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LAST CHANCE: PBKA Beginners’ Beekeeping Course- a few places left!

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Please note that there are limited places left for the PBKA Beginners Beekeeping Course 2025, which is being held this Saturday 15th March at Scolton Manor Park.

If you are interested, or have already asked to be placed on our provisional list, please confirm asap that you wish to attend the course and complete the entry requirements.

Please see One-day Beginners’ Beekeeping Course 2025 for details.

If you have any queries, please email Paul Eades at pbkaapiarymanager@live.co.uk

Asian Hornet Webinar this Wednesday at 7.30pm

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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

https://www.jbka.org.je/asian-hornets

URGENT: Overdue PBKA Membership subs due now!!

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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 

Excellent PBKA Honey Show!!🐝

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We had an excellent Honey Show on Sunday, with a variety of high quality entries. Very encouraging indeed, considering the poor season due to the weather!

It was also a great opportunity to meet up with friends and have a chat over tea or coffee and was a very relaxing and enjoyable social occasion.

Some of the highlights of the Show included ‘Best in Show’, for Mari-Anne Harstad and her superb mead. ‘Most Points in Show, for Fe Hobbs, and Luci Prosser’s, First in the ‘Novice’ class!

Congratulations to all those who were placed!

Many thanks to all of you who came along (especially considering the weather) and a very special ‘thank you’ to our Judge for the day, Diane Corbett, her assistant Aisha, the rest of the PBKA team for all their support, and Scolton Manor for hosting the event!!

The Prize Giving Ceremony will be early in 2025, date and venue to follow.

We hope to see you all then.🐝

Very best regards

Paul

Paul Eades

Chair

Pembrokeshire Beekeepers’ Association