Author: apiarymanager

PBKA Membership changes for 2025

apiarymanager PBKA

IMPORTANT: Please read the information below before proceeding!

  • PBKA membership renewals and new applications are available and will be valid until 31st December 2025.
  • Please note there is a change of PBKA bank account, which is now with the Co-operative.
  • 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 future events such as:

  • The Honey Show Awards
  • Annual General Meeting
  • Beginners One Day Beekeeping Course
  • Apiary Meetings, etc;

To be advised further in due course.

A Happy New Year to you all!

Paul Eades

Chair

Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association 

Pic: PBKA 2014

Bee-harming pesticides found in English waterways

apiarymanager Bee Health, Neonicotinoids

Pesticides that harm bees were found in the “majority” of English waterways tested in the last year, according to data analysis by two environmental charities.

The Rivers Trust and Wildlife and Countryside Link found neonicotinoid pesticides were present in 85% of English rivers tested by the Environment Agency between 2023 and 2024.

See link for further details!

 

BIBBA Courses for 2025

apiarymanager Education & Training, Training, WBKA

BIBBA Supporting Beekeepers Beekeeping Courses for Early 2025.

BIBBA has three different courses planned for early 2025, each with the aim of supporting and supplementing training and sessions run by local BKAs. Click on the titles below to find out more:1. “Varroa Resistance through Bee Improvement”For those aiming to go treatment free. Ideally suited to beekeepers with at least a few years’ experience. The latest scientific knowledge and practical experience from expert speakers.2. “Bees and Queens for Everyone”It is generally accepted that locally reared queens are better suited than imports, this one-day course will go through how to raise locally adapted bees and queens using low-cost, simple methods. 3. “Early Years Beekeeping Course”To support beekeepers to enhance their skills and knowledge. Ideal for beekeepers looking for the next stage after the local theory and practical course, or for those wanting a refresh.Open to ALL beekeepers, not just BIBBA members.Full info at bibba.com/events