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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 

Message from WBKA re Modules and Assessment

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Dear Beekeepers

Happy New Year.

Since 2015 WBKA members have benefitted from an arrangement with BBKA whereby, with a levy paid by the WBKA, they could sit BBKA modules and assessment without the need for them to become BBKA members.  Recently this arrangement has been reviewed by the BBKA and we are still negotiating proposed changes with them. With the closing date for taking the BBKA March module exams, 31st January, fast approaching we urgently need to know how many WBKA members are intending to sit a module in March. Could you please email secretary@wbka.com by 11th January if you are hoping to sit a module in March this year?

Similarly we would like to know if you are working towards taking the BBKA Bee health Certificate or the  General or Advanced Practical assessments in 2025. Knowing how many candidates are likely to apply to sit modules in March and/or practical assessments this summer will aid our negotiations with the BBKA.

Due to the logistics of arranging assessors for the WBKA Basic and Junior assessments the closing date for these assessments in 2025 has been brought forward to April 1st. Please ensure that you get your application in as soon as possible.

Cofion cynnes / Kind regards,

Jenny

Jenny Shaw
Ysgrifennydd / General Secretary
Cymdeithas Gwenynwyr Cymru / Welsh Beekeepers’ Association

ffôn / tele: 07791572843
e-bost / email: secretary@wbka.com
gwefan / website: www.wbka.com

BIBBA Courses for 2025

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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

 

URGENT: Last minute place available!! Skep Making Course tomorrow!🐝

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Hi All,

A last minute place has become available for the skep making course tomorrow,  Sunday 6th October, in the Green Barn at Scolton, now at a reduced cost!
If you are interested and a PBKA member, please let me know asap.
The cost is normally £60.00, but is being subsidised by the PBKA and will only cost members £30.00 for the day, to include all materials, and refreshments (tea and coffee), but please bring your own lunch!

Strictly first come first served, so to book a place, please contact pbkaapiarymanager@live.co.uk asap