future events:
- The Honey Show Awards/Annual General Meeting – Sunday 16th March 2025 @ 2pm
- Beginners One Day Beekeeping Course – Saturday 15th March 2025
- Apiary Meetings for PBKA members – Commencing Sunday 27th April 2025
Paul Eades
Chair
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association
Pembrokeshire Beekeepers' Association 